Author: rlmeiller

Davide Bigoni applies extreme materials to extreme applications

By David Murgado New challenges and advances in technology call for special types of materials. Materials that show extreme properties make them excellent candidates to solve problems where ordinary materials cannot perform. In this field of extreme materials, a variety of properties can be sought such as extreme deformations and amazing mechanical properties. From stretchable …

Game changer: Christian Franck takes a new look at the lasting impacts of brain injuries

By Heather Huna In the last decade, there has been a push to understand traumatic brain injuries and how impacts to the brain effect the tissue and mind long after they occur. The release of the 2015 movie “Concussion” starring Will Smith brought to light how the impacts to the head experienced by athletes during …