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Active Materials and Structures

Shawn Chester, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jaafar El-Awady, Johns Hopkins University
WaiChing Sun, Columbia University
 
This mini symposium brings researchers from a variety of backgrounds together in order to exchange and discuss ideas related to computational mechanics of active materials and structures. This is an exciting area related to the incorporation of multi-physics mechanics, multi-functional materials, varying length and time scales, and more, into the response of the material and/or structure.
 
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • 4D printed materials and structures
  • Chemically actuated biological materials and structures
  • Shape-morphing materials and structures
  • Shape memory materials and structures
  • Thermo-active materials and structures
  • Electro-active materials and structures
  • Magneto-active materials and structures
  • Light-active materials and structures
  • Mimicking natural actuators
This mini symposium is sponsored by the USACM Technical Thrust Area on Multi-Scale, Multi-functional Materials and Structures.