Martin van Hecke Lab - Mechanical Metamaterials
We investigate the physics and design of mechanical metamaterial, intricately sculpted materials with properties set by their architecture.
We focus on complex metamaterials, that can be (re)programmed, that are multifunctional, or that are active, and connect the physics of soft and frustrated matter to soft robotics and design. In our group we combine experiments, simulations, theory and design.
News
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A material that gets shorter when you pull it (and why that’s useful) -
Computing with rubber -
Corrugated plastic unveils a new design principle for programmable materials -
A piece of rubber can't count. Right? -
A quirky block of rubber as a calculator -
A computer made of floppy rubber -
Anne Meeussen wins Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 2021 -
Martin van Hecke in Atlas -
Martin van Hecke elected APS fellow -
ERC grant for calculating materials