Professor Paulino is the Margareta Engman Augustine Professor of Engineering at Princeton University. His research interests include computational mechanics, engineering mechanics and topology optimization. See his bio.
Current Students
Yeqi Chu is a 2nd year Graduate student studying the mechanics of origami structures.
Juana Gresia is a 5th year PhD student researching topology optimization and the mechanics of architected materials for structural applications.
Kevin Liu is a 4th year PhD student studying the geometry and mechanics of origami structures
Konstantinos Manos is a 3rd Year PhD student studying magnetically actuated robots and materials
Lucien Tsai is a 2nd year Graduate student working with mechanical metamaterials and topology optimization
Borui Xu is a 2nd year Graduate student interested in tensegrity and origami metamaterials.
Audrey Zhang is a 1st year Graduate student interested in bio and origami-inspired robotics.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Xiangxin Dang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate studying geometric mechanics of irregular reconfigurable structures and metamaterials, especially those inspired by origami, kirigami, and tensegrity.
Yifan Rao is a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, studying the mechanics and dynamics of origami-inspired soft robots and metamaterials toward programmable actuation and control.
Shixi Zang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate studying the kinematics and mechanics of deployable structures, with an emphasis on multifunctional origami metamaterials.
Lab Alumni
Ph.D., 2025 Civil and Environmental Engineering Princeton University
Ph.D., 2024 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., 2024 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021.
Ph.D., School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021.
M. S., 2020 School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology