Rate My Professor Jordan Raney

In the Architected Materials Laboratory, Raney's research centers on experimental mechanics and additive manufacturing techniques to create novel composites and material architectures, encompassing hierarchical, heterogeneous, fibrous, and soft systems. His work is organized into three primary thrusts: geometric control of nonlinear behavior, such as wave propagation and fracture resistance in metamaterials; development of 3D-printable composites and responsive materials, including fiber-reinforced inks and stimuli-responsive elastomers; and mechanical logic and autonomous materials that integrate sensing, decision-making, and actuation without electronics. Notable publications include 'Design of non-deterministic architected structures via bio-inspired distributed agents' in Science Advances (2025), 'Modular stimuli-responsive valves for pneumatic soft robots' in Advanced Intelligent Systems (2025), 'Rotational 3D printing of damage-tolerant composites with programmable mechanics' in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), and 'Bifurcation-based embodied logic and autonomous actuation' in Nature Communications (2019). Raney has received the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2020 for developing materials with distributed intelligence in kirigami-inspired architectures, the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award in 2019, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He has presented seminars at institutions including Johns Hopkins University and Drexel University.