Moini Lab

Architected Material and Additive Manufacturing (AM)2 Lab, Princeton CEE. We focus on mechanics and design of bio-inspired architected and resilient materials.

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

A new class of concrete and additive manufacturing is here. Two key contributions: 1) engineering new toughening mechanisms in concrete, “arrest-bridging-reenucleation” enabled by soft materials in layered concrete, 2) a multi-material AM technique from scratch. #princeton #CEE

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Join us! #robotics

[NERC 2026 @NERC_Robotics]

NERC is coming to beautiful @EPrinceton this Fall!

Please see the CfP for papers and demos, as well as our call for Rising Stars in Robotics. Submissions due August 20 AoE.

https://t.co/Emvs1DMWRn

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Mahsa Rabiei (G3 PhD) is presenting her work on pressure-based feedback control in robotic additive manufacturing of concrete is today’s Princeton’s Inaugural Humanity-driven robotics. @EPrinceton

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Happy holidays from Moini Lab! Another great year with these thoughtful secret Santas came to a nice end 🎁🎄 2025 came upon us w/ creativity in & inspiration for new paths in teaching & research, and marked new life adventures for some! Wishing everyone the best in 2026! 🎊🎉🥳

[Princeton Materials Institute @PrincetonMSE]

#CPI2025 is a week away!

PMI associated faculty member @moini_reza is among the Featured Innovators for this year.

Register: https://t.co/lRsbBHJDMk

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

New paper on making use of back-pressure, to develop new types of feedback control in additive manufacturing, that directly deals w/ material uncertainty upstream vs. downstream computer vision feedback, releasing a need for path tracking: https://t.co/O7Dr4c3Sl2 #control #c3dp

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

A quick but great quick intro to CEE and robotics by some of our best members:
#c3dp #cee

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

@RuiHuangUTAus @aymannaj93 @RuiHuangUTAus here you go: https://t.co/O5pt1ZXngS

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Happy to share our lab’s new comprehensive framework, coupling phase-field & cohesive zone model within a variational formulation led by @aymannaj93, capturing fracture across interfaced multi-materials w/ implication in additive, heterogen., & architected mater. #fracture #c3dp

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

2024 on the last issue of AM w/ my PhD student Shashank concluded a great year, featuring how fundamentals of statistical & fracture mechanics can be used to define disorder & engineer fracture toughness, inspired by mechanisms in cortical bone:
https://t.co/IawGYYqBFR
#cement

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Happy holidays from AM2 lab secret Santa’s…🌲🎉🌲🎁

[Princeton Engineering @EPrinceton]

Strength. Toughness. @moini_reza discusses the importance of these properties in the concrete that makes up our public infrastructure in this @NSF podcast. Watch it at the link below ⬇️https://t.co/LDofRf1NEy

[Reza Moini @moini_reza]

My reflections on future of design, construction, & additive/advanced manufacturing in a recent interview with @NSF Discovery Channel can be found in Apple podcast: https://t.co/mWGKc0ULpj #NSFFunded #ScienceHappensHere #NSFStories #concrete #c3dp #Robotics #3dcp @EPrinceton

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

@FastCompany @Princeton Thanks for sharing our work!

[Princeton Engineering @EPrinceton]

This new crack-resistant cement created by @Princeton researchers was inspired by cortical bone, the tough outer layer of human bone that is made of tubular structures to resist fractures while keeping it light. Read about it in @FastCompany ⬇️ https://t.co/fcglKmImsn

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Fall foliage outing of 2024! This one in our very own mountain lakes!

[Princeton Materials Institute @PrincetonMSE]

Inspired by the architecture of human bone’s tough outer layer, engineers at Princeton led by PMI's @moini_reza have developed a cement-based material that is 5.6 times more damage-resistant than standard counterparts.

https://t.co/jBZ71OeXRr

[Moini Lab @LabMoini]

Our work on engineering fracture mechanics by nacre-like hard-soft cementitious composites made it the cover! This one on AFM back cover.
https://t.co/VnMx3iyDp2
@Shashan05867248 @HShagerdi #architectedmaterials #nacre #nature #fracture #concrete #bioinspired

[Princeton University @Princeton]

Engineers at #PrincetonU focused on geometric design to develop a new kind of concrete material that resists cracking and could make for a more durable, promising solution in architectural structures. (via @Archinect) https://t.co/Ck7MbGAd71