Functionality Through Nonlinearity I

Presentations

• Mechanical Computing with Magneto-Mechanical Oscillators

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Philip Buskohl

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  Authors

  • Steven Kiyabu

    • UES, Inc.

  • Vincent Chen

  • Quan Zhang

  • Stephan Rudykh

  • Abigail Juhl

  • Philip Buskohl

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

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• Wave based manipulation and reading of mechanical memory in a mass-in-mass metamaterial

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Audrey Watkins

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Audrey Watkins

    • Harvard University

  • Giovanni Bordiga

    • Harvard University

  • Vincent Tournat

    • CNRS

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

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• Combining Material and Geometric Nonlinearity for Optomechanical Reservoir Computing

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Steven Kiyabu

    • UES, Inc.

  Authors

  • Steven Kiyabu

    • UES, Inc.

  • Shan He

    • University of Florida

  • Amanda Criner

  • Patrick Musgrave

    • University of Florida

  • Philip Buskohl

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• Finite-state mechanologic for embodied control in soft machines

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Andres Arrieta

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Andres Arrieta

    • Purdue University

  • Juan Osorio

    • Purdue University

  • Jhonatan Rincon

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• Mapping out exotic memories in materials via motifs

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Sourav Roy

    • Leiden University

  Authors

  • Sourav Roy

    • Leiden University

  • Paul Baconnier

    • AMOLF

  • Martin Hecke

    • Leiden University

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• Neighboring effect in Metamaterials: Wave Propagation, Energy Absorption, and Deployability

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Giada Risso

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Giada Risso

    • Harvard University

  • Alberto Corvi

  • Eléonore Duval

    • Le Mans Université

  • Vincent Tournat

    • CNRS

  • Laura Pesaresi

  • Anne Meeussen

    • Harvard University

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

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• Multistability in Non Reciprocal Metamaterial

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Rupesh Mahore

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Rupesh Mahore

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Corentin Coulais

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Xiaofei Guo

  • Oleksandr Gamayun

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• Stress Steering and Stiffness Tuning in Modular Topological Maxwell Lattices

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Xinyu Wang

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Xinyu Wang

    • University of Michigan

  • James Mclnermey

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

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• Mechanical Properties of Nonreciprocal Crystal Lattices

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Matthew Gronert

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Matthew Gronert

    • New York University (NYU)

  • David Grier

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Ella King

    • New York University (NYU)

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• Remorphable Architectures: Reprogramming Global Bistability via Locally Bistable Metamaterials

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Wu L, Chen S, Acha AE, and Pasini D, Remorphable Architectures: Reprogramming Global Bistability through Locally Bistable Metamaterials, Advanced Materials, e09940, 2025

  Presenters

  • Damiano Pasini

    • McGill University

  Authors

  • Damiano Pasini

    • McGill University

  • Lei Wu

  • Shujia Chen

  • Ali Elias Acha

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• Transition from Monostability to Bistability via Symmetry Breaking in Mechanical Metamaterials

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Md. Khairul Hasan Limon

  Authors

  • Md Nahid Hasan

    • Montana Techn

  • Md. Khairul Hasan Limon

  • Sharat Chandra Paul

    • University of Utah

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• Mechanical Phase Transformation Along Multiple Transition Pathways

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Frazier

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Michael Frazier

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Breathers, losses and transition waves in a driven chain of coupled bistable units

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Vincent Tournat

    • CNRS

  Authors

  • Apostolos Paliovaios

  • Antoine Fauconnier

  • Vassos Achilleos

  • Georgios Theocharis

  • Stéphane Job

  • Vincent Tournat

    • CNRS

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• Soft Bursting Membranes for Tunable Damping and Contact Mitigation

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Yuchen Xi

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Tom Marzin

    • Cornell University

  • Yuchen Xi

    • Princeton University

  • Alberto Comoretto

    • AMOLF

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    • KU Leuven

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• Lyapunov exponents explain disorder-induced polarization and soliton teleportation in a mechanical Markov system

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • William Stephenson

    • Univeristy of Michigan

  Authors

  • William Stephenson

    • Univeristy of Michigan

  • Nan Cheng

    • University of Michigan

  • Kai Sun

    • University of Michigan

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

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