Polymer Engineering Center > Research > Research Activities on Controllable Materials, Mechanics and Electronic Technologies

The CoMMET (Controllable Materials, Mechanics and Electronic Technologies) group is a part of the Center dealing with smart materials and sensors technologies. Our research focuses on application of electromagnetic field controllable "smart" materials in macro and micro electro-mechanical systems. Controllable electro-mechanical response of materials is advantageous in "smart" clutches, damping and bushing systems for cars, adaptive acoustical and optical systems, various sensor, transducer and actuator applications. This area of research is essentially cross disciplinary and involves understanding underlying physics of "smart" materials, modeling and design mechanical devices utilizing field controllable materials, engineering new materials.