Grace Gu
@ProfGraceGu
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Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Joined June 2018
The Gu Lab @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyME has postdoc positions available in additive manufacturing, machine learning, and computational mechanics. More information here: Please help RT, many thanks!.
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Thank you so much for featuring us! This recognition is truly a reflection of the incredible support and inspiration from my mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and the wonderful students and postdocs I’ve had the privilege to work with. I’m deeply grateful to all of you!.
.@ProfGraceGu, assistant professor of @BerkeleyME, has been named a ‘game-changing’ researcher in materials science by @Nature! . Read more:
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Postdoc positions available in my group @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME with details shown below. Please help RT, thank you!
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Delighted to share that I've been appointed as the Don M. Cunningham Endowed Professorship! 🌟 Deeply honored by this recognition, I want to thank my nominators, mentors, students, postdocs, collaborators, and colleagues for their invaluable support. This holds special.
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Delighted to receive the DARPA Young Faculty Award! Many thanks to my amazing students, mentors, and colleagues. Thank you @DARPA for the support, we look forward to pushing the boundaries of piezoelectric metamaterials! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.
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Incredibly honored to be selected as a #SloanFellow! Special thanks to my amazing and supportive mentors, collaborators, and students. Thank you @SloanFoundation for the support. Congrats to all the Sloan Fellows! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.
Introducing… the winners of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowship! These extraordinary researchers represent some of the most exciting young minds working today—and we are thrilled to support them. Meet the winners here: #SloanFellow
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Honored to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE). Extremely grateful to my mentors, colleagues, collaborators, students, and family that made this possible. Thank you for walking this journey with me! 🙏 ⚛️ 📐.
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Honored to be selected as the inaugural recipient of the #LLNLEarlyCareer UC Faculty Initiative. We are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with @Livermore_Lab on advancing AI in metal-ceramic composite manufacturing. Looking forward! @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.
Congratulations to Grace Gu, a faculty member in mechanical engineering at @UCBerkeley, for being selected as the inaugural recipient of the #LLNL Early Career UC Faculty Initiative. Learn about Gu’s winning research proposal:
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Honored to receive the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (ONR YIP) Award! Many thanks to my students, mentors, collaborators, and colleagues. Thank you @ONR for the support and congratulations to all the awardees! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.
📣Announcing… this year’s ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) recipients! #ONRYIP
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Wrapping up an amazing #3Dprinting workshop at @UCBerkeley! Students built a 3D printer, honed their CAD skills using @autodesk Fusion 360, and took on a challenging design project. Breaking barriers and manufacturing the future! 🚀💡#stemeducation #DEI @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME
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Having a great time at the 3D printing @GordonConf - it was wonderful to connect with mentors, colleagues, students, and friends this past week!
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Excited to share our recent paper "Nano-topology optimization for materials design with atom-by-atom control" published in Nature Communications:.@Cal_Engineer @UCBerkeley @UCB_ME @NatureComms
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Our recent work on "Finite element based deep learning model for deformation behavior of digital materials" is featured on the front cover of Advanced Theory and Simulations! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.Link to the paper:
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Excited to share our recent research that merges the serrated feather features of owls with the flapping efficiency of cicada forewings in @NatureComms! We have created a three-dimensional propeller topology that enhances both silent and efficient flight, paving the way for
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Excited for the opportunity to speak at @TEDxBerkeley this year! @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME @UCBerkeley . Link for tickets: (discount code: GRACE20).
Our next TEDxBerkeley 2022 speaker is the ingenious @ProfGraceGu, a mechanical engineering professor at UC Berkeley and head of the Gu Research Lab, with the mission to create materials with customizable properties and functionalities. #tedxberkeley #tedx #berkeley #newyear #STEM
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Check out our recent paper entitled "Learning hidden elasticity with deep neural networks" published in PNAS @PNASNews where we present 'ElastNet' that can predict elasticity distributions of objects based on measured strains: @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME
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Excited to kick off the spring semester with Introduction to Composite Materials class of over 200 undergraduate and graduate students! 🌟 Looking forward to exploring the world of advanced materials and manufacturing with this incredible group. Here’s to a semester of discovery!
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Kicking off a new semester with Intro to Solid Mechanics! Excited to dive into how materials find their balance under stress. In this class (and in life!) it’s all about finding equilibrium. 💡📐Looking forward to a great journey ahead! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME
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Our review paper on "Machine learning for advanced additive manufacturing" was published in @Matter_CP! @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyME @Cal_Engineer Link to paper here:
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We had a wonderful time making ramen from scratch at the @TheStoryofRamen! 🍜 Thanks @KelseyHCollins for the great team-building activity suggestion!
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Many thanks to @NSF for supporting our DMREF project on switchable underwater adhesion. Looking forward to collaborating with the Bartlett @SMSLaboratory @virginia_tech, Lee @michigantech, and Long @RongLong8 @CUBoulder groups! @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.
