Posts Tagged ‘Yao’
Material Intelligence
Fallen pinecones lie scattered across wet grass. Shaken free by a powerful overnight storm, they are now soaked, their scales closed tight. A young girl splashing through forest puddles picks one up and carries it home. As it dries, she watches in fascination as the sealed scales gradually splay open. The pinecone changes shape through…
Read MoreInspired by nature, this engineering professor’s designs fold, move and morph
From self-folding chairs to self-planting seeds, UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what’s possible in engineering design with their biomimetic materials.
Read MoreMeet the Newest Faculty to Join the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Over the past year, we’ve had four new faculty members join the Department of Mechanical Engineering – Professors Negar Mehr, Lining Yao, Ken Kamrin, and Claudio Hail. Negar Mehr received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering for UC Berkeley. Dr. Mehr’s research focuses on creating algorithms and mathematical models for autonomous systems to interact safely and…
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