Mechanics & Extremes @ KAIST. We tackle complex engineering and science problems in the emerging areas of Solid Mechanics and Condensed Matter in Extremes via modeling, experimentation and computation. The central focus of the group is to understand the mechanistic underpinnings of large deformation, flow and interactions of solids and condensed matter, and harness this understanding to help design better new materials, microstructures and devices in extreme, coupled settings.

News and Events

• (March, 2025) Our group is moving to and joining the Mechanical Engineering Department, KAIST in March, 2025. Please take notice.

• (March, 2025) Jeongun presents his recent work on modeling of viscoelastomers at American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Annaheim, CA.

• Office hour for undergraduates/graduates: by appointment; E-mail 보내세요.

• News arXiv (~ 2024)

Recent Publications

• Stiffness, strength, energy dissipation and reusability in heterogeneous architected polycrystals, S. Lee et al., arXiv, 2025

• Extreme resilience and dissipation in heterogeneous disordered materials, J. Moon et al., arXiv, 2025

• Size-dependent fracture in elastomers: Experiments and continuum modeling, J. Lee et al., Phys. Rev. Mat., 8 (11), 2024

• Large strain micromechanics of thermoplastic elastomers with random microstructures, H. Cho et al., J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 187, 2024