معرفی
Lorenzo Valdevit is Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Irvine’s Samueli School of Engineering, where he also holds a joint appointment as Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and serves as Director of the Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation (IDMI).
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2005
- M.S. (Laurea), Materials Engineering, University of Trieste (Italy), 2000
Research Focus
Valdevit’s research integrates mechanics of materials, advanced manufacturing, and architected material design to create multi-functional structures with superior property combinations. His group pursues optimal design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of micro-architected metamaterials; size-effect exploitation in nano-architected solids; non-linear topology optimization of periodic and disordered metamaterials; and process–structure–property relations in additive manufacturing including laser powder-bed fusion, direct ink writing, two-photon polymerization, and cold spray deposition.
Recent Publication Themes
Across 2023-2025, Valdevit’s publications reveal an emphasis on data-driven and machine-learning-assisted discovery of processing–property relationships in metal additive manufacturing, defect sensitivity and fracture mechanics of architected ceramics and metallic lattices, thermal management and residual stress mitigation in directed energy deposition, and chemo-mechanical design of architected electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.
Laboratory & Teams
The Additive Manufacturing and Metamaterials Group (Valdevit Research Group) within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Irvine houses a diverse interdisciplinary team spanning materials science, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and physical sciences. Recent group milestones include the successful Ph.D. defense of Brandon Fields (July 2024), who subsequently joined Applied Materials.
