Liwei Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research group develops machine learning algorithms, mechanics models, and topology optimization methods for 3D/4D printing, metamaterials, robotic materials, and programmable material systems. Dr. Wang was a postdoctoral scholar (2022–2024) and visiting scholar (2019–2021) at Northwestern University. He earned his B.S. (2017) and Ph.D. (2022) in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He serves on the editorial board of the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (SMO) journal. He is the recipient of the inaugural ASME Design Automation Dissertation Award and the ASME Design Automation Conference Best Paper Award.