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Our Mission

The DMS lab (Dynamic Materials and Structures Lab) develops novel structural and metamaterial architectures with extreme and innovative mechanical and dynamic properties. We combine theory, computational modeling, design, and experimentation to advance the frontiers of engineered materials and structures.

The Lab

Waveguiding experiments

Research Areas

Our research centers on metamaterials and origami-inspired morphing structures, investigating how their geometry governs their mechanics and dynamics to enable novel architected material and structural systems.

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Origami-inspired structures

Metamaterial dynamics

Latest News + Events

Stay up to date with the latest news, events, and happenings with the DMS Lab.

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September 2026

Mark Platonov wins Astronaut Scholarship

Congrats to DMS Lab undergraduate Mark Platonov for winning an Astronaut Scholarship! Read more here.

May 2026

New papers on microscale metamaterial waveguides

Check out our latest works on scalability of design and microfabrication of metamaterials! New papers in Nature Communications and Physical Review X, summarized in an ETH Zurich News article.

February 2026

New paper on defective metamaterial modeling

New paper in the Journal of Sound and Vibration developing a modeling and optimization framework for metamaterials with defects.