WENDONG HUO / RESEARCH
Computational mechanics researcher
Postdoctoral Fellow · HKU
I study how geometry shapes mechanical behavior—from stiffened shells and explicit topology optimization to the mechanics of advanced materials.
Orbital cabin-type shell · Fig. 32(b), Liu et al. (2026)
Designing stiffeners on complex curved shells to maximize the fundamental natural frequency.
GEOMETRY / STRUCTURE / EXPLORATION
Explore the models behind the research, the craft behind the website, and a small space for playful experiments.
Archived meshes, real structures, another angle.
Small decisions behind the models and visuals.
Turn a surface. Follow a curve. Make something.
AI-assisted concept illustrations · Research meshes are identified within the gallery.
A RESEARCH THREAD
From rib layouts to solid components and surface topography: three approaches to making geometry an explicit part of structural optimization.
2024 · RESEARCH
Embedded spline components describe surface topography, while conformal parameterization extends the design approach to complex shell geometries.
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2023 · RESEARCH
A solid-component formulation connects geometric design and finite-element analysis for topology, rib layouts, and sandwich structures.
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2023 · RESEARCH
Computational conformal mapping and explicit components produce interpretable reinforcing-rib layouts on complex surfaces.
View study →EXPLORE THE GEOMETRY
An archived topology-optimization result on a tee-branch shell: connected members and open regions follow the branching curved surface. Compare the optimized layout with its original design surface, and rotate to inspect the geometry.
Explore the optimized tee-branch in 3D
Lightly smoothed for display · Original connectivity and openings retained. Compare with the archived mesh to inspect the unchanged structural layout. Download unsmoothed archive ↗
GEOMETRY IN PRACTICE / CMAME 2023
Embedded solid Moving Morphable Components turn a bottle-shaped design domain into an open thin-walled structure. The final design combines hierarchical components with different structural roles.
Final optimized design · Top and side views · Fig. 23, Huo et al., CMAME 417 (2023), 116431. Click to enlarge.
WHAT CONNECTS MY WORK
My doctoral work at Dalian University of Technology connected the Moving Morphable Components method with computational conformal mapping. At HKU, working with Prof. Yang Lu, my interests extend toward advanced materials and small-scale mechanics.
My academic path →Curved shells, reinforcing ribs, and explicit structural optimization.
Deep elastic strain engineering in diamond and micro-/nano-mechanics.
Computational geometry, multifunctional metamaterials, and AI-assisted design.
LET’S CONNECT
I welcome conversations about computational mechanics, structural optimization, and advanced materials.
huowd@hku.hk ↗Chinese / English