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PBS Nova -Treasures of the Earth
Our morphing metal work from last spring was highlighted in a recent PBS Nova Documentary: “Treasured of the Earth: Metals“. Check out Professors Shepherd and Silberstein and graduate student Ilse Van Meerbeek in the future of metals segment. Available on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAboGHdIykA.
Suwon Bae Passes A-Exam
Congratulations to Suwon Bae for passing his A-exam! That’s one big step closer to graduating. He presented his molecular dynamics study on the thermomechanical behavior single chain polymer nanoparticles (SCPN) as well as his preliminary tensile data on bulk polymers formed from SCPN. Credit to Naigeng for the cheesy post-victory photo.
Simge Defends Masters Thesis
Congratulations to Simge Uzun for successfully defending her MS thesis in Fiber Science! Her thesis entitled “IN–SITU SYNCHROTRON X–RAY AND MICRO–COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF NONWOVEN ARAMIDS: DEFORMATION MECHANISMS” covered just one of the many projects she successfully completed in her two years at Cornell.
New non-woven paper in IJSS
Our latest journal paper entitled “In-situ X-ray study of the deformation mechanisms of non-woven polypropylene” is now published in the International Journal of Solids and Structures. This paper was authored by PhD student Naigeng Chen, MS student Simge Uzun, and research scientist Margaret Koker. X-ray scattering and micro computed tomography were combined with uniaxial mechanical testing to investigate […]
Another Summer of Conferences
Prof Silberstein kicked off the summer at the annual Society for Experimental Mechanics conference where she gave of talk on non-woven mechanics focusing on work by PhD student Naigeng Chen. Along with with first author Elizabeth Jones, Prof Silberstein was presented the Hetenyi Award for best paper in Experimental Mechanics from the previous year. That same week […]
Morphing Metal published as Advanced Materials cover
Check out our recent journal article with the Shepherd group on a novel metal-elastomer composite that can morph, self-heal, weld to build larger structures, and exhibits multi cycle shape memory.
Mechanochemically-Active Interfaces – New publication online
Graduate student Meenakshi Sundaram has published his work on mechanochemically-active interfaces in Extreme Mechanics Letters. The corrected proof is now online. Pertinent codes are available for free.
Affinito-Stewart Grant
Professor Silberstein receives an Affinito-Stewart grant from the President’s Council of Cornell Women. http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/08/affinito-stewart-grants-support-12-women-faculty
Move to new lab complete! – MMD lab now in Kimball 290
The MMD lab can now be found on the second floor of Kimball. Check out our awesome new hybrid space!
June Conference Bonanza
Graduate student Meenakshi Sundaram presented his work on interfacial mechanochemistry at the biannual International Conference on Self-Healing Materials (ICSHM). Professor Silberstein presented a range of the group’s mechanochemistry research at the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) annual conference, ICSHM, and ASME’s Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference (McMat).
Mechanics for Material Design 