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SUMMARY:A virtual lab tour of the flexible structures laboratory at EPFL P
 rof. Pedro Reis
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Pedro Reis\n\nInstitute of Mechanical Engineering\, EPFL
  Lausanne\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: It used to be that academic seminars involve
 d a researcher visiting a host institution to deliver a talk and meet with
  colleagues (do you remember those days?!). Times have changed\, at least 
 temporarily\, but this situation is also opening opportunities. In this 
 ‘talk’\, we will be inviting you for a virtual tour of our Flexible St
 ructures Laboratory (fleXLab) at EPFL in Switzerland. We will show you som
 e of our experimental facilities and share some of our recent research act
 ivities\, focusing on the mechanics of magneto-active structures. Multiple
  members of our team will be involved in this tour. Research at our fleXLa
 b focuses is centered in the general area of the mechanics of slender stru
 ctures\, which leverage their post-buckling regime for novel modes of func
 tionality. Methodologically\, we recognize scaled high-precision model exp
 eriments as a powerful tool for discovery in mechanics\, supported by theo
 ry and computation\, in a vision of science-enable engineering and enginee
 ring-motivated science. Recently\, we have become fascinated with active s
 tructures made out of magneto-rheological elastomers that can be actuated 
 in the presence of an external magnetic field. After introducing some rece
 nt advances in experimentation\, modeling\, and computational for this cla
 ss of systems\, we will present a series of concrete examples. Specificall
 y\, we will discuss (i) (re)programmable mechanical metamaterials with pro
 grammable memory\; (ii) magneto-active beams and Kirchhoff-like rods\; and
  (iii) magnetic shells with tunable buckling properties.\nThis virtual lab
  will involve the participation of a few members of the fleXLab at EPFL.\n
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LOCATION:https://ethz.zoom.us/j/94817809233?pwd=N0pzbnQwSFFTQnVPcVR3SkNrd2
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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