Guoqiang Li

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Major Morris S. & DeEtte A. Anderson Memorial Alumni Professor
John W. Rhea, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Engineering

PhD, Southeast University, China (1997)
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Fellow, International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (AAIS)

Expertise

Multifunctional polymers and polymer composites • mechanical and functional metamaterials • constitutive modeling • machine learning • additive manufacturing • energy harvesting.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Guoqiang Li received his BS., MS., and PhD. degrees in Civil Engineering from Hebei University of Technology, Beijing University of Technology, and Southeast University, respectively. He completed his postdoctoral training in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU). He is currently the Major Morris S. & DeEtte A. Anderson Memorial Alumni Professor and the holder of the John W. Rhea Jr. Professorship in Engineering in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at LSU. He has previously served as Associate Vice Chancellor/President in the Office of Strategic Initiatives and as Associate Vice Provost in the LSU Graduate School. He is also holding the title of Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Southern University, Baton Rouge. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences(AAIS). His research interests span engineering materials, manufacturing, and engineering mechanics. A list of his patents and publications is available on his Google Scholar and Scopus profiles. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Elsevier’s Cleaner Materials, and Smart Materials and Devices (Science Exploration); as Specialty Editor for “Solid and Structural Mechanics” for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering; and as an Editorial Board Member for five additional journals. He has received more than 40 awards and recognitions for his research, mentoring, and service.

Key Publications

A. Challapalli, G. Li. Artificial Intelligence Assisted Structural Optimization. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, (2025).
S. Sarrafan, G. Li. Conductive and Ferromagnetic Syntactic Foam with Shape Memory and Self-Healing/Recycling Capabilities. Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 34, No. 11, paper number 2308085, (2024).
C. Yan, X. Feng, and G. Li. From drug molecules to thermoset shape memory polymer: a machine learning approach. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 13, No. 50, pp. 60508–60521, (2021).
X. Feng and G. Li. Catalyst-free β-hydroxy phosphate ester exchange for robust fire-proof vitrimers. Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 417, paper number 129132, (2021).
J. Fan and G. Li. High Enthalpy Storage Thermoset Network with Giant Stress and Energy Output in Rubbery State. Nature Communications, Vol. 9, No. 1, paper number 642, (2018).
L. Lu, J. Pan, and G. Li. Recyclable High Performance Epoxy Based on Transesterification Reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, pp. 21505 – 21513, (2017).
Q. Yang and G. Li. A Top-down Multi-scale Modeling for Actuation Response of Polymeric Artificial Muscles. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 92, pp. 237–259, (2016).
G. Li. Self-Healing Composites: Shape Memory Polymer Based Structures. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., West Sussex, UK, (2014).
G. Li and A. Shojaei. A Viscoplastic Theory of Shape Memory Polymer Fibers with Application to Self-Healing Materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 468, No. 2144, pp. 2319-2346, (2012).
G. Li and W. Xu. Thermomechanical Behavior of Thermoset Shape Memory Polymer Programmed by Cold-Compression: Testing and Constitutive Modeling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1231–1250, (2011).