Join us for the October Characterization User Forum focused on X-Ray Microscopy (XRM) capabilities.
DATE: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
TIME: 4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. ET
LOCATION: 12-0168 (MIT.nano basement teaching space)
- Get to know your Characterization community.
- Bring questions about your data.
- Share your feedback in a user-led town hall.
- Stay up-to-date with facility news.
- Food and drink will be provided.
Each user forum also includes a spotlight talk by a graduate student. The October forum will feature:
Three-dimensional micro-architected interpenetrating phase composites
Speaker
Andrew Chen
Ph.D. candidate
Portela Group, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Biography
Andrew's research interests lie at the intersection of architected materials and composites, and he is interested in developing novel ways of fabricating and characterizing next-generation architected composites. Prior to joining the Portela Group, Andrew obtained a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
The development of a 3D, highly tortuous pathway for stress delays prevents catastrophic failure of the traditionally brittle architecture phase, resulting in energy dissipation performance of the composite that exceeds the sum of its individual constituents. The effect of geometry and constituent material properties on the mechanics of 3D-architected interpenetrating phase composite (IPC) materials was investigated with assistance of Versa XRM at MIT.nano and mechanical behavior of the fabricated composites was studied under uniaxial compression with particular emphasis on the non-linear and failure regimes.