Dear Colleagues and Students,

The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City would like to invite you to join our “IOTSC Talk Series” on 22/03/2022 (Wednesday).
We are pleased to invite Prof. Jianting DU from IOTSC as the speaker.

Mechanical Genes Extraction of Composite Materials
Speaker: Prof. Jianting DU, Research Assistant Professor
Date: 22/03/2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
Language: English
Venue: N21-5/F Exhibition Hall

Abstract:
The composite materials encountered in the engineering applications (e.g. rocks, concrete) are exhibiting highly heterogeneous, multiscale and multiphase characteristics in their mechanical properties. This complex mechanical behavior is dominated by their nanoscale mechanical genes. However, determination of the mechanical genes continues to be a formidable challenge and hence require innovative and advanced experimental techniques and theoretical analyses.

This talk will discuss a coupled analysis of statistical grid nanoindentation and in-situ phase identification, which is proposed to uncover the mechanical properties of the constituent phases in a composite material and establish the links among its multiscale mechanical properties. This work provides the way to accessing the mechanical properties of building blocks of a composite material, representing a major step towards developing reliable multiscale models for engineering applications.

Speaker’s Bio:
Dr. Jianting DU received his PhD degree in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2020. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA, USA, as a joint PhD student for 18 months (2018-2019). He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Hong Kong from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, he joined the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (IOTSC), University of Macau, Macau, where he is currently a Research Assistant Professor. His research focuses on the multiscale characterization of composite materials (e.g. rocks) and the growth and mobility of submarine debris flows.

For enquiries: Tel: 8822 9141
Email: shirleyfong@um.edu.mo

Best Regards,
State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City