Dr. Xiaoming Mao
University of Michigan
Seminar Information
Topological mechanics is a new field where concepts of topologically protected states of matter are realized in mechanical systems, leading to robust phenomena from one-way edge waves to soft modes and self-stress states protected by topology. In this talk, I will review a class of topological mechanical systems, Maxwell lattices, which are characterized by their proximity to mechanical instability. I will discuss recent theoretical and experimental advances in designs of transformable topological mech
Xiaoming Mao completed her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2008, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania during 2008–2012. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2012. Xiaoming’s research group studies a range of questions in fields ranging from soft matter to materials and biophysics, including rigidity and flow in disordered systems, topological mechanical metamaterials, self-assembly of complex and open structures at the nano and colloidal scales, and motility of cells in the extracellular matrix.Xiaoming Mao completed her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2008, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania during 2008–2012. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2012. Xiaoming’s research group studies a range of questions in fields ranging from soft matter to materials and biophysics, including rigidity and flow in disordered systems, topological mechanical metamaterials, self-assembly of complex and open structures at the nano and colloidal scales, and motility of cells in the extracellular matrix.