报告题目：Architectured Metamaterials: from Tunable Thermal Expansion to Microvascular Tissue Scaffolding
报告人：Nicolas X. Fang（方绚莱） 教授    麻省理工学院机械工程系
报告时间：2018年3月9日（周五）上午 9:30-11:30
地点：机械学院401报告厅
联系人：段辉高 教授
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主讲人简介：Prof. Nicolas Fang (方绚莱)，麻省理工学院机械工程系教授。分别在南京大学获得物理学学士和硕士学位，在美国加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）获得机械工程博士学位。2004年至2010年在伊利诺斯大学香槟分校（UIUC）任教，2011年1月加入MIT，主要研究方向为纳米制造与纳米光子学。曾先后获得ASME Chao and Trigger青年制造工程师奖、国际光学联盟的ICO奖、NSF CAREER Award及由MIT科技评论评选出的35位青年发明家奖（2008年）。
报告摘要：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 and manipulate wave propagation. Such materials are desirable for a broad array of applications such as structural components, catalysts supports and energy efficient materials.
In this seminar, I will present our development of three-dimensional micro/nanofabrication technique, projection microstereolithography (PuSL), to enable design and exploration of digitally coded multifunctional and multimaterial lightweight metastructures at unprecedented dimensions. The ultra-high resolution and multi-material capabilities of the 3D printing system and the modeling tools developed can be used to design and fabricate architected materials for combined functions, including energy absorption, actuation/morphing, and micro-scale bioreactors for tissue engineering. These structures show promise on focusing and rerouting acoustic waves through broadband and highly transparent metamaterials. I will also discuss the development of engineered, three dimensional arrays of copolymer fibers that serve as mimetics of neuronal axons, using a combination of materials engineering and high-resolution 3D microfabrication, which enable study of OPC engagement and subsequent myelination in vitro.