Advanced Materials and Mechanical Systems Laboratory
Welcome to the UTSA Advanced Materials and Mechanical Systems Laboratory
The main research interest of the AMMS Lab is to advance in the design and synthesis of advanced materials and mechanical systems by integrating concepts of bioinspired design and architected materials. To achieve this goal, our research approach combines computational simulations, theoretical analysis, fabrication, and experimental testing.
Applications of interest are in broad areas, including healthcare, defense, robotics, civil infrastructure, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering. In the AMMS Lab, we seek to advance in the design, synthesis, and analysis of advanced materials that exhibit unprecedented properties and functionalities.
To achieve this goal, our research approach integrates theoretical principles from various disciplines including solid mechanics, material science, and physics, with computational and experimental tools. More specifically, through controlled experiments, and informed by numerical and analytical studies, we seek to understand how nonlinearities observed at distinct length and time scales can be controlled and used as design variables for the design of new materials and mechanical systems.
Our research approach falls across the spectrum of fundamental and applied research. Areas of interest include healthcare, defense, robotics, civil infrastructure, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering.
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