Hello! I’m Mo Zadeh, a seasoned engineer, designer and researcher focusing on mechanical metamaterials. I am passionate about design and analysis of structures, architected materials, and robotic mechanisms. Currently, I am senior research associate at University of Bristol.

1. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad, Yu Cheng Huang, Richard Suphapol Diteesawat, Emanuele Pulvirenti, and Jonathan M. Rossiter. “Soft Inflatable Kirigami Actuators for Wearable Applications.” Smart Materials and Structures,2025. Journal page.
2. Pulvirenti, Emanuele, Richard S. Diteesawat, Mohammad Naghavi Zadeh, and Jonathan M. Rossiter. “MetaFit—Towards Soft, Safe and Effective Body Interfacing for Health in Space.” SpaceCHI Workshop,2023. Workshop page.
3. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad, Martin S. Garrad, Christian P. Romero, Andrew T. Conn, Fabrizio Scarpa, and Jonathan M. Rossiter. “RoboHeart: A Bi‑Directional Zipping Actuator.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 4,2022, pp. 10352–10358. Journal page.
4. Garrad, Martin S., Mohammad Naghavi Zadeh, Christian P. Romero, Fabrizio Scarpa, Andrew T. Conn, and Jonathan M. Rossiter. “Design and Characterisation of a Muscle‑Mimetic Dielectrophoretic Ratcheting Actuator.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 2,2022, pp. 3938–3944. Journal page.
5. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad, Iman Dayyani. Materials with Structures Exhibiting Zero Poisson’s Ratio. GB Patent GB2578296 B, 16 Mar.2022. Patent page.
6. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad, Farbod Alijani, Xianfeng Chen, Iman Dayyani, Mehdi Yasaee, Mohammad J. Mirzaali, and Amir A. Zadpoor. “Dynamic Characterization of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Elastic Properties.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 118, no. 21,2021, p. 211901. Journal page.
7. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad, Iman Dayyani, and Mehdi Yasaee. “Fish Cells, a New Zero Poisson’s Ratio Metamaterial—Part II: Elastic Properties.” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 31, no. 19,2020, pp. 2196–2210. Journal page.
8. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad, Iman Dayyani, and Mehdi Yasaee. “Fish Cells, a New Zero Poisson’s Ratio Metamaterial—Part I: Design and Experiment.” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 31, no. 13,2020, pp. 1617–1637. Journal page.
9. Naghavi Zadeh, Mohammad. Static and Dynamic Characterisation of the Zero Poisson’s Ratio Fish Cells Metamaterial. PhD thesis, Cranfield University,2020. Record.

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