Andrew Lee
Bio
Dr. Andrew Lee’s research focuses on leveraging the actuation and sensing capabilities of active materials to develop deployable and reconfigurable structures which are multifunctional. The aim is to design structural systems and architectures that can adapt to dynamic environments through self-shaping and monitoring. He is particularly interested in lightweight space structures, thin-ply composite materials, dynamical and vibrational systems, and elastic instabilities.
Dr. Lee received his B.S.E., M.S.E., and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining NC State, he was a postdoctoral scholar in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology. Previously he was also a mechanical engineer at Raytheon Technologies.
Publications
- Active Reduction of Dynamic Fold Propagation in Deployable Shell Structures , AIAA Journal (2026)
- Continuum Modeling for Deployable Space Trusses with Collapsible Tubular Masts , AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (2026)
- Extension of cross-well bandwidths for bistable piezoelectric plate oscillators , Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (2026)
- Integration of Origami-Inspired Folding into Deployable Composite Shells , AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (2026)
- Nonlinear vibrations from local shell buckling in composite tape spring hinges , International Journal of Solids and Structures (2026)
- Optical sensing of deployment dynamics in composite shell structures with fiber Bragg gratings , Smart Materials and Structures (2026)
- Characterization of Nonlinear Vibrations in Composite Tape Spring Hinges , AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (2025)
- Deployment of bistable composite tape springs with non-uniform curvatures , Composite Structures (2025)
- Optimal Cable-Stayed Forms for Pretensioned Space Structures , AIAA Journal (2025)
- Uncoiling Deployment of Bistable Composite Booms With Elliptical, Parabolic, and Catenary Profiles , AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (2025)