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SUMMARY:IMX Seminar Series - Additive manufacturing of bio-inspired materi
 als
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Kunal Masania\, Tu Delft\, Netherlands\nThis IMX seminar
  is co-sponsored by the National Center of Competence (NCCR) Bio-inspired
  Materials.\n\nMaterials in nature exhibit heterogeneous architectures tha
 t are tuned to fulfill the functional demands of the surrounding environme
 nt. Examples range from the cellulose-based organic structure of plants to
  highly mineralized skeletal parts like bone. Because they are often utili
 zed to combine opposing properties such as strength and low-density\, the 
 heterogeneous architecture of natural materials can potentially address se
 veral of the technical limitations of artificial homogeneous composites. H
 owever\, current man-made manufacturing technologies do not allow for the 
 level of composition and fiber orientation control found in natural hetero
 geneous systems. In this talk\, I will show that additive manufacturing (A
 M) routes might offer an exciting new pathway for the fabrication of mater
 ials with unprecedented architectures. The talk will explain our recent wo
 rk a variety of material classes\, enabled through nanoscale self-assembly
  and 3D printing. Proof-of-principle examples will be presented to illustr
 ate the potential of AM technologies for the fabrication of biologically i
 nspired materials with widely tunable properties and functionality.\nBio: 
 Dr. Kunal Masania is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Aerospace En
 gineering (Twitter\, Google Scholar\, Researchgate\, linkedin). After stud
 ying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Loughborough\, Kunal carr
 ied out his PhD at Imperial College London on size effects and nanoscale t
 oughening of thermosetting polymers. At the University of Applied Sciences
  of Northwestern (FHNW) Switzerland he developed a variety of advanced pro
 cessing approaches for high-performance composites\, such as rheo-kinetic 
 control\, compression RTM\, highly reactive polymers\, discontinuous compo
 sites and natural-fibre thermoplastic composites. Then Kunal joined the Co
 mplex Materials Group at ETH Zürich\, to develop new bio-inspired materi
 als\, 3D printing of biological materials and nacre-like composites.\nHis 
 group at TU Delft now re-imagine how composites are made today\, by struct
 uring hierarchical materials using design inspiration from the natural wor
 ld. His group that works on topics from material synthesis\, additive manu
 facturing of bio-inspired and living composite materials and their structu
 res - from mechanics and mechanical behavior. Having co-founded two startu
 ps\, he very much likes to push breakthrough science to applications that 
 can impact society.
LOCATION:MXF 1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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