Morning Theme: Topological Mechanics / Session Chair: Xiaoming Mao
9:00 – 9:45
Jihong Ma The University of Vermont
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Topologically Protected Edge States in Phononic Crystals with Beyond Nearest Neighbors
9:45 – 10:30
Ken Ahn, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Associate Professor of Physics and Director of Materials Science and Engineering – Materials Science Option
Flat Frequency Bands and Majorana-like Bound States in Topological Mechanical Metamaterials
10:30 – 11:00
***COFFEE/SNACK BREAK***
11:00 – 11:45
Stefano Gonella University of Minnesota
Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
The fate of topological edge and interface mechanics under increased geometric and material complexity
Three Short Talks – 15 Minutes talk and questions:
11:45 – 12:00
Wenting Cheng University of Michigan, Physics GSRA
One-way edge states in two-dimensional auxetic Maxwell lattices and continua
12:00 – 12:15
Mohammad Charara University of Minnesota, Engineering Graduate Student
Cell Augmentation Framework for Topological Lattices
12:15 – 12:30
Siddhartha Sarkar University of Michigan, Physics GSRA
Mirror-symmetry protected higher-order topological zero-frequency boundary and corner modes in Maxwell lattices
12:30 – 2:00
***LUNCH***
Afternoon Theme: Structure, Functionality, and Design Learning, Intelligence, and Emergence I / Session Chair: Jihong Ma
2:00 – 2:45
Evgueni Filipov University of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
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2:45 – 3:30
Kai Sun University of Michigan
Professor of Physics
***Talk Title***
3:30 – 4:00
***COFFEE BREAK***
4:00 – 5:30
Team Activity