MMEC SEMINAR SERIES
(Mechanics: Modeling, Experimentation, Computation)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall
Semester 2017
Tuesdays, 4:00pm, Room 3-370
| Sep 12 | Ju Li | MIT | Elastic Strain Engineering for unprecedented materials properties |
| Sep 19 | Sid Yip | MIT | Understanding deformation and flow in an amorphous material through molecular simulations |
| Sep 26 | Guy Genin | Washington University in St. Louis | Unification through disarray at the attachment of tendon to bone |
| Oct 3 | Dick Yue | MIT | Forty years of calculating water waves and their interactions with bodies --- Reflections from a personal journey |
| Oct 17 | Dan Goldman | GaTech | Some surprising simplicities in self-propulsion via self-deformation |
| Oct 24 | Karen Daniels | NC State University | The role of force networks in granular materials |
| Oct 31 | Jerry Qi | GaTech | 4D Printing: Making 3D Printing Alive |
| Nov 7 | Krishnan Mahesh | University of Minnesota | The simulation and modeling of turbulent flows |
| Nov 14 | Chiara Daraio | Caltech | Meta-materials with locally addressable properties: from self-folding to autonomous propulsion |
| Nov 28 | Tim Colonius | Caltech | Spectral analysis of turbulence in jets |
| Dec 5 | Chris Schuh | MIT | Stable Nanocrystalline Metals: Next-Generation Structural Materials from Science to Commercialization |
| Dec 12 | Arjun Yodh | UPenn | Softness, Rearrangements and Deformation in Colloids and other Soft Materials |
Organizers: Ming Guo, Irmgard Bischofberger, Themis Sapsis, Ken Kamrin, Xuanhe Zhao
Contact Info: Christina Spinelli ext. x3-5328