In this talk, Professor Okwudire will share some of his group’s early research efforts on intelligent control of thermally-induced distortion and stress in metal AM using the PANDA, and opportunities for collaboration to tackle a variety of remaining challenges.
Industry already accounts for approximately one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and these emissions are growing quickly as the developing world industrializes and emissions-intensive materials are used to deliver better performing technologies. We need sustainable materials processing solutions that fit the scale and urgency of the challenge.
During hypersonic flight, thermally protective materials are subjected to complex, and often coupled thermal, chemical and mechanical loads in extreme conditions. The predictive modeling of gas-surface interactions and material response of ablative materials is essential to enabling a more robust and tailorable class of thermal protection system (TPS) materials for hypersonic vehicle design.
This talk describes a technique called Reachability-based Trajectory Design, which constructs a parameterized representation of the forward reachable set that it then uses in concert with predictions to enable real-time, certified, collision checking.
This seminar will explore the intersection of knowledge from the field of textile manufacturing with the needs of soft robots and devices, specifically focusing on wearable applications, including performance metrics, material and component choices, and fabrication strategies.
Interventions utilizing synthetic biomaterials for the modulation of cellular behavior in situ present a unique solution to the persistent challenges in cell manufacturing and conventional cell therapies. By engineering non-biological materials to transmit biological signals, we have the ability to fine-tune adhesive forces, regulate cellular mechanotransduction, and shape the immune response to create an optimal milieu for tissue healing.
Atmospheric flows are highly unsteady, and systems operating within them must contend with gust disturbances that can lead to performance losses and structural damage. Therefore, the next generation of wind-energy systems requires physics-informed design principles that effectively account for and even leverage these unsteady flow phenomena for enhanced power generation, robustness, and operational longevity.
Tissue morphogenesis is the process by which cells and tissues acquire their shape and structure during embryonic development. While the design of a tissue is encoded in the genome, the execution of this program is driven by the mechanical progression of coordinated behaviors at molecular, cellular and tissue scales.