Faculty

Research Areas

Nonlinear vibration and control, Model order reduction, Computational optimization and control, Complex system, Multibody system dynamics

Academic Achievements

Open source packages

Recent publications:

  • Mingwu Li, Thomas Thurnher, Zhenwei Xu, Shobhit Jain*: Data-free non-intrusive model reduction for nonlinear finite element models via spectral submanifolds. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 434, 2025, 117590.

  • Qiyao Shi, Weicheng Huang*, Tian Yu*, Mingwu Li*: Double-eigenvalue bifurcation and multistability in serpentine strips with tunable buckling behaviors. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 195, 2025, 105922

  • Mingwu Li*: Explicit sensitivity analysis of spectral submanifolds of mechanical systems. Nonlinear Dynamics, 112, 16733–16770 (2024).

  • Mingwu Li, Hao Yan, Lin Wang*: Data-driven model reduction for pipes conveying fluid via spectral submanifolds. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences,  277(1), 2024, 109414

  • Mingwu Li*, Shobhit Jain, George Haller: Fast computation and characterization of forced response surfaces via spectral submanifolds and parameter continuation. Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 112, pages 7771–7797, (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-024-09482-2

  • Mingwu Li*, Shobhit Jain, George Haller: Model reduction for constrained mechanical systems using spectral submanifolds. Nonlinear Dynamics 02/2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-023-08300-5

  • Mingwu Li, Hao Yan*, Lin Wang: Nonlinear model reduction for a cantilevered pipe conveying fluid: A system with asymmetric damping and stiffness matrices. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 04/2023