Office: 243 Fluor Daniel Building
Phone: (864) 656-6851
Email: padorn@clemson.edu
Patrick Dorin joined the department as an Assistant Professor in August 2025. Prior to this position, Patrick served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on controlling and harnessing vibrations and elastic waves using architected structures known as metamaterials. His work aims to create advanced structures that can intelligently guide, focus, and block elastic waves, unlocking new possibilities for a broad range of engineering applications (e.g., energy harvesting, sensing, vibration/noise mitigation, structural health monitoring, and information processing).
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2023
M.S.E., University of Michigan, 2020
B.S., University of Notre Dame, 2015
Structural dynamics and vibrations, wave propagation, mechanical metamaterials, topological mechanics, and physical intelligence
Dorin. P, and Wang K. W. (2024). “Embodiment of parallelizable mechanical logic utilizing multimodal higher-order topological states,” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 284, 109697.
Dorin, P., Khan, M., and Wang, K. W. (2023). “Uncovering and experimental realization of multimodal 3D topological metamaterials for low-frequency and multiband elastic wave control,” Advanced Science, 10, 2304793.
Dorin, P., Liu, X., and Wang, K. W. (2022). “Emergence of bilayer-locked states and synthesis of elastic wave networks in a programmable 3D topological metamaterial,” Applied Physics Letters, 120, 221703.
Dorin, P., and Wang, K. W. (2021). “Broadband frequency and spatial on-demand tailoring of topological wave propagation harnessing piezoelectric metamaterials,” Frontiers in Materials, 7, 602996.
Kim, J., Dorin, P., and Wang, K. W. (2020). “Vibration energy harvesting enhancement exploiting magnetically coupled bistable and linear harvesters,” Smart Materials and Structures, 29, 065006.