During the 2023–24 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a seminar on Active Matter, organized by Farzan Vafa. This seminar will take place bi-weekly on Mondays at 12:30 – 1:30 pm (Eastern Time). The meetings will take place in Room G02 at the CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138, and some meetings will take place virtually on Zoom or be held in hybrid formats.

To learn how to attend, please fill out this form, or contact Farzan Vafa (fvafa@cmsa.fas.harvard.edu).

The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.

Shape morphing with swelling hydrogels and expanding foams

Hybrid - G10

Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Abby Plummer, Boston University Title: Shape morphing with swelling hydrogels and expanding foams Abstract: Materials that increase in size offer intriguing possibilities for shape-morphing applications. Here, […]