Team
Principal Investigator
Dr Federico Bosi
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University College London (UCL)
Professor
Department of Innovative Technologies
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Dr Farooq Azam
Associate Lecturer / Research Fellow
Joined the group: 2020
PhD: University College London (UCL), UK
Email: farooq.azam.20@ucl.ac.uk
Research topic: nonlinear behavior of 3D microstructured materials
Doctoral Students
Huajia Zhu
PhD student
Joined the group: 2020
MSc: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
BSc: Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
Email: huajia.zhu.20@ucl.ac.uk
Research topic: engineering resilient hierarchical metamaterials
Luis Miguel Seixas
PhD student
Joined the group: 2021
MEng: University of Porto
Email: luis.seixas.20@ucl.ac.uk
Research topic: yield criteria for building skins
Alumni
PhD Graduates
Dr Farooq Azam
PhD student
Graduated: 2025
Thesis: Shape optimisation of architected materials: stiffness, plastic and buckling strengths
Dr Alessandro Comitti
Graduated: 2025
Thesis: Thermoviscoelastic characterisation and modelling of ETFE foils for tensile structures
Dr Khurram Suleman
Graduated: 2023
Thesis: Mechanics of inflatable membranes and measurement of the yield domain in soft materials
Dr Dario Schiano Moriello
Graduated: 2021
Thesis: Failure of impulsively loaded thin-walled pipes and plates
Visiting MSc students
Gaetano Colella (Erasmus MSc student for 6 months). Currently PhD student at the University of Trento
MSc, MEng and BEng students
2021
Gill Artas (MSc)
Yasmin Azlan (MSc)
Longchao Chen (MSc)
Ravi Chhaya (MEng)
Igor Kuszczak (MEng)
Chester Lee (BEng)
2020
Dekza Arlingga (MSc)
John Chen (MEng)
Alessia Aliaj (BEng)
Yuxuan Du (BEng)
Celine Phua (BEng)
2019
Sean Jenkins (MSc)
Omar Khodeir (MSc)
Jingpeng Zhang (MSc)
Pierre Chidiac (MEng)
Tariq Hussein (MEng)
Joseph Sajjaphanroj (MEng)
Tey Chaiprasit (BEng)
Zhong Sng (BEng)
Nicole Tan (BEng) – awarded the UCL MechEng best project certificate