Chen Mingji is an Associate Professor in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, at Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology. 

He completed his BEng and PhD at Tsinghua University in 2004 and 2010, respectively. His research focuses on the design and manufacturing of lightweight multifunctional structures. Taking the advantages of structural design, novel materials such as metamaterials and nanomaterials are fully utilized to achieve the performance improvement of functional structures or devices, such as electromagnetic wave absorption or transmission, sound absorption, vibration isolation, etc. He has published over 90 papers with a total citation of more than 5100, and serves as an expert reviewer for the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and other national projects, as well as reviewers for over ten international journals. Chen has led two NSFC projects and four other national projects, and participated as a technological backbone in several national major projects.

Lightweight multifunctional structures & devices

Wave absorption structures containing metamaterials

Vibration isolation structures containing metamaterials

Structures and devices for wave regulation

[1] Changzhi Hu; Zonghan Li; Ximing Tan; Mingji Chen; Accelerated inverse design of vibration isolators with customizable low dynamic stiffness characteristics via deep neural network, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024, 155(3):109735.

[2] Xudong He; Hao-Wen Dong*; Zhiwen Ren; Sheng-Dong Zhao; Kai Wang; Yuan Hu; Ping Xiang; Ying Li*; Mingji Chen*; Daining Fang; Inverse-designed single-phase elastic metasurfaces for underwater acoustic vortex beams, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023, 229: 105247.

[3] Zhiwen Ren; Yuehang Cheng; Mingji Chen*; Xujin Yuan*; Daining Fang ; A compact multifunctional metastructure for Low-frequency broadband sound absorption and crash energy dissipation, Materials & Design, 2022, 215: 110462.

[4] Jin Chen; Guangyuan Su; Shaohang Xu; Mingji Chen*; Yongquan Liu; Daining Fang; Ji Zhou; Ultrabroadband and multifunctional achromatic Mikaelian lens on an elastic plate, Physical Review Applied, 2022, 18(6): 64047.

[5] Lan Liang; Yiyue Lin; Yixing Huang*; Mingji Chen*; Broadband stealth composite metastructure with high penetration protection, Composites Part A-applied Science and Manufacturing, 2022, 160: 107069-107069.

[6] Yiyue Lin; Xuezhao Yang; Yixing Huang*; Mingji Chen*; Impact-resistant multilayered metastructure for broadband microwave absorption designed by evolutionary optimization, Composite Structures, 2021, 272: 14235.

[7] Jin Chen; Hongchen Chu; Yun Lai; Zhanwei Liu; Huanyang Chen; Mingji Chen*; Daining Fang*; Conformally mapped Mikaelian lens for broadband achromatic high resolution focusing, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2021, 15(5): 2000564.

[8] Jin Chen; Hongchen Chu; Yao Zhang; Yun Lai; Mingji Chen*; Daining Fang*; Modified Luneburg lens for achromatic subdiffraction focusing and directional emission, IEEE Trasactions on Antennas and Propogation, 2021, 69(11): 7930-7934.

[9] Jin Chen; Yangyang Zhou; Hongchen Chu; Yun Lai; Huanyang Chen*; Mingji Chen*; Daining Fang*; Highly efficient gradient solid immersion lens with large numerical aperture for broadband achromatic deep subwavelength focusing and magnified far field, Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 9(17): 2100509.

[10] Zonghui Wang; Yixing Huang*; Xiaowei Zhang; Li Li; Mingji Chen*; Daining Fang ; Broadband underwater sound absorbing structure with gradient cavity shaped polyurethane composite array supported by carbon fiber honeycomb, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2020, 479: 115375.

[11] Qunfu Fan; Xuezhao Yang; Hongshuai Lei; Yayun Liu; Yixing Huang*; Mingji Chen*; Gradient nanocomposite with metastructure design for broadband radar absorption, Composites Part A-applied Science and Manufacturing, 2020, 129: 105698.

[12] Yixing Huang; Qunfu Fan; Jin Chen; Li Li; Mingji Chen*; Liqun Tang; Daining Fang*; Optimization of flexible multilayered metastructure fabricated by dielectric-magnetic nano lossy composites with broadband microwave absorption, Composites Science and Technology, 2020, 191: 108066.

[13] Qunfu Fan; Yixing Huang; Mingji Chen*; Ying Li*; Weili Song; Daining Fang; Integrated design of component and configuration for a flexible and ultrabroadband radar absorbing composite, Composites Science and Technology, 2019, 176: 81-89.

[14] Yixing Huang; Xujin Yuan*; Mingji Chen*; Wei-Li Song; Jin Chen; Qunfu Fan; Liqun Tang; Daining Fang*; Ultrathin multifunctional carbon/glass fiber reinforced lossy lattice metastructure for integrated design of broadband microwave absorption and effective load bearing, Carbon, 2019, 144: 449-456.

[15] Yixing Huang; Wei-Li Song; Changxian Wang; Yuannan Xu; Weiyi Wei; Mingji Chen; Liqun Tang; Daining Fang; Multi-scale design of electromagnetic composite metamaterials for broadband microwave absorption, Composites Science and Technology, 2018, 162: 206-214.

[16] Yunong Zhao; Mingji Chen*; Fan Yang; Ling Zhang; Daining Fang; Optimal design of hierarchical grid-stiffened cylindrical shell structures based on linear buckling and nonlinear collapse analyses, Thin-Walled Structures, 2017, 119: 315-323.

[17] Yong Tao; Mingji Chen*; Yongmao Pei; Daining Fang; Strain rate effect on mechanical behavior of metallic honeycombs under out-of-plane dynamic compression, Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME, 2015, 82(2): 21007.

[18] Mingji Chen; Xiaolei Zhu; Hongshuai Lei; Daining Fang; Zhong Zhang*; Optimal design of broadband radar absorbing sandwich structure with circuit analog absorber core, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2015, 7(2): 1550020.

[19] Mingji Chen; Yongmao Pei; Daining Fang; Design, fabrication, and characterization of lightweight and broadband microwave absorbing structure reinforced by two-dimensional composite lattice, Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing, 2012, 108(1): 75-80.

[20] Mingji Chen; Yumei Yue; Yang Ju*; Growth of metal and metal oxide nanowires driven by the stress-induced migration, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, 111(10): 104305.