Events

Material : Inter-disciplinary Research and Design

Title| Material : Inter-disciplinary Research and Design Speaker| Sawako Kaijima, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Date| 1 August 2018 (Wednesday) Time| 1400 – 1500 Venue| Think Tank 22, Building 2, Level 3 (2. 311)   ABSTRACT Interdisciplinary research has gained interest in recent years due to its creative potential to solve complex problems through the integration of diverse perspectives. Knowledge integration across […]

Multiscale Design of Components and Materials and their Realization via Additive Manufacturing

Title| Multiscale Design of Components and Materials and their Realization via Additive Manufacturing Speaker| Martin L. Dunn, Dean and Professor of College of Engineering Time| 1400 – 1500 Venue| Think Tank 22, Building 2, Level 3 (2.311)   ABSTRACT In this talk I describe a multiscale digital design and manufacturing workflow that simultaneously determines the macroscopic topology and the spatially-variable microstructure of 3D composite components based on […]

Digital Research Tools #2: Plotting with Python & Matplotlib

Mon June 25, 2018| Think Tank 8, 1.410 | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Lead by David Mateo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, EPD, SUTD. Brought to you by SUTD Postdoc Society & DManD Centre Research is becoming increasingly dependent on computer-based skills and tools, and researchers are expected to harness these tools in their work. This series will create a platform for the SUTD research community […]

Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing: The 3D Deposition of Functional Materials for the Additive Manufacturing of Smart Devices

Title| Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing: The 3D Deposition of Functional Materials for the Additive Manufacturing of Smart Devices Speaker| Richard Hague, Professor of Innovative Manufacturing, Director, Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham.   Date| 14 May 2018 (Monday) Time| 1530 – 1630 Venue| Think Tank 19, Building 2, Level 3 (2.304)   ABSTRACT The single material nature of additive manufacturing (AM) processes largely […]

Digital Research Tools #1: Linux & Bash Programming

Thu May 3, 2018| Think Tank 15, 1.510 | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Taught by Narasimha Boddeti, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, DManD Centre, SUTD. David Mateo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, EPD, SUTD. Brought to you by SUTD Postdoc Society & DManD Centre Research is becoming increasingly dependent on computer-based skills and tools, and researchers are expected to harness these tools in their work. This series will create a […]

Snapping and Sliding Rods

Title| Snapping and Sliding Rods Speaker| Assistant Prof Francesco Dal Corso, University of Trento, Italy. Date| 20 February 2018 (Tuesday) Time| 1400 – 1500 Venue| Think Tank 11, Building 1, Level 5 (1.503)   ABSTRACT A summary of recent results obtained within the framework of structures subject to movable and configurational constraints is presented. A soft robot arm, loaded at one end with an hanging load, has the […]

Phase-field Modeling and Computation of Fracture

Title| Phase-field Modeling and Computation of Fracture Speaker| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laura De Lorenzis, Institute of Applied Mechanics, TU Braunschweig, Germany. Date| 31 January 2018 (Wednesday) Time| 1330 – 1430 Venue| Think Tank 21, Building 2, Level 3 (2.310)   ABSTRACT The talk discusses recent research results obtained in the group of the speaker in the framework of the phase-field approach to fracture. This framework is based on a […]

Shape-Shifting and Dissipating Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers for 3D Printing and Biomedical Applications

Title| Shape-Shifting and Dissipating Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers for 3D Printing and Biomedical Applications Speaker| Associate Professor Christopher M. Yakacki,  University of Colorado Denver. Date| 4 December 2017 (Monday) Time| 1400 – 1500 Venue| Think Tank 22, Building 2, Level 3 (2.311)   ABSTRACT Liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are a class of stimuli-responsive and active materials known for their unique mechanical and optical properties. These materials can demonstrate a large […]

Architectured Metamaterials for Guiding Energy Dissipation and Wave Propagation

Title| Architectured Metamaterials for Guiding Energy Dissipation and Wave Propagation Speaker| Associate Professor Nicholas Xuanlai Fang,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Date| 27 July 2017 (Thursday) Time| 1100 – 1200 Venue| Think Tank 20, Building 2, Level 3 (2.305) ABSTRACT Three-dimensional lightweight material building blocks, through the combination of molecular design of material behavior and microscale geometric patterning, show promise to revolutionize the ability to dissipate energy […]

Isogeometric Analysis in Structural Mechanics

Title| Isogeometric Analysis in Structural Mechanics Speaker| Associate Professor Josef Kiendl,  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Date| 5 July 2017 5 July 2017 (Wednesday) Time| 1400 – 1500 Venue| Think Tank 19, Building 2, Level 3 (2.304) ABSTRACT Isogeometric analysis is a novel method of computational analysis where functions used to describe geometries in Computer Aided Design (CAD) are adopted as basis […]