Wizyta i seminarium prof. Patricka Musgrave’a z University of Florida

W dniach 3–14 sierpnia nodwiedzi asz Wydział prof. Patrick Musgrave z University of Florida, na co dzień prowadzący wspólne badania z grupą SMaRT-lab, kierowaną przez dr. hab. inż. Piotra Bartkowskiego, prof. uczelni.

W trakcie wizyty – w środę 5 sierpnia o godzinie 12:00 w sali multimedialnej – prof. Musgrave wygłosi wykład pt. „Adapting to the Flow: Intelligent Structures that Turn Flexibility into Function”.

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Adapting to the Flow: Intelligent Structures that Turn Flexibility into Function

Flexible structures are often governed by nonlinear dynamics, and when submerged in fluids they must contend with complex fluid-structure interactions. However, what if these nonlinearities and fluid-structure interactions are not a challenge? Instead, what if these complex dynamics could become a benefit? This talk will present a vision for Intelligent Structures that can think and respond to their fluid environment by turning their flexibility into function. On flight vehicles, responding to unsteady aerodynamics such as vortices and shocks is a significant challenge due to the high sensor density and large computational cost required to sense and process the flow. This talk will present our research into Mechanical Neural Networks which harness the nonlinear dynamics of vibrating structures to sense and process environmental information with minimal digital computation. On underwater vehicles, achieving high maneuverability and stability in the coastal environment is a challenge due to the punishing waves and currents. This talk will present our ongoing work to realize Soft Robotic Swimmers which harness a flexible body with distributed muscles to achieve the efficiency, maneuverability, and adaptability of biological swimmers.

Bio

Patrick Musgrave is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Florida. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and prior to joining UF prior he was a research scientist at the US Naval Research Laboratory. He leads the Fluids and Adaptive Structures (FASt) Lab with the vision to realize intelligent structures that can think and respond to their fluid environment. His research aims to embody actuation, sensing, processing and control into the flexible structures to realize Intelligent Structures such as Soft Robotic Swimmers, Mechanical Neural Networks, and Ocean Wave Energy Harvesters. Dr. Musgrave’s work has been supported by AFOSR, NSF, and DOE, and he has been recognized with the AFOSR Young Investigator award and the NSF CAREER award.