15-17 June, 2018, Xi’an, China

Webpage: http://icrp.xjtu.edu.cn/web/295251/home

Venue: Wyndham Grand Hotel No 208 Ci’en East Road, Qujiang New District, Xi’an, China

    The 4th International Workshop on Soft Machines and Mechanics (IWSMM2018) aims to provide a forum for emerging young researchers in the field of soft materials and soft machines to communicate academic frontier problems, establish a long-term cooperation, further promote development in this field and improve the academic influence. This workshop was hosted by State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University.

§   Relative topics:

•      Synthesis and chemistry of advanced soft materials

•      Physics and mechanics of polymer network

•      Constitutive model of soft materials

•      Multi-field coupling deformation behavior and energy conversion

•      Bio-integrated soft devices

•      Novel applications of soft materials and machines

•      3D/4D printing of soft devices

§   Chairs:

Tongqing Lu (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Xuanhe Zhao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Nanshu Lu (University of Texas at Austin)

Teng Li (University of Maryland)

Xiaoyan Gong (Suzhou Innomed Co., Ltd)

§   Honorary chairs:

Tiejun Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

ZhigangSuo (Harvard University)   

Programme of Workshop

 

 

 

 

Contact:  Tongqing Lu, tongqing.lu@gmail.com, +86-15389257586

Workshop Secretary:  Le An, +86-15229268720