Acoustic Materials and Metamaterials
This course will cover the following topics, Acoustic fundamentals, Theory and design principles of acoustic barrier materials, sound absorbing materials, Limitations of conventional materials, Principles of acoustic metamaterials etc.
Waves and Resonance
Explore waves and resonance through musical instruments, vacuum cleaners, and invisibility cloaks. Discover the fascinating mathematics behind sound and light manipulation.
Defect Emission and Absorption on Cones, and Conical Billiards
Explore defect emission and absorption on cones and conical billiards with David Nelson from Harvard. Gain insights into active mechanics and its applications in various scientific fields.
Excitable Nonreciprocal Living Solids
Dive into the fascinating world of active matter and explore excitable nonreciprocal living solids with MIT researcher Nikta Fakhri in this insightful conference talk.
Pulsating Active Matter: From Liquids to Solids
Dive into pulsating active matter, exploring collective phenomena from liquids to solids. Uncover energy-consuming components' interactions and their surprising behaviors in various systems, from living organisms to engineered materials.
Lightning Talks - Active Mechanics Poster Presentations
Explore cutting-edge research in active mechanics through lightning talks by poster presenters at the Kavli Institute's conference on active solids and collective phenomena in energy-consuming systems.
Nonlinear Dynamics of Active Solids Through Nonreciprocal Mechanochemical Feedback
Explore nonlinear dynamics of active solids through nonreciprocal mechanochemical feedback. Gain insights into collective phenomena in energy-consuming systems and their applications in various fields.
From Active Actuation to Collective Motion: Exploring the Facets of a Simple Active Solid Model
Explore a simple active solid model, from active actuation to collective motion, in this theoretical physics talk. Gain insights into emerging phenomena in active matter systems and their applications across diverse fields.
Adaptive Locomotion of Active Solids
Explore adaptive locomotion in active solids with Corentin Coulais. Gain insights into energy-consuming components, collective phenomena, and the engineering of active solids for innovative shape changes and actuation.
Learning and Active Mechanics
Explore active mechanics and collective phenomena in energy-consuming systems. Gain insights into active solids, their behavior, and potential applications in various fields from biology to engineered materials.
Spectral Dynamics of Active and Living Materials
Dive into the spectral dynamics of active materials with MIT's Jorn Dunkel, exploring collective phenomena in energy-consuming systems and their applications in diverse fields.
The Active Young-Dupre Equation
Dive into the active Young-Dupre equation with Julien Tailleur from MIT, exploring innovative concepts in active matter and their applications in various scientific fields.
Control Strategies in Active and Robotic Matter
Explore control strategies in active and robotic matter, focusing on collective phenomena and energy-consuming components in various systems, from living organisms to engineered materials.
Metasurface Fabrication for Exoplanet Exploration
Explore advanced techniques for metasurface fabrication in space exploration, presented by NASA JPL expert Tobias Wenger at Caltech's Keck Institute.
Optimizing Wireless Communications: Time-Reversal Mirrors to Reconfigurable Intelligent Metasurfaces
Explore revolutionary Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) for enhancing communication efficiency and reducing energy consumption across microwaves, sound, and optics. Learn about smart mirrors solving multipath interference and signal scattering ch…
Reconfigurable Intelligent and Holographic Surfaces for Wireless Communications
Explore cutting-edge Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for wireless communications. Learn about modeling, analysis, and optimization techniques, as well as their interplay with holographic surface-based transceivers.
Multiscale Methods for High-Contrast Heterogeneous Sign-Changing Problems
Explore multiscale methods for high-contrast heterogeneous sign-changing problems, focusing on CEM-GMsFEM tailored for these scenarios. Learn about numerical effectiveness and error estimation.
Polarized Thermal Emission from Metamaterials Described by Stokes Parameters Based on Fluctuational Electrodynamics - Zhuomin Zhang
Explore polarized thermal emission from metamaterials using Stokes parameters and fluctuational electrodynamics, with focus on optical properties, near-field heat transfer, and novel 2D materials.
Toshiro Kodera - Electromagnetic Gyrotropes
Explore metamaterials as replacements for natural magnetic gyrotropes, their applications in circulators and antennas, and the advantages of non-reciprocity in electromagnetic devices.
From Classical Elasticity to Topological Mechanics by Tom Lubensky
Explore topological mechanics and metamaterials, focusing on engineered properties, zero-energy edge states, and their implications for material behavior and surface distortions.
Metamaterials and Topological Mechanics - Lecture 2
Explores classical elasticity, free energy, and stress in metamaterials. Covers isotropic materials, Lame coefficients, and uniaxial crystals. Discusses forces and stresses in topological mechanical systems.