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 …
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The Forest Products Laboratory is bringing back wood
By Jason Elder While the rest of the world has sprinted right past wood towards metals, Dr. John Considine’s team is investigating one of the oldest building materials with exciting results. Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), …
Fiber reinforced concrete: The future of coupling beams
By Bryce Buckley Having buildings that can withstand the massive forces of earthquakes is imperative to the safety of millions of lives, and the use of fiber reinforced concrete is an uncomplicated and economical way …
The moving cell conundrum
By Varshini Kamaraj In addition to hosting speakers from all over the country, the UW-Madison Mechanics Seminar also provides a platform for graduate students to share their research. Aashrith Saraswathibhatla, a PhD student in the …
Darryl Thelen speaks about the mechanical properties of tendons
By Aaron Bishop Darryl Thelen, Spangler professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presented a seminar titled “Gauging Tendon Behavior by Observing Tissue Dynamics” on November 10th, 2017 in the UW-Madison Mechanics Seminar …
Using MRI to understand elusive complex fluid flows
By Travis Sheperd Calculating fluid flows are difficult in even the simplest of cases, but as they get more complicated, the computations become unwieldy. Flow experimentation is a tedious process and is only able to …
Chiara Daraio speaks on plant nanobionics
By Matthew Benbenek Chiara Daraio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology, gave a Midwest Mechanics Series lecture on Sept. 22 to University of Wisconsin-Madison students and faculty regarding …