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LAMP Seminar: “Mechanics of Contact, Friction, and Fracture (by design) – Towards the Interaction between the Natural and Built Environment”
December 5 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contact, friction, and fracture are fundamental processes governing the emergent (mechanical) behaviors of various complex (material) systems, from as large as tectonic slip to as small as third-body wear. In this talk, we briefly discuss (1) challenges in understanding the (nonlinear) mechanics of these processes, specifically focusing on those designed into metamaterials, and (2) novel engineering applications they may lead to, specifically in the context of enabling sustainable interaction between the natural and built environment.
Liuchi Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Liuchi Li is an assistant professor of CEE at Princeton (since January 2025). He has a keen interest in understanding how the mechanics of (many-body) contact, friction, and fracture shape the emergent (nonlinear) behaviors of various complex material systems. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. from Caltech and his B.S. from Tongji University. Before joining Princeton, he spent a few years at Berkeley Lab, Hopkins, and EPFL as a postdoc and a visiting professor.