"We aim to design and predict mechanical behaviour of active metamaterials that switch their mechanical properties on demand on the fly through the use of computational tools and generative AI and bring these metamaterials to applications."

Ondřej obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) in 2014, focusing on the topic of stochastic structural vibrations. After that he held a postdoctoral position for several projects at CTU and TU/e, focusing on development of integrated experimental-computational micromorphic homogenization scheme for elastomeric mechanical metamaterials, multiscale identification of micromechanical parameters in heterogeneous solids, development of variational concurrent multiscale methodologies for dissipative materials with discrete microstructures, and on modelling and homogenization techniques for optimal design of modular mechanical metamaterials with applications in soft robotics. During his posdtoctoral period, Ondřej was a visiting researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, 2015) and University of Luxembourtg (2016). He joined the Mechanics of Materials section of Mechanical Engineering Department at TU/e in 2020.