COURSE PURPOSES

Metamaterials are materials exhibiting unconventional physical/mechanical properties that cannot be readily found in nature. They have a foundation in electromagnetics, but at the same time they have found wide applications in several engineering acoustics/electrodynamics/mechanics disciplines. The analysis and the synthesis of such materials, often physically realized as macro-scale aggregations of micro-scale/periodic arrangements of identical unit cells, requires sophisticated modeling and design methodologies that are currently at the edge of the research.

The course aims at providing the fundamentals of multiphysics metamaterials theory and concepts, along with an overview of the most effective analysis/synthesis techniques and their most appealing/emerging applications in advanced engineering fields. Applicative examples including exercises will corroborate the theoretical concepts.


Course Topics

  • Fundamentals and basic theory/concepts of multiphysics metamaterials;
  • Volumetric and surface metamaterials (i.e., metasurfaces), soft/hard surfaces, periodic and quasi-periodic surfaces;
  • Advanced modeling and simulation techniques for the analysis of periodic and quasi-periodic structures with a focus on Floquet modes theory;
  • Advanced design techniques for the synthesis of innovative metamaterials in engineering fields;
  • Applicative examples including exercises regarding specific engineering applications of multi-physics metamaterials.

Teachers

Prof. OLIVERI Giacomo
DICAM @ University of Trento, Italy

Dr. SALUCCI Marco
DICAM @ University of Trento, Italy

Course in Synthesis

Teachers
2
Hours
32
Days
5
ECTS Credits
4

Course Coordinators

Prof. OLIVERI Giacomo
DICAM @ University of Trento, Italy

Dr. SALUCCI Marco
DICAM @ University of Trento, Italy

Contact Us

ELEDIA@UniTN – University of Trento
DICAM – Department of Civil, Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering
Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento – Italy

Phone: +39 0461 285227

Mail: summer-schools@eledia.org

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