學歷

臺灣大學, 機械工程博士, 2008
臺灣大學, 機械工程碩士, 2002
大同大學, 機械工程學士, 2000

經歷

2025/08迄今，台大機械工程學系副教授

2017/07-2017/09，美國普渡大學訪問學者

2014/08-2015/07，美國普渡大學訪問學者

2013/01-2025/07，浙江大學航空航天學院副教授

2010/01-2012/12，浙江大學航空航天學院講師

2008/08-2010/01，台大機械工程學系博士後

學術榮譽及獎項

1. 優秀教師指導獎
2. 中國儀器儀錶學會設備結構健康監測與預警分會重要貢獻理事

國際學術期刊編輯

1. Guest Editor, Materials, 2023
2. Guest Editor, Crystals, 2022-2023
3. Editor, Frontiers in Physics Research, 2022

指導學生獲獎

1. 2024年，博士生許著龍，榮獲浙江省優秀畢業研究生、浙江大學優秀畢業研究生。
   
2. 2023年，博士生王丹鳳，榮獲浙江省優秀畢業研究生、浙江大學優秀畢業研究生。
   
3. 2023年，本科生方倩藝，榮獲浙江大學校級優秀畢業生、第一屆全國大學生“力學+X”創新實踐研討會優秀作品獎。
   
4. 2023年，博士生許著龍，榮獲第二屆超材料大會研究生學術新人獎。
   
5. 2022年, 大學生巫天越，榮獲2023年度浙江大學“啟真杯”學生十大學術新成果提名獎。
   
6. 2022年，博士生許著龍，榮獲浙江大學航空航太學院國家獎學金。
   
7. 2022年，博士生王丹鳳，榮獲國強獎學金。
   
8. 2022年，本科生方倩藝，榮獲浙江大學一等獎學金、優秀學生。
   
9. 2020年，碩士生呂旭峰，榮獲浙江省優秀畢業研究生、浙江大學優秀畢業研究生。
   
10. 2020年，本科生方倩藝，榮獲浙江省政府獎學金、浙江大學二等獎學金、優秀學生。

研究專長

彈性超材料/波動控制、光纖感測、軟性機器人、摺紙結構

實驗研究方向

　　超結構與波動控制實驗室旨在研究人造超結構（超材料、折紙結構和聲子晶體）的彈性波調控、基於力學的光纖結構的光波調控和感測，以及軟性機器人結構的驅動、感測和控制，實驗室同時結合理論、模擬與實驗，研究具有天然材料不具備的力學功能的超結構的彈性波調控、彈性波耦合機制和應用。目前的研究主題有：

