Jones Seminar: Multifunctional Materials with Tunable Properties—From design to manufacturing

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Meeting ID: 935 8655 7757
Passcode: 008066

Traditional materials are typically designed to perform a single function, which often results in bulky and complex systems. As the demand for miniaturized devices, reduced energy consumption, and streamlined system integration continues to grow, there is an increasing need for materials that can perform multiple functions simultaneously and reliably.

In this talk, I will present a design-to-manufacturing framework that integrates material architecture and composition optimization with rapid prototyping to enable targeted multifunctional performance. By incorporating multiple artificial intelligence approaches, this framework enhances both design efficiency and predictive accuracy. Through several representative examples, I will demonstrate how rational architectural design and informed material selection can substantially influence performance in applications such as sensing, energy harvesting, and actuation.

Hosted by Professor Jifeng Liu.

About the Speaker(s)

Yan Li
Assistant Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth

Yan Li is currently an assistant professor of engineering at Dartmouth. Her primary research interest is the mechanics of advanced materials, involving multiscale/ multi-physics modeling, integrated computational/ experimental approaches for next-generation material design, and the application of materials science and solid mechanics in advanced manufacturing and biomedical applications. She is a recipient of Thayer's Diversity and Inclusion Award, a Jubilee Global Diversity Award, ASME ORR Early Career Award, NH EPSCorR Pilot Award, and Best Paper Award of the 8th International Conference on Computational Methods. She was also a WAC Teaching Writing Fellow and a 'Professor around the world' at Cal State Long Beach, and has received multiple NSF travel awards for leadership and career development. 

Contact

For more information, contact Ashley Parker at ashley.l.parker@dartmouth.edu.