Dr. Muhao Chen

Assistant Professor

Office Location W204 Engineering Building 2

Email muhaochen [at] uh.edu

Education

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2021

MS & BS, Design and Manufacture of Ships and Marine Structures, HUST, 2016

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UH

Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UK, 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, 2023

Courses Taught

MECE 3336 Mechanics II (Dynamics)

MECE 5397/6397 Tensegrity Engineering for Space Systems

Research Interests

Lightweight & Deployable Structures, Soft Robotics, Dynamics and Control

Awards & Honors

Reviewers of the Year Award, ASME J. Mechanisms Robotics, 2024

Graduate Excellence Fellowship, TAMU, 2020

M Chen, A Fraddosio, A Micheletti, G Pavone, MD Piccioni (2026). Self-stress analysis and design of the Core-Expander tensegrity family. Thin-Walled Structures, 230, 115184.
L Zhao, Y Jiang, CY She, AQ Li, M Chen, D Balkcom (2026). SoftRafts: floating and adaptive soft modular robots. npj Robotics 4 (1), 8.
Y Xu, JK Hampton, D Capps, M Chen (2026). A modular assembly fabrication approach to tensegrity prism domes. Engineering Structures 363, 123032.