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MSE Seminar: Design and Additive Manufacturing of Multi-functional Architected Metamaterials Speaker: Xiaoyu "Rayne" Zheng, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles Title: Less is More: Design and Additive Manufacturing of Multi-functional Architected Metamaterials Abstract: Material properties are governed by their chemical composition and intrinsic crystalline structures. This fundamentally limits material properties and their applicability creating trade-offs for selecting materials for product applications, from structural components to sensors and antennas. Dr. Xiaoyu “Rayne” Zheng is an Assistant Professor at University of California, Los Angeles and directs the Advanced Manufacturing and Metamaterials Laboratory. His group draws principles from mechanics, optics and material science to develop the next generation of additive manufacturing (3D printing) processes, material design and synthesis approaches to create multi-functional materials and all-in-one devices with controlled topologies, compositions and multi-scale features. His group transfers these materials to a wide array of applications for electronics, structures, robotics, energy storage and transduction, to biology and health care. Their work on scalable additive manufacturing approaches for ultralight, ultrastrong and resilient materials was featured on MIT Technology Review Top 10 Innovations, R&D 100 Magazine, the Cover on Science Magazine and Nature Materials. Professor Zheng has over 40 publications and multiple patents. He received multiple awards and recognitions, including a DARPA Young Faculty Award, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, 3M Faculty Award, Freeform Fabrication and Additive Manufacturing Excellence Award and the Director’s Award for Publication Excellence from the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. This Event is For: Campus |