This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $504,312 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) will fund research to enable the application of new architected metamaterials to vibration protection of large-capacity wind turbine blades, as well as the design of surface acoustic wave devices for high-precision sensing and signal processing.
The project aims to develop a new class of bilayered plate metastructures, coupled by nonlinear between-layer springs, to independently engineer wave dispersion and nonlinearity, enabling unique nonlinear wave phenomena like solitons, frequency combs, wave bending, and unidirectional propagation. The research will leverage theoretical analyses, finite-element modeling, optimization, fabrication, and experimental validation using laser-Doppler vibrometry and high-speed imaging. The award also includes an integrated set of education and outreach activities to impact engineering education and contribute to a diverse STEM workforce.
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