Zhongyuan Wo
Project Consultant at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolZhongyuan Wo is a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan and a Project Consultant at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger with a decade of experience bridging research and industry. His work focuses on deployable, origami-inspired tubular structures that exploit folding and buckling for reconfiguration, energy absorption, and tunable stability. He has led projects on corrugated anisotropic frustum shells and zipper-coupled origami tubes, with publications submitted to top mechanics venues and an IDETC/Journal invitation. A skilled instructor and researcher, he combines rigorous theoretical tools (reduced-basis methods from his undergraduate work) with hands-on prototyping to translate morphable-structure concepts to practical applications. Based in Ann Arbor, he brings rare expertise at the intersection of structural mechanics, deployable systems, and multifunctional design. Notably, his approach leverages controlled buckling as an engineered feature rather than a failure mode, enabling multi-stable and adaptive behaviors.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, 4.0/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, 4.0/4.0 at University of Michigan College of EngineeringBachelor of Engineering - BE, Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
wozy13/hugo-academic
Sep 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:78 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
wozy13/ERA
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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