Functionality Through Nonlinearity I

Presentations

• Mechanical Computing with Magneto-Mechanical Oscillators

  ORAL

  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

    • UES, Inc.

  • Quan Zhang

    • University of Galway

  • Stephan Rudykh

    • University of Galway

  • Abigail Juhl

    • Air Force Research Laboratory

  • 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

  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

    • 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

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• Combining Material and Geometric Nonlinearity for Optomechanical Reservoir Computing

  ORAL

  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

    • Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Patrick F Musgrave

    • University of Florida

  • Philip Buskohl

    • Air Force Research Laboratory

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• Finite-state mechanologic for embodied control in soft machines

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Andres F Arrieta

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Andres F Arrieta

    • Purdue University

  • Juan C Osorio

    • Purdue University

  • Jhonatan S Rincon

    • Purdue University

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• Mapping out exotic memories in materials via motifs

  ORAL

  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 v Hecke

    • Leiden University

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

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Giada Risso

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Giada Risso

    • Harvard University

  • Alberto Corvi

    • University of Parma

  • Eléonore Duval

    • Le Mans Université

  • 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

  • Laura Pesaresi

    • ETHZ

  • Anne S Meeussen

    • Harvard University

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

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

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• Stress Steering and Stiffness Tuning in Modular Topological Maxwell Lattices

  ORAL

  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

    • University of Michigan

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

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• Mechanical Properties of Nonreciprocal Crystal Lattices

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Matthew K Gronert

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Matthew K Gronert

    • New York University (NYU)

  • David G Grier

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Ella M King

    • New York University (NYU)

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• Remorphable Architectures: Reprogramming Global Bistability via Locally Bistable Metamaterials

  ORAL

  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

    • McGill University
    • Massachu-setts Institute of Technology

  • Shujia Chen

    • McGill University

  • Ali Elias Acha

    • McGill

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

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

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

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • 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

  Authors

  • Apostolos Paliovaios

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

  • Antoine Fauconnier

    • Laboratoire Quartz (EA-7393), ISAE-Supméca, 3 rue Fernand Hainaut, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, 93400, France

  • Vassos Achilleos

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

  • Georgios Theocharis

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

  • Stéphane Job

    • Laboratoire Quartz (EA-7393), ISAE-Supméca, 3 rue Fernand Hainaut, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, 93400, France

  • 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

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• Soft Bursting Membranes for Tunable Damping and Contact Mitigation

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Yuchen Xi

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Tom Marzin

    • Cornell University
    • Princeton University

  • Yuchen Xi

    • Princeton University

  • Alberto Comoretto

    • AMOLF

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    • Princeton University
    • KU Leuven

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

  ORAL

  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

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • University of Michigan

  • Kai Sun

    • University of Michigan

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

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