Fwd: FW: Engineering Science Seminar Series by Professor Suo Zhigang - Monday, 30 September 2013
Wei-Lin Tan
I am pleased to inform you that Professor Suo Zhigang from Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences is giving a talk on “Soft Materials and Soft Machines”. Details are given below.
Registration
Please click on the following link to register for the Seminar. Limited to 70 places.
http://doodle.com/trnby6dfdb9ivhb5
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ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAMME Faculty OF ENGINEERING National University of Singapore
Blk EA #06-10, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576 |
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Soft Materials and Soft Machines | ||
Professor Zhigang Suo | ||
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Professor Wang Chien Ming, Director Engineering Science Programme | |
DATE | Monday, 30 September 2013 | |
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | |
VENUE | Seminar Room, Block EA #06-02 Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore. Click here for the location map. Interactive Map of NUS
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SYNOPSIS |
Machines in engineering use mostly hard materials, while machines in nature are often soft. This difference has been an inspiration for the nascent field of soft machines. What does softness impart to the life of animals and plants? Softness enables large deformation, which in turn provides vital functions. Familiar examples include the beating of the heart, the sound shaped by the vocal folds, and the accommodation of the eye. In soft machines, deformation of soft materials is used to provide functions such as regulating flow in microfluidics, modulating light in adaptive optics, and interfacing tissues with stretchable electronics. Soft materials can deform in response to stimuli other than mechanical forces. Dielectric elastomers deform under voltage. Hydrogels swell in response to changes in humidity, pH, temperature, and concentration of salt. How do mechanics and chemistry work together to generate large deformation? How do molecular processes and geometric layouts affect functions of devices? How efficiently can materials convert energy from one form to another? These questions are stimulating new and exciting developments. This lecture highlights theory and experiments of soft materials that enable the creation of soft machines. The lecture will also describe opportunities for computational mechanics. | |
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BIOGRAPHY
| Professor Zhigang Suo is Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials at Harvard University. He earned a bachelor degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1985, majoring in Engineering Mechanics. Upon earning a PhD degree in Engineering Science from Harvard University, in 1989, Suo joined the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara, and established a group studying the mechanics of materials and structures. The group moved to Princeton University in 1997, and to Harvard University in 2003. Professor Suo teaches courses in solid mechanics and applied mathematics. His research centers on the mechanical behavior of materials and structures. Basic processes include fracture, deformation, polarization, and diffusion, driven by various thermodynamic forces. Applications include microelectronics, large-area electronics, soft materials, active materials, and lithium-ion batteries. Professor Suo was the Chair of the Applied Mechanics Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and is currently a member at large of the US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. He won the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal and the Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics, both from ASME. In 2008, he was inducted as a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
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Registration Please click on the following link to register for the Seminar. Limited to 70 places. http://doodle.com/trnby6dfdb9ivhb5
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With Best Regards
Angela
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