Morning Theme: Learning, Intelligence, and Emergence II / Session Chair: Nick Kotov
9:00 – 9:45
Martin Van Hecke FOM Institute AMOLF, Leiden University, Netherlands; Professor, Mechanical Metamaterials
Emergent Computing in Metamaterials
9:45 – 10:30
Sidney Nagel University of Chicago; Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor, Dept. of Physics, James Franck Institute
Memory formation in disordered matter
10:30 – 11:00
***COFFEE/SNACK BREAK***
11:00 – 11:45
Arvind Murugan University of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Physics, Murugan Lab
Learning through non-equilibrium memory
Three Short Talks – 15 Minutes talk and questions:
11:45 – 12:00
Vishal Patil Stanford University, Postdoc Math/Bioengineering
Self-learning mechanical circuits
12:00 – 12:15
Marcelo Guzman University of Pennsylvania Physics
Model-free characterization of topological states in mechanical networks
12:15 – 12:30
Robert Ziff University of Michigan, Professor Chemical Engineering, Complex Systems
Riddles of Sphinx Tilings
12:30 – 2:00
***LUNCH***
Afternoon Theme: Active and complex materials / Session Chair: Nick Boechler
2:00 – 2:45
Shu Yang University of Pennsylvania
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Programming shape morphing and chirality switching of metamaterials from liquid crystalline elastomers
2:45 – 3:30
Serife Tol University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics
Reconfigurable Elastic Metasurfaces for Tunable Wavefront Shaping
3:30 – 4:00
***COFFEE BREAK***
4:00 – 4:45
Jerry Qi Georgia Institute of Technology
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Multimaterial 3D Printing of Active Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Properties
4:45 – 5:30
6:30
Special Topic Discussion 2: At the intersection between materials complexity and metamaterials”
Facilitators:
Nick Boechler, Associate Professor of MAE, UC San Diego
Nick Kotov, Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
DINNER RECEPTION
Vandenberg Room, 2nd Floor, Michigan League
911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109