Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Living Engineered Material Systems
Discussion Leader: Zoubeida Ounaies (The Pennsylvania State University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Christopher Hernandez (UC San Francisco, United States)
"An Introduction to Engineered Living Materials"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Megan Valentine (UC Santa Barbara, United States)
"Harnessing Cytoskeletal Contraction for Actuation"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Active Matter and Materials out and far from Equilibrium
Discussion Leader: Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Heinrich Jaeger (University of Chicago, United States)
"Dynamically Reconfigurable Granular Materials: Exploiting Adaptive, Far-From Equilibrium Stress Response for Aleatory Architectures and Soft Robotics"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Zvonimir Dogic (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Encoding Shape, Structure, Mechanics and Dynamics of a Soft Solid with an Active Fluid."
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Brent Sumerlin (University of Florida, United States)
"Dynamic-Covalent Chemistry for Healable and Reprocessable Soft Materials"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Shu Yang (University of Pennsylvania, United States) and Nancy Sottos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Algorithmic Matter and Computable Materials
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Hopkins (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm
Jordan Raney (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Materials as Robots: Toward Autonomous Metamaterials via Modular Mechanical Logic"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Lining Yao (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
"Computational Design of Metatruss-Bots"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Smart Skins and Artificial Muscles
Discussion Leader: Laia Mogas-Soldevila (University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Zhenan Bao (Stanford University, United States)
"Soft Electronic Materials, Sensors, Artificial Muscle"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Michael Mayer (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
"Artificial Electric Organs Inspired by Electric Fish"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Alon Gorodetsky (University of California, Irvine, United States)
"Dynamic Materials and Systems Inspired by Cephalopods"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Predictive ML/AI for Multifunctional Materials
Discussion Leader: Wei Chen (Northwestern University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Grace Gu (UC Berkeley, United States)
"Machine Learning for Intelligent Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Markus Buehler (MIT, United States)
"Generative AI for Forward and Inverse Problems in Biomateriomics"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Catherine Brinson (Duke University, United States)
"AI for Metamaterials: Design, Manufacturing and Data"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Irregular Multifunctional Materials
Discussion Leader: Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio (Yale University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
David Kammer (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Modeling the Failure of Topologically Interlocked Structures"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Lorenzo Valdevit (University of California, Irvine, United States)
"The Role of Topological Disorder in Shell-Based Mechanical Metamaterials"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Francois Barthelat (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Strong and Recyclable Granular Materials: Engineering Grain Shapes, Granular Crystallinity, Entanglement, Assembly and Disassembly."
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Structural Morphing and Shape Reconfiguration
Discussion Leader: Philip Buskohl (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm
Eran Sharon (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Incompatible Elastic Solids: Morphing, Failure, Locomotion and Potential Applications"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Sergio Pellegrino (Caltech, United States)
"Ultralight Deployable Space Structures"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Solid-liquid Multifunctional Systems
Discussion Leader: Xiaoyue Ni (Duke University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Michael Dickey (NC State University, United States)
"Liquid Metal-based Multifunctional Materials"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Oscar Lopez-Pamies (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Elastomers Filled with Liquid Inclusions: Theory, Numerical Implementation, and Some Basic Results"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Eric Dufresne (Cornell University, United States)
"Toward Fluid Microrobots"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Regenerative and Sustainable Multifunctional Materials
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm
Tia Benson Tolle (Boeing, United States)
"Circularity versus Engineered Materials"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure