Atomic Origami: A Technology Platform For Nanoscale Machines, Sensors, and Robots
What would we be able to do if we could build cell-scale machines that sense, interact, and control their micro environment? Associate Professor Itai Cohen of the Department of Physics and Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP) at Cornell will describe a new platform they are developing for the construction of micron sized origami machines that can sense their environments, respond, and perform useful functions on time and length scales comparable to microscale biological organisms. He will close by offering a few forward looking proposals to use these machines as basic programmable elements for the assembly of multifunctional materials and surfaces with tunable mechanical, optical, hydrophilic properties.
Professor Itai Cohen is obsessed with matter in motion. At Cornell, his research has focused on investigating the behavior of microscopic and nanoscopic particles suspended in a fluid, exploring the mechanics of materials ranging from biological tissues to origami inspired metamaterials, discovering the mechanisms used by insects during flapping flight, and determining how Tango dancers and audiences at heavy metal concerts coordinate their movement. Understanding the out-of-equilibrium behaviors of these systems remains one of the biggest challenges in Physics. He received his B.S. at the University of Chicago, his Ph.D., at the University of California at Los Angeles, and did a Postdoc at Harvard University.
6:00-6:30pm cash bar reception; 6:30pm lecture, gratis. Advance reservations required. Attendees are invited to dine at The Club with Professor Cohen following the lecture. The cost is $45 per person, inclusive of tax, gratuity and one glass of wine with dinner. Dinner reservations are required 48 hours prior to the program. Same-day cancellations and no shows will be charged.
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