（1）极端服役环境下复合材料及结构多尺度多物理场损伤模拟；

（2）物理机理内嵌数据驱动的本构建模及计算方法；

（3）融合机器学习、力学知识和启发式算法的模型优化及工程应用（装备故障智能诊断、结构智能设计、软件优化开发）。

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课题组常年招收博士生、硕士生及优秀本科生，欢迎对人工智能及其和计算力学、复合材料结构力学交叉感兴趣的同学联系！（邮件：yunmeizhao@tongji.edu.cn ）

1.Wang, W., Zhao, Y.*, Li, Y.* (2024). Ensemble machine learning for predicting the homogenized elastic properties of unideirectional composites: A SHAP-based interpretability analysis. Acta Mechanica Sinica. doi: 0.1007/s10409-023- 23301-x.

2.Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Ai, J., Zhao, Y*., Yu, Y., & Dong, Y*. (2023). A Lightweight and Explainable Data-driven Scheme for Fault Detection of Aerospace Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. doi: 10.1109/TAES.2023.3303855.

3.Zhao, Y*., Chen, Z., Dong, Y., & Tu, J. (2023). An interpretable LSTM deep learning model predicts the time-dependent swelling behavior in CERCER composite fuels. Materials Today Communications, 37.

4.Zhao, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y, Dong, Y.*, Ai, J., Robust Fault Detection: An Application to Aircraft Air Data Sensors,  International Journal of Aerospace Engineering 2022.

5.Yunmei Zhao, Saeed Siri, Bin Feng, David M. Pierce*. Toward Elucidating the Physiological Impacts of Residual Stresses in the Colorectum. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2021,144(1), 011008.

6.Yunmei Zhao, Saeed Siri, Bin Feng, David M. Pierce*, The macro- and micromechanics of the colon and rectum II: Theoretical and Computational Methods, Bioengineering, 2020,7(4), p.152. （Invited Review）

7.Yunmei Zhao, Saeed Siri, Bin Feng, David M. Pierce*, A Computational Model of Mouse Colorectum Capturing Longitudinal and Through-thickness Biomechanical Heterogeneity. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 113 (2020): 104127.

8.Yunmei Zhao, Bin Feng, Jian-ming Lee, Nandou Lu, David M. Pierce*, A multi-layered model for wrinkling of human skin predicts aging effects, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2019 (103552).

9.Yunmei Zhao*, Jingyu Zhang, Shurong Ding*, A new method for solving the fission-gas-diffusion equation with time-varying diffusion coefficient and source term considering recrystallization of fuel grains, Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2019 (100686).

10.Yunmei Zhao, Xin Gong, Yi Cui, Shurong Ding*, Simulation of the fission-induced swelling and creep in the CERCER fuel pellets. Materials & Design, 2016, 89: 183-195.