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Dr. ZhongYang (Z.-Y.) Cheng Professor, Materials Engineering / Mechanical Engineering 275 Wilmore Lab, Phone: (334)844-3419,
Fax: (334)844-3400
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Smart
Materials and Structure Laboratory |
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Summary of Research The goal of the Smart Materials
Laboratory is to investigate and simulate the physics behind the phenomena
and to develop novel smart materials with high performance. The goal of Smart Structure Laboratory
is to design, fabricate and characterize the devices, especially the
micro/nano-devices, using smart materials. |
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Materials Studied in Smart Materials Laboratory |
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By Function Electrostrictive
Dielectric Ferroelectric
Magnetoelastic Magnetoelectric Magnetostrictive Piezoelectric
Pyroelectric Thermoelectric |
By Form Ceramics Polymers Composites
including Nanocomposites Nanomaterials Nanowire/bar/tube Nanocomposites |
By Properties Dielectric Electric / Electronic Ferroelectric Piezoelectric Electrostrictive Electromechanical Electrooptic Magnetoelastic Magnetoelectric |
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Devices/Structures
Studied in Smart Structure Laboratory |
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Actuators (Artificial
Muscle) Transducers Sensors (viscosity,
acoustic, …) MEMS/NEMS |
Biosensors for Pathogen Detection
and Food Safety Piezoelectric,
Magnetostrictive, Electrical, and
Electrochemical based |
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The research activities/projects have
been supported by USDA, DOD, USGS, NSF, NSFC, and industry, such as 3M. |
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Equipment
List Ph.D
Dissertations MS Theses |
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