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Haitao Ye is a leading researcher at the forefront of 4D printing, multimaterial additive manufacturing, and smart origami structures. His work centers on creating programmable, stimuli-responsive materials that can change shape or function over time, with a particular emphasis on shape-memory polymers (SMPs) and continuous fiber-reinforced composites. Ye’s major contributions include the development of mechanically robust, UV-curable SMPs for digital light processing (DLP)-based 4D printing, a breakthrough that has garnered 316 citations and opened new avenues for high-stiffness active structures. He also pioneered centrifugal multimaterial 3D printing, enabling the fabrication of multifunctional heterogeneous objects with precise voxel-level property control—a method cited 214 times for its potential in advanced manufacturing. His work on electrothermally controlled origami and rigid-flexible coupled robots demonstrates how 4D printing can realize deployable, self-locking structures for multi-scenario applications. More recently, Ye has explored organohydrogel-based strain sensors and multi-stable origami with thick panels, pushing the boundaries of sensitivity, stability, and load-bearing capacity. With over 600 citations across his most prominent papers, Haitao Ye is shaping the future of smart materials and adaptive structures.