Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Biological Systems and Structures

Presentations

• Micro-actuation through swelling and tissue engineering

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 1, 2012, 8:00 AM – March 1, 2012, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Nicholas Fang

    • MIT

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• Plant tendrils: Nature's hygroscopic springs

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 8:36 AM – March 1, 2012, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Sharon Gerbode

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Joshua Puzey

    • Harvard University

  • Andrew McCormick

    • Harvard University

  • L. Mahadevan

    • Harvard University
    • Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA
    • Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Radial force development during root growth measured by photoelasticity

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 8:48 AM – March 1, 2012, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Evelyne Kolb

    • PMMH-UMR 7636 ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France; Universit\'e Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France
    • PMMH, ESPCI

  • Christian Hartmann

    • IRD-UMR 211 ``BIOEMCO,'' 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France

  • Patricia Genet

    • CNRS-UMR 7618, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France; Universit\'e Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France

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• Digging Like Plants: Flexible Intruders in Granular Materials

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 9:00 AM – March 1, 2012, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Dawn Wendell

    • MIT

  • Katharine Luginbuhl

    • MIT

  • Diego Solano

    • Northeastern University

  • Peko Hosoi

    • MIT

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• Helical Buckling of Plant Roots: Mechanics and Morphology

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 9:12 AM – March 1, 2012, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jesse Silverberg

    • Department of Physics, Cornell University

  • Roslyn Noar

    • Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

  • Michael Packer

    • Department of Physics, Cornell University

  • Maria Harrison

    • Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University

  • Christopher L. Henley

    • Cornell Univ.
    • Cornell University
    • Department of Physics, Cornell University

  • Itai Cohen

    • Department of Physics, Cornell University
    • Cornell University
    • Physics Department, Cornell University

  • Sharon Gerbode

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Dislocations and Grain Boundaries in Optimally-Packed, Twisted Filament Bundles

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 9:24 AM – March 1, 2012, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Amir Azadi

    • Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Gregory Grason

    • Dept. of Polymer Science \& Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst, PSE Department

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• Mechanical Behavior of Bio-inspired Model Suture Joints

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 9:36 AM – March 1, 2012, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Yaning Li

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Erica Lin

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Christine Ortiz

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Mary C. Boyce

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Morphogenesis of protrusions from confined lipid bilayers mediated by mechanics

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 9:48 AM – March 1, 2012, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Marino Arroyo

    • Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech

  • Margarita Staykova

    • Princeton University

  • Mohammad Rahimi

    • Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech

  • Howard Stone

    • Mechanical \& Aerospace Engineering
    • Princeton University

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• Thin-shell model for faceting of multicomponent elastic vesicles

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 10:00 AM – March 1, 2012, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Rastko Sknepnek

    • Northwestern University

  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz

    • Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science, Northwestern University
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA

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• Charge Effects on Mechanical Properties of Elastomeric Proteins

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 10:12 AM – March 1, 2012, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Ravi Kappiyoor

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

  • Ganesh Balasubramanian

    • Eduard-Zintl-Institute f\"ur Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universit\"at Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

  • Daniel Dudek

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

  • Ishwar Puri

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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• Denaturation of Circular DNA: Supercoils, overtwist and condensation

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 10:24 AM – March 1, 2012, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Alkan Kabakcioglu

    • Koc University

  • Amir Bar

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

  • David Mukamel

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

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• Mechanics of short rod-like molecules in tension

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 10:36 AM – March 1, 2012, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Prashant Purohit

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Turning by buckling: a cheap evolutionary strategy for turning among marine bacteria

  ORAL

  March 1, 2012, 10:48 AM – March 1, 2012, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Kwangmin Son

    • MIT

  • Jeffrey Guasto

    • MIT

  • Roman Stocker

    • MIT

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