Bao Zhao defends his doctoral thesis
on Nonlinear and metamaterials-based solutions for Elastic Wave and Energy guiding! Bao's work put forth a framework for materials that are enseable, self-sustainable, and feature computing skills.

The thesis was conducted under the main supervision of Dr. Andrea Colombi (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences) and co-supervision of Prof. Eleni Chatzi (Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zurich)
Thank you to the further doctoral committee members for the fruitful feedback and exchange:
- Stephanos Theodossiades - Loughborough University
- Raffaele Ardito - Politecnico di Milano
- Bart Van Damme - Empa
read more on Bao's work here.