Zheng Li

Legacy Model Y has been the world best-selling vehicle and world safest vehicle for crash. When it came to time to redesign new… Read more: New Model Y Rear Body Structures

Through 2023 to 2024, I worked on developing a general battery pack platform for next generation vehicles using unbox manufacturing architecture. As a… Read more: Cybercab Battery Pack & Remote Laser Weld Solution

Cybertruck rear under body (RUB) is a completely unconventional design composed by a single giant piece of giga-casting assembly which is made of… Read more: Cybertruck Rear Underbody Casting Repairability

In 2022, I worked on developing the front end structure for Rivian midsize SUV (R2) through first principles with finite element analysis in… Read more: R2 Front-end Crash Structures Development

The comprehensive design optimization knowledge is used to optimize the crush can in Rivian R1T. The optimum design is able to reduce total… Read more: R1T Crash-can Design Optimization with Surrogate Modeling

The horn material from Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) is anisotropic material with yield surface expanding non-uniformly during plastic hardening and dependent on strain… Read more: Constitutive Material Model Development for Bio-composites with Anisotropic Plastic Hardening

With non-linear finite element analysis, four North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) bridge rails were evaluated using full-scale vehicular crash analysis for crash… Read more: Dynamic Structural Impact Evaluation of NC Bridge Rails for Federal Regulation Compliance

Roadside utility structures (cluster mailboxes and bus shelter) were assessed for occupant safety risk during vehicular crash based on MASH standards using non-linear… Read more: Crash Safety Assessment for NC Roadside Utility Structures

Battery testing and modeling have gained much attention in the industries of consumer electronics and electric vehicles (EVs). Automotive 18650 lithium-ion batteries used… Read more: Mechanical Integrity of 18650 Li-ion Cells under Abuse Loads with SoC and Rate-dependent Plasticity