— About · Updated 2026·04
Researcher, tinkerer,
and worldbuilder.
+ PL.01
Fig. 1 — Y.C.
@ Grandfather Mtn.
Researcher at heart, always dissecting systems, patterns, and behavior with curiosity and precision. Shaping workflows, tools, and creative projects until they feel uniquely mine.
Outside work: volunteering, tinkering with code, and dreaming of better worlds.
Recent work.
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2021 · work
Machine Learning for Metal Manufacturing
Data-driven prediction of process–microstructure–property–performance relationships for cast and additively manufactured metals.
metaset
2020 · academic
Data-Driven Metamaterials Design
Automated dataset curation for scalable data-driven design of mechanical metamaterials using shape descriptors and diversity-aware sampling.
A résumé, compressed.
§ 01 / 04 Jan 2022 – Present Simulation and Digital Twin Research Scientist Siemens Corporation
Jun – Sep 2018 Generative Design Intern Siemens Corporate Technology
2016 – 2021 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University
2011 – 2015 B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Honors) NC State University
Publications, selected.
§ 02 / 04 2024
Data-Driven Design for Metamaterials and Multiscale Systems: A Review Lee D, Chen W, Wang L, Chan Y, Chen W
Advanced Materials 2023
t-METASET: Task-Aware Acquisition of Metamaterial Datasets Through Diversity-Based Active Learning Lee D, Chan Y, Chen W, Wang L, van Beek A, Chen W
Journal of Mechanical Design 2022
Remixing Functionally Graded Structures: Data-Driven Topology Optimization with Multiclass Shape Blending Chan Y, Da D, Wang L, Chen W
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 2022
Data-Driven and Diversity-Enhanced Design of Heterogeneous Multiscale Structures Chan Y
DISSERTATION 2021
METASET: Exploring shape and property spaces for data-driven metamaterials design Chan Y, Ahmed F, Wang L, Chen W
Journal of Mechanical Design 2020
Deep generative modeling for mechanistic-based learning and design of metamaterial systems Wang L, Chan Y, Ahmed F, Liu Z, Zhu P, Chen W
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2019
Robust topology optimization of multi-material lattice structures under material and load uncertainties Chan Y, Shintani K, Chen W
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering 2018
Data-Driven Prediction of Mechanical Properties in Support of Rapid Certification of Additively Manufactured Alloys Yan F, Chan Y, Saboo A, Shah J, Olson G, Chen W
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences Honors, awarded.
§ 03 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2020 Paper of Distinction — ASME IDETC DAC
2017 Paper of Distinction — ASME IDETC DAC
2017 Predictive Science & Engineering Design Fellowship, Northwestern
2016 Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern
Talks, given.
§ 04 2020
METASET: An Automated Data Selection Method for Scalable Data-Driven Design of Metamaterials Design Automation Conference at ASME IDETC/CIE
2019
A Spectral Shape Descriptor Based Approach for Data-Driven Metamaterials Design Optimization 15th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics · Austin, TX