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Delighted to receive an Amazon Research Award! We look forward to working on AI enabled design of pneumatically actuated robotic devices. Thank you @AmazonScience for the support and congrats to all the recipients! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME.
Congratulations to the 101 recipients of the 2020 #AmazonResearchAwards, who represent 59 universities in 13 countries. Each award supports the work of one to two graduate or postdoctoral students for one year, under the supervision of a faculty member.
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check out our recent work in @ScienceAdvances on tunable electromagnetic metamaterials inspired by the color-changing mechanisms of chameleons! combining nature, engineering, and innovation to explore new possibilities🌈 @BerkeleyME thanks to the wonderful work by my postdoctoral.
Talk about inspo. The chameleon, a lizard known for its color-changing skin, is the inspiration behind a new electromagnetic material that could someday make vehicles and aircraft “invisible” to radar, brought to you by a Berkeley team led by @ProfGraceGu!
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We have recently been fascinated by the world of mathematical tiling 🧩, exploring how these patterns can be harnessed to engineer innovative materials. In our latest work published in Materials Today, we've utilized einstein aperiodic monotiles - unique shapes that cover
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Aloha! Had a wonderful time at Spring @Materials_MRS this past week - seeing and meeting new friends, colleagues, mentors, students, and postdocs. Really enjoyed attending talks and posters sessions together! Mahalo~
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Thrilled to have hosted a 3D printing workshop for UC Berkeley undergrads! Students built their own 3D printers, sharpened their Fusion 360 CAD skills, and tackled a design challenge 📐- with the winners taking home the printers they created! Huge thanks to @Cal_Engineer,
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so great meeting up with friends and colleagues at #F23MRS @Materials_MRS! It's been a pleasure interacting with the materials science community!
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Welcome to the Spring 2024 semester - Looking forward to exploring the boundless potential of composite materials with talented students! Here's to a semester of learning and discovery! @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME
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Welcome back! Looking forward to interacting with such amazing students this semester - Introduction to Solid Mechanics (ME C85/CE C30) - What happens to a material when it feels stress? @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME
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Had a blast at @ASMEdotorg IMECE this past week meeting new and old friends. Thank you to the Materials Division for the honor of Orr Early Career Award. Forever grateful to my nominator, support letter writers, colleagues, mentors, and students/postdocs 🙏🙏Until next time NOLA!
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Our group wishes incredible postdoctoral researcher Sangryun Lee the best as he starts his new journey as a faculty member at @EwhaWomansUniv in Korea in the Fall. Congratulations Professor Lee - we will miss you!!
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Many thanks @AmazonScience for funding our research! We look forward to working on our project and interacting with the @AmazonScience community!.
We're excited to announce the 74 award recipients of the #AmazonResearchAwards' Fall 2021 cycle, representing 51 universities in 17 countries. The awards provide unrestricted funds to academic researchers investigating topics across a number of disciplines. Meet the recipients.
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Congratulations Daniel on your graduation, we are so proud of you! @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyME @Cal_Engineer
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Honored to be a part of this incredible group! Thank you @acspmse for this recognition and looking forward to Chicago!.
Congrats to the 2022 PMSE Young Investigator Awardees👏👏👏 #polymer #researcher #chemistry #ACSFall2022 @AmerChemSociety @EmilyPentzer @MGrunlanLab
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Thank you @EmlWebinar for this honor! In this paper, we investigate riblet topographies inspired by shark skin to mitigate flow induced noise and drag in towed arrays or underwater sensor systems. Many thanks to @lihuajin2014 for the kind nomination and my wonderful group members.
Extreme Mechanics Letters is pleased to announce the Recipients of the 2024 EML Young Investigator Award: Grace X. Gu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, USA .@ProfGraceGu @UCBerkeley.
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so proud of my first undergraduate mentee @MITMechE @LAMM_MIT @ProfBuehlerMIT Daly Wettermark for getting accepted to the Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Program @cee_stanford, with a focus on hydrology and water resources. Congratulations Daly!.
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Excited to share our work entitled "Laser scan strategy descriptor for defect prognosis in metal additive manufacturing using neural networks" in collaboration with @BerkeleyNuc published in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes! @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyME
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Had a wonderful time at my group's holiday party! It was great to see everyone!
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Boosted! 🚀 Safe safe and happy holidays everyone. We can beat this virus!
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Check out our recent paper on "Machine Learning-Based Detection of Graphene Defects with Atomic Precision" published in Nano-Micro Letters @nmletters! @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyME @Cal_Engineer Link to the paper here:
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We had an amazing time visiting @Livermore_Lab - meeting the wonderful team, exploring the dynamic Livermore Valley Open Campus, touring the cutting-edge facilities, and discussing new research ideas. Looking forward to working together on AI-driven manufacturing research! 🌟🤖
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Delighted to receive the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant from ASME @ASMEdotorg - Thank you to the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME and Haythornthwaite Foundation for the support!.
