The Mechanical Metamaterials (MM) Special Interest Group (SIG) covers topics related to the design, modelling, testing and prototyping of metamaterials that feature unusual deformation mechanisms.
Examples of MM exhibiting these features include negative and extreme Poisson’s ratio, thermal expansion, stiffness and compressibility. Applications of mechanical metamaterials are in the areas of soft robotics, shape morphing, vibroacoustics, energy absorption and structural integrity.
The relation between the materials constituents and the architecture of the mechanical metamaterials is of particular interest to this Group. Origami/Kirigami engineering, lattice designs and metacomposites are all technologies and topics that this Special Interest Group is keen to foster during the activities of the Network.
The Group is also interested in discussing modelling and design techniques, as well as prototyping and production aspects in collaboration with other relevant SIGs.
Lead(s)
Fabrizio Scarpa
University of Bristol
Oliver Duncan
Manchester Metropolitan University
There are 110 Mechanical Metamaterials members in our expert database
View in expert database AHMAD ALMAMO
Zhejiang University
mr THOMAS BASSETT
MBDA UK
Qiong Cai
University of Surrey
Gregory Chaplain
Imperial College London
Richard Craster
Imperial College London
Enrique Cuan-Urquizo
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Jacopo Maria De Ponti
Politecnico di Milano
Donald Dodd
In Search of My Beach ltd.
ANKUR DWIVEDI
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Aluna Everitt
University of Oxford
dr William Ferguson
DHSC - JBC
Rafael Fuentes-Dominguez
University of Nottingham
Xiaonan Hou
Lancaster University
Adrian Janssen
Hamlyns Technology Ltd
Willem Jellema
SRON and Delft University of Technology
dr Zafer Kazanci
Queen's University Belfast, UK
Stefan Maier
Imperial College London
Mümin Mollaoğlu
Yildiz Technic University
Susmita Naskar
University of Southampton
Claudio Paoloni
Lancaster University
John Phair
Pyreos Ltd
Tomasz Plaskocinski
University of St Andrews
Eric Plum
University of Southampton
Simon Pope
University of Sheffield
Henry Putley
Imperial College London
David Sargeant
Chelton
michael sloan
Technical Composite Systems Ltd
Alf Smith
Centre for Process Innovation
Michael Smith
University of Cambridge
Stefan Szyniszewski
University of Durham