Led by Professor Mostafa El Sayed, the Aerospace Structures and Materials Engineering Laboratory (ASME-Lab) is a leading research group within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at 杏吧原创 University. The laboratory advances multiscale structural systems, with a focus on the design, characterization, and optimization of high-performance architected, hybrid, and multifunctional materials and structures.
The research program integrates multiscale mechanics, multiphysics modeling, and data-driven methodologies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to establish rigorous links between material microstructure, manufacturing processes, structural behavior, and system-level performance. Particular emphasis is placed on additively manufactured materials, functionally graded architectures, and next-generation lightweight systems, addressing challenges in fatigue, reliability, and manufacturability.
ASME-Lab conducts research spanning aerospace and space systems (e.g., airframes, UAVs, satellite structures), as well as applications in automotive, rail, and biomedical engineering. Core expertise includes fatigue and fracture, fluid鈥搒tructure interaction, aeroelasticity, aeroacoustics, thermal-fluid systems, structural dynamics, and design optimization, alongside the development of computationally efficient predictive frameworks for accelerated design and digital engineering.
Through an integrated approach combining high-fidelity experimentation, theoretical development, and advanced simulation, the laboratory investigates multiphysics phenomena across scales, with particular focus on manufacturing-induced variability, defects, and long-term structural performance.
Equipped with advanced experimental infrastructure and high-performance computational resources, ASME-Lab maintains strong collaborations with industry, government, and international partners, contributing to the development of innovative, sustainable, and high-performance technologies.
