We are the Active, Responsive, Multifunctional, and Ordered-materials Research (ARMOR) Laboratory at UC San Diego, led by Prof. Ken Loh. We are a diverse team of graduate and undergrad students, as well as post-doctoral researchers, that work as a cross-disciplinary team to advance innovative research ideas that result in new technologies. We actively partner with academic scholars, National Lab researchers, government agencies, commercial entities, and stakeholders to transition new technologies and ideas to practical use for improving society. 

We conduct both fundamental and applied research related to physical asset protection, human performance, and human-structure interactions. We aim to train the next generation of multidisciplinary engineering workforce through our hands-on student mentorship and classroom courses that feature the latest research. We develop: new stimuli-responsive and multifunctional materials; advanced sensing, noncontact imaging, and wireless measurement technologies; machine learning algorithms and numerical simulations; and research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) in operationally relevant environments.

Our physical structures and human assets are susceptible to different types of degradation and damage that can adversely impact their health, safety, and performance. Our goal is for our technologies, algorithms, methods, and systems solutions to not only better protect its host but also to generate actionable information that can directly enhance and augment their functionalities and performance.