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Venue MSG-024/025, Bernal Institute.
ABSTRACT
In this seminar, Dr Dias will delve into the field of engineered and architected materials, with a focus on Mechanical Metamaterials. In the first segment of the talk, he will discuss how the tailoring of micro-architectures can manipulate damage propagation in architected interfaces. The second segment draws inspiration from Kirigami, a Japanese art form, to manipulate the morphology and mechanics of thin elastic sheets. This seminar attempts to unify diverse perspectives, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of metamaterials research. In essence, it aims to showcase how fundamental principles in mechanics and geometry can pave the way for advancements in engineering new materials and structures for a range of functionalities.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Marcelo Dias obtained his BSc in physics and MSc in theoretical physics from the State University of São Paulo, Brazil. In 2012, he obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of Massachusetts, USA, where he researched on topics in soft condensed matter physics, mechanics of origami, and instabilities of polymeric sheets induced by growth and/or swelling. Dr Dias worked as a postdoctoral researcher on a broad range of topics in structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, and applied mathematics while at Brown University (USA), Aalto University (Finland), and the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics at KTH (Sweden). Before joining the University of Edinburgh, he was an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Aarhus University in Denmark, where he led the research group ‘Mechanical Metamaterials and Soft Matter’. Currently, Dr Dias is a Reader at the University of Edinburgh, leading the team on ‘Mechanics and Geometry of Advanced Structures Laboratory’ (MEGA SLab) in the Institute for Infrastructure and Environment at the School of Engineering. Additionally, he is a holder of the EPSRC Open Fellowship, focusing his research on Mechanical Metamaterials.
For further information, please contact: paul.weaver@ul.ie