Il prossimo appuntamento con la serie di incontri PhDTalks si terrà Martedì 23 gennaio nell’aula Fassò (Edificio 4A), dalle 17:15 alle 18:30 CET.

PhDTalks è una serie di seminari e discussioni tra dottorandi. Gli eventi hanno lo scopo di fornire un luogo dove creare un network tra dottorandi ed entrare in contatto con i molti progetti sviluppati nel nostro dipartimento.

Lo speaker Luca Iorio condurrà un seminario dal titolo “Metamaterials and topological mechanics for elastic wave control”. 

Al termine dell’evento sarà disponibile un piccolo rinfresco finanziato dal dipartimento.

Sarà possibile seguire la conferenza anche online al seguente link.

Abstract

Metamaterials and architected materials are engineered materials with static and dynamic properties beyond (“meta”) those of their individual ingredients.
Their role in elastic and acoustic wave manipulation and stress localization has been shown in the last years, yielding novel results for signal amplification, energy harvesting and mode conversion.
In this talk, the main results of our research group in the field of elastic wave control through localization, mode conversion and energy harvesting will be presented. The various techniques used to achieve these kinds of extreme manipulations will be shown.
The presentation will conclude on novel and intriguing energy localization phenomena observed in topologically polarized soft structural lattices.

Speaker’s bio

Luca Iorio is a PhD candidate in structural, seismic and geotechnical engineering (37th cycle) at Politecnico di Milano. Luca has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in materials and nanotechnology engineering. He is currently working on metamaterials for energy harvesting for the European 2020 project Metaveh and more specifically on the study and development of metamaterials for elastic energy localization, mode conversion and topological mechanics.