About Z-Lab

Z-Lab is located in the Civil Engineering Department at New Mexico State University and directed by Professor Qianyun (Gloria) Zhang. The goal of Z-Lab is to explore transforming and revolutionizing solutions to existing civil engineering/general engineering challenges. There are three main research areas:

Structural Health Monitoring
• Automated SHM via UAVs
• Self-Powered Monitoring
• Low-Power Energy Harvesting for Sensors

Functional Materials and Structures
• Mechanical Metamaterials
• Multifunctional Structural Elements
• 3D Printed Structural Systems

Machine Learning/Data Science
• Multi-sensor Data Fusion
• Material Design & Discovery
• Topology Optimization