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Had an awesome first class @UCBerkeley today - Excited to work with such talented students this semester - Introduction to Solid Mechanics. @UCB_ME @Cal_Engineer
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Welcome back! Looking forward to an amazing semester ahead in Intro to Solid Mechanics - what happens to a material when it feels stress? @Cal_Engineer @UCB_ME @UCBerkeley
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Thank you @CoryMSimon for the kind invitation, I really enjoyed meeting @OregonState faculty and students!.
amazing seminar by Berkeley MechE prof @ProfGraceGu on nature-inspired & machine-learned design of materials with desired properties for aerospace applications! dinner w her, @DevinJRoach, & Chih-hung Chang. ☺️
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Excited to share our recent work on machine learning applications in the design and 3D-printing of soft pneumatic actuators published in Advanced Intelligent Systems! Thank you @Advintellsyst for featuring our work!.
Published in Advanced #Intelligent Systems: #Computational and #Experimental Design Exploration of #3DPrinted Soft Pneumatic #Actuators. #robotics #technology #AISY #openaccess #journal @WileyEngineer @ProfGraceGu @UCB_ME
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Honored to be named one of #35InnovatorsUnder35 by @techreview. I am incredibly thankful to my mentors, colleagues, and students for inspiring, supporting, and helping me grow every day @UCB_ME @Cal_Engineer @UCBerkeley
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Note to self: it is not a good idea to put your glasses on your lap before sleeping on the plane ✈️.
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley is seeking tenure track faculty candidates with expertise in: Fluid Mechanics; Energy Science and Technology; Design and Manufacturing; and Control and Robotics. Please apply!
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We had a blast hosting @ucmerced undergraduate Ukamaka this summer as part of the Cal NERDS program. Wonderful work Ukamaka and best of luck for the upcoming school year!
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Check out our recent work on autonomous in-situ correction of 3D-printers powered by artificial intelligence published in Manufacturing Letters: @Cal_Engineer @UCBerkeley @UCB_ME @JNJNews @3dprintindustry @3dersorg @3DPrint_com #AI #3Dprinting
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I enjoyed presenting at #EmTechMIT @techreview this year. Thank you for hosting such a wonderful event!
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After a few years working on machine learning for materials design research, as our models get substantially deeper, I find myself needing more horsepower - Thanks @nvidia @NvidiaAI for the 110 Teraflops! @Cal_Engineer @UCB_ME
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Many thanks to CITRIS @citrisnews for the support! We look forward to collaborating with Prof. Stephen Robinson from @ucdavis to develop new microstructured surfaces for improved fuel efficiency of various technologies! @BerkeleyME.
And one last highlight for the year, before those 🎆 🎇 start: We congratulate the 13 teams of multicampus, interdisciplinary 2021 CITRIS Seed Award recipients. We can't wait to see what 2022 brings for you! 🔹
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I enjoyed interacting with the participants of the Silicon Valley Innovation Leadership program this past week!
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Our recent paper published in @MaterHoriz introduces a new method to design hierarchical materials using machine learning:
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Our work on AI-enabled 3D-printing technologies for autonomous monitoring and self-calibration is a finalist in the 2019 IET Innovation Awards. Thank you @IETawards for this recognition! @Cal_Engineer @UCB_ME @UCBerkeley
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Thanks @UCB_ME for the feature and thank you 3M for this honor, I look forward to interacting with the 3M community!.
Congratulations to #BerkeleyME @ProfGraceGu on receiving the 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award!.
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@dryeeseeks Thanks @dryeeseeks, so good to see you all yesterday! :) Thank you @MaterialsToday for this honor!.
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Our paper on tuning graphene anisotropy via defect engineering is published in Carbon congrats to grad student Bowen! @Cal_Engineer @UCBerkeley @Bowen56987360.
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Great talk about new materials for nanoporous membranes by Prof. Jeff Grossman! @MIT @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer
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Sharing this faculty position opening in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at EPFL (Switzerland), in the general area of "Data-Driven Engineering Design." More information here:
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Had a wonderful time attending and presenting at the Machine Learning for Science Workshop @BerkeleyLab
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@JiayiCao01 @tuhin_mo @Matter_CP @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyME @Cal_Engineer Should also be open access for one month (there is a small delay in the system currently). Message me your email address and I can send you the the PDF. Thanks!.
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@zhigangsuo It is indeed a critical time to strengthen our body and soul and to find the supports needed for our lives.
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@Rosenchild @Cal_Engineer @UCB_ME @UCBerkeley @UofCalifornia @HubBucket Thank you for the kind note!.
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@Cal_Engineer @UCB_ME @JNJNews @UCBerkeley Thank you @Cal_Engineer for this nice feature and thank you @JNJNews for this recognition! I am so excited to be a part of the J&J community and am incredibly grateful to @UCBerkeley @UCB_ME, my supportive mentors and colleagues, family and friends, and my spectacular students!.
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