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Saturday Morning Physics | Wrinkles, Crumples, and Origami: The Physics and Geometry of Thin Elastic Sheets

Ian Tobasco (Assistant Professor and James Van Loo Post-Doctoral Fellow (U-M Mathematics)
Saturday, November 17, 2018
10:30-11:30 AM
170 & 182 Weiser Hall Map
On this date we celebrate the Van Loo Family SMP Lecture.

The world is full of pattern forming thin elastic sheets, from organic ones like leaves and flowers to inorganic membranes manufactured in the lab. What are the limits of such biologically-inspired design?

Photo courtesy of Joseph Paulsen and Yousra Timounay.
Building: Weiser Hall
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Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: Culture, Free, Graduate Students, Lecture, Natural Sciences, Physics, Research, Science, Talk, Undergraduate Students
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Saturday Morning Physics, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Department of Physics