(1) 可調超材料：以智慧材料或力學原理設計具有彈性波調控性能的超材料；

(2) 折紙結構：研究折紙結構的靜力學動力學行為，以及利用折紙結構進行彈性波的模態轉換；

(3) 光纖感測：研究光纖光柵感測系統，以及基於力學原理調控彎曲損耗的大量程光纖感測器和光纖色彩的力學變形視覺化感測；

(4) 軟機器人：研究基於折紙和超結構的的軟性機器人的設計、製作和驅動。

波動力學

機械工程量測原理

機械工程實驗特論

生活中的力學（通識）

期刊論文  (Journal Papers)：Corresponding Author(通訊作者)*

1. Xu, Z. L., Zhuang, M. Y., Yu, S. B., Carrera, E., Chen, W. Q., Chuang, K. C. *(2026). A wideband phononic crystal-integrated Kresling origami wave converter. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 111556.
2. Fang, Q. Y., Tachi, T., Chen, W. Q., Chuang, K. C.* (2026) Manipulating elastic waves with a self-locking compression-shear origami. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 312, 111242.
3. Zhuang, M. Y., Xu, Z. L., Wu, B., Chen, W. Q., Chuang, K. C*. (2025) A threaded curvature-controlled optical fiber for large transient displacement sensing, Optics Letters, 50(22): 6911-6914.
4. Fang, X., Chen, Y. M., Ma, T. F., Lou, J., Wang, J., Carrera, E., Chuang, K. C*., Wu, H. M*., Huang, Z. L. (2025) Optomechanical-coupled tristable oscillations in a nonlinear light-driven system, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 299,110424.
5. Yan, T., Xu, S. F.*, Chuang, K. C.* (2025) A dual-morphing pneumatic origami gripper. Actuators, 14(4), 10.3390/act14040166.
6. Xiao, Z. H., Shi, Z., Wang, X. F., Chuang, K. C., Lv, Q. F., Wei, X. Y., Huan, R. H* (2025) Enhancement of synchronization in nonlinear MEMS oscillator based on electrothermal adjustment. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 24, 1214.
7. Fang, Q. Y., Xu, Z. L., Yan, T., Chuang, K. C.* (2024) Transmission properties of longitudinal waves on origami cylindrical shells. Journal of Mechanics, 40, 505-520.
8. Janipour S., M., Mredha, M. T. I., Chuang, K. C.*, Jeon, I.* (2024) Hofmeister‐effect-driven hybrid glycerogels for perfect wide‐temperature shape fixity and shape recovery in soft robotics applications. Small, 2400567.
9. Fang, Q. Y., Xu, S. F., Chu, M. S., Yan, T., Xu, Z. L., Wu, T. Y., Wang, D. F., Tomohiro T., Chuang, K. C.* (2024) Graded in-plane Miura origami as crawling robots and grippers. Journal of Applied Physics, 35(7), 074904.
10. Fang, X., Lou, J., Wang, J., Chuang, K. C.*, Wu, H. M., Huang, Z. L. (2024) A self-excited bistable oscillator with a light-powered liquid crystal elastomer. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 271, 109124.
11. Wang, Yu. H., Xu, Z. L., Wang Y., Huan, R. H, Jiang, H. Q., Chuang, K. C.* (2023) Coiling an optical fiber for long-range dynamic displacement and force sensing, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 62, 102032.
12. Fang, X., Lou, J., Chen, Y. M., Wang, J., Xu, M., Chuang, K. C.* (2023) Broadband Rayleigh wave attenuation utilizing an inertant seismic metamaterial, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 247, 108182.
13. Xu, Z. L., Wang, D. F., Shi, Y. F., Qian, Z. H., Assouar, B., Chuang, K. C.* (2023) Arbitrary wavefront modulation utilizing an aperiodic elastic metasurface, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 255,108460.
14. Sun, W. Q., Wang, Y. H., Xu, Z. L., Fang, X., Chuang, K. C.* (2023) A locally disordered metamaterial for directing and trapping water waves. Crystals, 13(5), 826.
15. Wang, Y. H., Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y., Jiang, H. Q., Chuang, K. C.* (2022) Buckling-induced wavy optical fiber attenuator. Optics Letters, 47(19): 4845-4848.
16. Xu, Z. L., Yu, S. B., Liu, J. J., Chuang, K. C.* (2022) A tunable zig-zag reflective elastic metasurface. Crystals, 12(8), 1170.
17. Wang, D. F., Chuang, K. C.*, Liu, J. J., Liao, C. Y.* (2022) Modeling full-field transient flexural waves on damaged plates with arbitrary excitations using temporal vibration characteristics. Sensors, 22(16), 5958.
18. Wu, T. Y., Fang, Q. Y., Xu, Z. L., Li, X. J., Ma, W. X., Chu, M. S., Lim, J. H. Chuang, K. C.* (2022) Knitting shape-memory alloy wires for riding a robot: constraint matters for the curvilinear actuation. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2200035.
19. Luo, Y. S., Yang, S. X.*, Lv, X. F., Chuang, K. C., Liu, Y., He, J., Cheng, Q. C. (2022) Identifying delamination in carbon fiber composites based on defect modes in imperfect phononic crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(5), 055109.
20. Xu, Z. L., Wang, D. F., Tachi, T., Chuang, K. C.* (2022) An origami longitudinal-torsional wave converter. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 51, 101570.
21. Chuang, K. C., Wang, D. F., Liu, J. J., Liao, C. Y.* (2021) Linking time-domain vibration behaviors to spatial-domain propagating waves in a leaf-like gradient-index phononic crystal lens. Crystals, 11(12), 1490.
22. Wang, D. F., Wang, Y. Q., Qian, Z. H., Tachi, T., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) A graded Miura-ori phononic crystals lens. Physics Letters A, 418, 127701.
23. Xu, S. F., Xu, Z. L., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) Hybrid bandgaps in mass-coupled Bragg atomic chains: generation and switching. Frontiers in Materials, 8, 774612.
24. Xu, S. F., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) On the gradually vanishing bandgaps of periodic locally resonant metamaterial Timoshenko beams in the high frequency limit. Physics Letters A, 420,127757.
25. Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y. H., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) Spectral shaping of fiber Bragg gratings based on non-rigid origami. Optics Letters, 46(19), 4825-4827.
26. Wu, L., Wang, Y., Chuang, K. C., Wu, F., Wang, Q., Lin, W., Jiang, H.* (2021) A brief review of dynamic mechanical metamaterials for mechanical energy manipulation. Materials Today, 44, 168-193.
27. Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y. Q., Zhu, R., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) Torsional bandgap switching in metamaterials with compression–torsion interacted origami resonators. Journal of Applied Physics, 130(4), 045105.
28. Chuang, K. C., Lin, S. H., Ma, C. C.* (2021) Efficient excitation of transverse vibrational modes using improved configurations of PFCs connected to an isotropic plate. Composite Structures, 265, 113718.
29. Xu, Z. L., Xu, S. F., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) Coupled flexural-longitudinal waves in an origami metamaterial with uncoupled creases. Physics Letters A, 396, 127232.
30. Wang, D. F., Wang, Y. H., Chuang, K. C.* (2021) Nearly-isotropic adjustable phononic crystal lenses using concentrated balls with Hertz contacts. Physics Letters A, 396, 127240.
31. Fang, X., Chuang, K. C.*, Jin, X. L., Wang, D. F., Huang, Z. L. (2020) An inertant elastic metamaterial plate with extra wide low-frequency flexural band gaps. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 88(2), 021002.

國際會議論文  (International Conference Papers)

1. Sora Moriyama, Kuo-Chih Chuang, and Tomohiro Tachi, “Folding a strip into space curves,” Short Presentation, February 4, 2024.
2. Sora Moriyama, Kuo-chih Chuang, and Tomohiro Tachi, “Miura-ori variations that can program two-directional curving,” SAMIO 2023, 2023 Symposium on the Application of Mechanisms in Origami.
3. Sora Moriyama, Kuo-chih Chuang, and Tomohiro Tachi, “Coupled Miura-ori Structure Along Space Curves,” IASS 2024 Symposium: Redefining the Art of Structural Design, August 26–30, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland.

專書

1. 莊國志，波動分析導論:理論與實驗,浙江大學出版社，2022.