Tag Archive | postdocs
MMD lab goes to SES
Four MMD lab group members, PhD candidates Zhongtong Wang and Max Tepermeister, and Postdocs Si Chen and Robert Wagner, presented at the Society of Engineering Science annual conference in Minneapolis last week. Si and Robert were also selected to participate in the Future Faculty symposium! As usual Prof Silberstein did not succeed in taking a […]
Solid or liquid?
On March 3rd, 2023, Postdoc Rob Wagner and Ph.D. candidate Zhongtong Wang, in conjunction with the Cornell Center for Materials Research, attended Dryden Elementary School to teach 3rd-grade students about the phases of matter, and viscoelastic materials. In this interactive lesson designed by Rob, Rob and Zhongtong used hands-on demonstrations spanning from rubber bands and maple […]
Welcome to new MMD lab members!
Welcome to new MMD lab members: postdocs Si Chen and Robert Wagner and PhD candidate Ellen van Wijngaarden! And good luck to MMD alums Srikar Srivatsa and Xinyue Zhang with their new awesome west coast careers!
Paper on modeling ionotronics out in JMPS
The design of functional and soft ionotronic devices has gained a considerable interest over the last decade, with applications ranging from sensing and energy harvesting to drug delivery. The coupled electrochemical and mechanical response of soft ionic polymers plays a pivotal role in the operation of many such devices and presents a significant challenge for […]
Postdoc Fellowships in Engineered Living Materials open for applications, due May 10th
The Cornell Engineered Living Materials Institute (ELMI), directed by Meredith Silberstein, is seeking applicants for postdoctoral fellowships. Fellows will work with faculty affiliates to pursue their own original proposed research that aligns with ELMI objectives. Position and application details can be found here. The ELMI is a bold new initiative at Cornell that reimagines a […]
Science Perspective on tailoring elastomers
Can materials be both soft and tough? Historically, low toughness has severely limited implementation of soft materials, such as hydrogels, in emerging technologies. Our perspective “Pathways to tough yet soft materials” analyzes state-of-the-art techniques for enhancing mechanical properties of hydrogels. In this article, published in the latest issue of Science, postdoc Nikola Bosnjak discusses novel […]
Welcome to new members!
Welcome to Nikola Bosnjak and Max Tepermeister who joined the MMD lab this fall. Nikola is a postdoc who recently completed his PhD at NJIT on mechanics of gels. Max is a first year PhD student in the mechanical engineering field.
Metallopolymers work out in Macromolecules
Former postdoc Yuval Vidavsky and current Phd student Michael Buche’s combined experimental and DFT study on metallopolymers is now out in Macromolecules. This work, which was co-advised by Prof Robert DiStasio from Cornell’s chemistry department, introduces the idea of using neutral nitrogen-based ligands to modulate the stiffness, strength, and reversibility of metal-coordination bond-based crosslinks and thereby […]
Goodbye and welcome
Goodbye and good luck to former postdoctoral associate Yuval Vidavsky and newly minted PhD Suwon Bae as they move on to the next phase in their careers. MAE and MSE PhD student matching are now complete and we are pleased to welcome three new PhD students into the MMD lab: Hongyi Cai, Srikar Srivasta, and […]
Mechanics for Material Design 