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Oct11
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"Structure and Mechanics of Bamboo"
Presented by Lorna Gibson
ABSTRACT: Bamboo is an abundant, sustainable resource. Traditional bamboo structures use entire culms for framing and woven mats for paneling. Recently, there has been increasing interest in structural bamboo products, engineered materials analogous to wood products such as plywood, oriented strand board and glue-laminated timber. The use of structural bamboo products is limited by lack of material property data and appropriate building codes. In this talk, the structure and mechanical properties of Moso bamboo, the most commercially important species in China, are described. Models, based on composites and cellular solids, give a good description of the data for the compressive and flexural properties. The flexural properties of Moso bamboo are also compared with those of two other commercially important species: Guadua, grown in South America, and Tre Gai, from Vietnam. A model for Moso bamboo OSB, based on a model of wood OSB, available in the literature, is then described; the model gives a good description of the Young's modulus of Moso bamboo OSB..
BIO: Professor Lorna Gibson graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She was an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia for two years before moving to MIT where she is currently the Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research interests focus on the mechanics of materials with a cellular structure such as engineering honeycombs and foams, natural materials such as wood, leaves and bamboo and medical materials such as trabecular bone and tissue engineering scaffolds. She is the co-author of Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties (with MF Ashby) and of Cellular Materials in Nature and Medicine (with MF Ashby and BA Harley). Recent projects include balsa as a model for bioinspired design of engineering materials; structural bamboo products, analogous to wood products such as oriented strand board; and aerogels for thermal insulation. She teaches two subjects: Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties and Applications; both are also offered online through edX. She was recently named a MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT's top award for undergraduate teaching. She has served as Chair of the Faculty and Associate Provost at MIT.
TIME Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Tech L361 Technological Institute map it
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CALENDAR Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Apr22
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-Policy & ProceduresTIME Monday, April 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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CONTACT Wade Tischhauser wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)
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Apr25
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-Policy & ProceduresTIME Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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CONTACT Wade Tischhauser wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL
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Apr29
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May2
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May6
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May8
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lessThe Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related departments at Northwestern University to pursue objects-based and objects-inspired scientific research. Materials research benefits ongoing work in conservation, archaeology, art history, and curatorial scholarship.
Learn how the Center uses materials research to care for art objects in sustainable, innovative ways with Maria Kokkori, Northwestern Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Senior Scientist in the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. She will be in conversation with Corey Byrnes, Northwestern Associate Professor of Chinese Culture and co-founder/co-director of the Environmental Humanities Workshop in Kaplan Humanities Center.
This event is presented by the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science in conjunction with exhibition Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology.
TIME Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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CALENDAR Block Museum of Art
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May9
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May13
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May16
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May20
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May23
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May27
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May30
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Jun10
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lessMcCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena
CONTACT Amy Pokrass amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Jun10
TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena
CONTACT Amy Pokrass amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science