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Congratulations Dr. Beijun Shen

  Viscoelastic Behavior and Energy Absorption of Main-chain Liquid Crystal Elastomers-Based Architected Materials Beijun Shen Energy absorption is essential in designing materials and structures for impact mitigation, vibration isolation, and energydissipation. Architected materials leveraging geometric instabilities, such as snap-through buckling, are effective at reversibly trapping energy but often lack strain rate sensitivity. Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), […]

Congratulations Dr. Cameron Czerpak!

Cameron did a great job.  His thesis came together beautifully.   Characterizing the Remodeling of the Lamina Cribrosa of Glaucoma Eyes Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and affects roughly 80 million people worldwide. Glaucoma is characterized by progressive visual field loss from the death of retinal ganglion cell axons in the […]

SES 2023

Minneapolis, MN   It was wonderful to catch up with Brandon, Zheliang, and Aurelie at the conference, and it was an honor to present our work on hydrogels to Zhigang Suo, the master of hydrogels, at his 60th birthday celebration.