{"147771":{"#nid":"147771","#data":{"type":"event","title":"School of Physics Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysics Seminar: Pedro Reis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPedro Miguel Reis, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;will present some recent results from his Lab on the mechanical response of complex-shaped shells subject to loading and in different mechanical environments (with or without an in-out pressure difference). A powerful aspect of Reis\u0027 experimental approach is that the geometry and material properties of our shells can be accurately custom-controlled using digital rapid prototyping techniques. First, Reis\u0027 team focuses on the linear response of non-spherical shells under indentation to explore the new concept of geometry-induced rigidity. Despite the complex geometries, Reis and his researchers find a remarkable predictive description. Moreover, they investigate universal modes of localization under large displacements. Finally, Reis will introduce a new class of micro-structured shells, the Buckliball, which undergo a structural transformation induced by buckling under pressure loading. The common underlying feature in these various problems is the prominence of geometry in dictating the mechanical response in thin elastic shells.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPedro Miguel Reis, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;will speak on \u0022Geometry-induced rigidity and functionality in thin elastic shells.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Reis, an assistant professor from MIT, will speak on \u0022Geometry-induced rigidity and functionality in thin elastic shells.\u0022"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2012-08-20 13:30:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:33","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-10-09T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-10-09T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-10-09T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-10-09 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-10-09 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-10-09 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/preis\/www\/","title":"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/preis\/www\/"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/soft-condensed-matter-and-biophysics\/pedro-reis-20121009","title":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/soft-condensed-matt..."}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"44931","name":"Pedro Reis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHost: Eilsa Riedo - \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:eilsa.riedo@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eeilsa.riedo@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECoordinator: Alison Morain - \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}