Works

Projects spanning rod mechanics, topology, optimization, and soft robotics.

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Entanglement and packing

• Rod Dynamics Simulation in 3D — C++ simulation framework for rod ensembles with contact and friction
• Entanglement Optimization — Maximize linking number in rod configurations (C++ and JAX)
• Random Sequential Adsorption of 3D Rods — RSA packings and the entanglement transition

Control and inverse design

• Snake Control — Topology-guided trajectory optimization for hyper-redundant robots
• Snake Lattice — Inverse design of elastic curve networks

Simulation infrastructure

• DER Python — Discrete Elastic Rods in Python/JAX, with inextensibility plugin
• 3D Segmentation of Rods from X-Ray Scans — MATLAB pipeline for reconstructing rod configurations from CT data

Active matter

• Active Billiards — Extracting work from active AR(1) particles via a ratcheted wheel

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