Mechanics and Metamaterials

Presentations

• Geometric frustration in mechanical metamaterials

  ORAL · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Christian Santangelo

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Christian Santangelo

    • Syracuse University

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• Vibrational phenomena in conformally symmetric dilational metamaterials

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Neel Singh

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Neel Singh

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Audrey Watkins

    • Harvard University

  • Giovanni Bordiga

    • Harvard University

  • Vincent Tournat

    • Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Mans (LAUM), UMR 6613, Institut d'Acoustique - Graduate School (IA-GS), CNRS, Le Mans Université, France
    • CNRS

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

  • Zeb Rocklin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM

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• Nonabelian holonomy achieved by crossing point degeneracies

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Mohit Kumar

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Mohit Kumar

    • Purdue University

  • Ralph Kaufmann

    • Purdue University

  • Fabio Semperlotti

    • Purdue University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

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• Hierarchical Topological Phononic States without Dimension Reduction

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Publication: Joel Pyfrom, Kai Sun, Jihong Ma, Hierarchical Topological States without Dimension Reduction, Reports on Progress in Physics, Accepted.

  Presenters

  • Jihong A Ma

    • University of Vermont

  Authors

  • Joel R Pyfrom

    • University of Vermont

  • Kai Sun

    • University of Michigan

  • Jihong A Ma

    • University of Vermont

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• Topological Mechanics at Finite Temperature

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Jiadong Liu

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Jiadong Liu

    • University of Michigan

  • Kai Sun

    • University of Michigan

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

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• Stimuli-assisted smooth topological transition in a hydrogel-filled Maxwell lattice

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Kai Qian

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Kai Qian

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jiehao Chen

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Santidan Biswas

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Victor V Yashin

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Yuhang Hu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Anna Christina Balazs

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Alper Erturk

    • Georgia Tech
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Bistable shape-morphing kirigami structures

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • XIAOYUAN YING

    • University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • XIAOYUAN YING

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Marcelo A. Dias

    • University of Edinburgh

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• Programmable response of multi-stable origami-inspired metamaterial

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Songlin Yue

    • University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Songlin Yue

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Leo de Waal

    • University of Edinburgh

  • David Garcia Cava

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Marcelo A. Dias

    • University of Edinburgh

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• Swiveling Cube Based 3D Transformable and Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Yue (Luna) Zheng

    • Drexel University

  Authors

  • Yue (Luna) Zheng

    • Drexel University

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• Tunable anisotropy in 3D tessellated granular materials

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Anne Xia

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Anne Xia

    • Yale University

  • Dong Wang

    • Yale University

  • Mark D Shattuck

    • The City College of New York

  • Corey S OHern

    • Yale University

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• Design and implementation of odd electrical circuits

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Publication: "Odd electrical circuits", preprint 2025 https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14383
  Plan to submit a combined theory/experiment paper before next year

  Presenters

  • Harry Walden

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Harry Walden

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alexander Stegmaier

    • Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg

  • Maximilian Hofer

    • Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg

  • Christine Barko

    • Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg

  • Tobias Kiessling

    • Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg

  • Jorn Dunkel

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alexander Mietke

    • University of Oxford

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