Functionality Through Nonlinearity II

Presentations

• A Systematic Way to Train Physical Intelligence

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Bolei Deng

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Bolei Deng

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Programmable Collective Behavior via Entangled Granular Metamaterials

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  March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Publication: A. Rezanejad, M. Mousa, C. D. Lorenz, M. Howard, and A. E. Forte, " Programmable Entanglement of Granular Mechanical Metamaterials." Adv. Funct. Mater. (2025): e16484. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202516484

  Presenters

  • Ashkan Rezanejad

    • King's College London

  Authors

  • Ashkan Rezanejad

    • King's College London

  • Mostafa Mousa

  • Christian Lorenz

    • King's College London

  • Matthew Howard

  • Antonio Forte

    • King's College London

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• Reprogrammable nonlinear magneto-mechanical metamaterials

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  March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Louis-Justin Tallot

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Louis-Justin Tallot

    • Harvard University

  • Giada Risso

    • Harvard University

  • Giovanni Bordiga

    • Harvard University

  • Antoine Fondeur

  • Carlos Perez-Garcia

  • Daniel Garcia-Gonzalez

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

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• Beaded networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: Dreier, L., Jones, T.J., Plummer, A. et al. Beaded metamaterials. Nat Commun 16, 7899 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61809-8

  Presenters

  • Lauren Dreier

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Lauren Dreier

    • Princeton University

  • Trevor Jones

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Abigail Plummer

  • Andrej Kosmrlj

    • Princeton University

  • P.-T. Brun

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• Tuning nonlinear mechanical metamaterials for fully-analog sensing and robotic control

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Giovanni Bordiga

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Giovanni Bordiga

    • Harvard University

  • Cyrill Bösch

    • Princeton University

  • Connor McCann

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Michelle Yuen

    • Harvard University

  • Jackson Wilt

  • Sina Jafarzadeh

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

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• Sound detection through elliptical limit-cycle oscillations of the mosquito flagellum

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Justin Faber

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Justin Faber

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Dolores Bozovic

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Haptic sensing through disordered buckling of slender structures

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Barath Venkateswaran

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Barath Venkateswaran

    • Princeton University

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    • KU Leuven

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• Spatial patterning through coupled phase separation and reaction diffusion processes

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Chitrak Bhowmik

    • Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Chitrak Bhowmik

    • Brandeis University

  • Robert Jack

  • Michael Hagan

    • Brandeis University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis University

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• Assessing Isometric Folding in Curved-Crease Origami: A Discretized Algorithm with Outlook Toward Stretch Localization

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Clark Addis

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Clark Addis

    • Purdue University

  • Andres Arrieta

    • Purdue University

  • Philip Buskohl

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  • D. Matthew Boston

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• Globally Frustrated Thin Sheets

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Carlos Enrique Moguel Lehmer

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Carlos Enrique Moguel Lehmer

    • Syracuse University

  • Daniel Duffy

    • University of Michigan

  • Christian Santangelo

    • Syracuse University

  • Suraj Shankar

    • University of Michigan

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• An extensible-membrane model for the mylar balloon and tendon-reinforced inflatables

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Jacob Tersigni

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Jacob Tersigni

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Francisco Lopez Jimenez

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• The crepe problem: folding, rolling, and stability of heavy elastic sheets.

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Tom Marzin

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Tom Marzin

    • Cornell University

  • Barath Venkateswaran

    • Princeton University

  • Yuchen Xi

    • Princeton University

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    • KU Leuven

  • Sunghwan Jung

    • Cornell University

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• Self folding weft-knit architectures as capacitive sensors

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Anya Zhang

  Authors

  • Kausalya Mahadevan

    • Harvard University

  • Anya Zhang

  • Louis-Justin Tallot

    • Harvard University

  • Helen Read

    • Harvard University

  • Michelle Yuen

    • Harvard University

  • Robert Wood

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

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• Deploying kirigami under flow

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Joo-Won HONG

    • Physique et Mecanique des Milieux Heterogenes (PMMH)

  Authors

  • Joo-Won HONG

    • Physique et Mecanique des Milieux Heterogenes (PMMH)

  • Agathe Schmider

    • LadHyX

  • Sophie Ramananarivo

    • LadHyX

  • José Bico

    • PMMH-ESPCI

  • Etienne Reyssat

    • ESPCI Paris

  • Benoît Roman

  • Marc Fermigier

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