Journal Club September 2024: Understanding Tunable Dry Adhesion Mechanics for Robotic Manipulation
Wanliang Shan
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Syracuse University
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Postdoc position in solid mechanics at Syracuse University
A postdoc position in solid mechanics is available immediately at the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University (SU). The ideal candidate will focus on experimental (70%) and computational (30%) solid mechanics research with applications in soft robotics. The candidate will work under the advising of Profs. Wanliang Shan and Teng Zhang, with funding support mostly from startup funds at SU. To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to Profs.
Mini-symposium on Mechanics of Bioinspired Materials and Structures at EMI2017
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit abstracts for our mini-symposium (MS13) on Mechanics of Bioinspired Materials and Structures in the upcoming EMI conference (June 4-7, 2017) at San Diego. The scope of the mini-symposium is listed below:
Attenuated short wavelength buckling and force propagation in a biopolymer-reinforced rod
W.L. Shan, Z. Chen, C.P. Broedersz, A.A. Gumaste, W.O. Soboyejo, C.P. Brangwynne, Soft Matter, 9:194-199, 2013.
In this paper, we investigate short wavelength buckling of a thin elastic rod embedded in an elastic gelatin biopolymer network. Using a combination of micro-mechanical testing, microscopic imaging, as well as theory, we show that the buckling penetration depth can be tuned by varying the mechanical properties of the rod and the rod–gel interface.