{"479091":{"#nid":"479091","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Gebhardt Lecture Series Presents: Dr. Zhigang Suo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Dr. Suo\u0027s Gebhardt Lecture:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMachines in engineering use mostly hard materials, whereas machines in nature are often soft.\u0026nbsp; This difference has been an inspiration for the nascent field of soft machines.\u0026nbsp; What does softness impart to the life of animals and plants?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Softness enables deformation, and deformation provides functions.\u0026nbsp; Familiar examples include the beating of the heart, the sound shaped by the vocal folds, and the flapping of the wing.\u0026nbsp; In soft machines, the large deformation enable soft materials to behave as transducers, connecting multiple stimuli to multiple functions.\u0026nbsp; How do molecular processes enable new classes of actuators and sensors?\u0026nbsp; How efficiently can materials convert information from one form to another?\u0026nbsp; These questions are stimulating new and exciting developments at the interface between science and engineering.\u0026nbsp; This talk highlights the behavior of soft materials that enables the creation of soft machines.\u0026nbsp; Examples include highly stretchable and transparent devices that mimic the functions of muscles, skins and axons.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHarvard University Professor Zhigang Suo will give a talk entitled \u0022Soft Machines\u0022 which will explore the behavior of soft materials that enables the creation of soft machines. Sponsored by the GT-AE Gebhardt Distinguished Lecture series. Open to all\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Harvard University Professor Zhigang Suo will give a talk entitled \u0022Soft Machines\u0022"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2015-12-15 14:34:37","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:17:25","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-01-14T19:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-01-14T20:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-01-14T20:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-01-15 00:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-01-15 01:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-01-15 01:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"154011","name":"Aerospace Engineering  Seminars"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"168151","name":"Aerospace engineering; deformation; soft machines;"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}