Bio

Jeseung Lee is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, United States. His research aims to embed physical intelligence and advanced functionality into mechanical systems through programmable materials and structures. He earned his B.S. (summa cum laude) and Ph.D. (valedictorian) in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea.

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Dissertation Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (2024)
  • Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (2024)
  • Gold Prize, 27th Samsung Humantech Paper Award, Samsung Electronics (2021)
  • Global Ph.D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (2019)
  • Presidential Science Scholarship, South Korea (2014)

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Seoul National University, Mechanical Engineering (2024)
  • B.S., Seoul National University, Mechanical Engineering (2018)

Stanford Advisors

Contact

  • Academic
    jeseung@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: Mechanical Engineering Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

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  • Porous liquid crystal elastomers for thermal-driven tunable acoustic properties MATERIALS TODAY Lee, J., Sim, J., Yang, X., Wu, S., Averitt, S., Zhao, R. 2026; 98

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.mattod.2026.103394

    View details for Web of Science ID 001785770300001

  • Elastic rod origami (RodOri) for programming static and dynamic mechanical properties. Science advances Leanza, S., Lee, J., Lu, L., Zhao, R. R. 2026; 12 (19): eaed1774

    Abstract

    Reconfigurable mechanical systems enable precise programmable control over structural properties, expanding opportunities in architected materials, adaptive devices, and multifunctional structures. Here, we introduce elastic rod origami (RodOri), a platform that exploits remarkably simple elements-prestressed, naturally curved rods-into a system with an extraordinary degree of multistability and configurational richness. For example, a single six-rod RodOri unit can easily access 11 distinct configurations, far exceeding the reconfigurability of conventional origami or general mechanical reconfigurable systems. Individual rods, constrained under clamped boundary conditions, undergo transitions between discrete morphologies whose strain energy and stiffness are precisely prescribed by their natural curvature. Assembling these rods into modular multirod architectures yields metamaterials with numerous stable configurations that can be selectively and reversibly programmed. This configurational diversity enables tunable static stiffness and nonlinear force response, thus enabling tunable dynamic behaviors such as vibration filtering, wave propagation switching, and mode conversion within a single, easily manufactured platform. By leveraging curvature-induced mechanical instability, RodOri unlocks highly programmable static and dynamic mechanical behavior, offering tailorable design strategies for reconfigurable structures, soft robotics, medical devices, and adaptive materials.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aed1774

    View details for PubMedID 42090496

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  • Cross-modal Willis metasurfaces for perfect control of elastic wave refraction in solids PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED Park, C., Lee, J., Kim, Y. 2025; 24 (5)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/kv7h-zq6x

    View details for Web of Science ID 001616137000004

  • Anisotropic elastic metamaterials for novel wave manipulation: a review EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS Lee, J., Kim, Y. 2025; 113

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2025.105696

    View details for Web of Science ID 001487609700001

  • Perfect circular polarization of elastic waves in solid media NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Lee, J., Kweun, M., Lee, W., Seung, H., Kim, Y. 2024; 15 (1): 992

    Abstract

    Elastic waves involving mechanical particle motions of solid media can couple volumetric and shear deformations, making their manipulation more difficult than electromagnetic waves. Thereby, circularly polarized waves in the elastic regime have been little explored, unlike their counterparts in the electromagnetic regime, where their practical usage has been evidenced in various applications. Here, we explore generating perfect circular polarization of elastic waves in an isotropic solid medium. We devise a novel strategy for converting a linearly polarized wave into a circularly polarized wave by employing an anisotropic medium, which induces a so-far-unexplored coupled resonance phenomenon; it describes the simultaneous occurrence of the Fabry-Pérot resonance in one diagonal plane and the quarter-wave resonance in another diagonal plane orthogonal to the former with an exact 90° out-of-phase relation. We establish a theory explaining the involved physics and validate it numerically and experimentally. As a potential application of elastic circular polarization, we present simulation results demonstrating that a circularly polarized elastic wave can detect an arbitrarily oriented crack undetectable by a linearly polarized elastic wave.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-45146-w

    View details for Web of Science ID 001161546900004

    View details for PubMedID 38346969

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC10861468

  • Polarization-independent full mode-converting elastic metasurfaces INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES Lee, W., Lee, J., Park, C., Kim, Y. 2024; 266

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.108975

    View details for Web of Science ID 001153320100001

  • Ultrasonic inspection of sludge accumulated in plastic pipes using meta-slab mode-converting wedge transducers NDT & E INTERNATIONAL Piao, C., Lee, J., Kim, S., Kim, Y. 2024; 142

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ndteint.2023.103020

    View details for Web of Science ID 001142657500001

  • Elastic metamaterials for guided waves: from fundamentals to applications SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES Lee, J., Kim, Y. 2023; 32 (12)

    View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-665X/ad0393

    View details for Web of Science ID 001088291100001

  • Uni-modal retroreflection in multi-modal elastic wave fields INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES Lee, J., Park, J., Park, C., Cho, S., Kim, Y. 2022; 232

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.107655

    View details for Web of Science ID 000862831500002

  • Perfect transmission of elastic waves obliquely incident at solid-solid interfaces EXTREME MECHANICS LETTERS Lee, J., Kweun, M., Lee, W., Park, C., Kim, Y. 2022; 51

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.eml.2022.101606

    View details for Web of Science ID 000819921400008

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