Prof Matlack organized and chaired the 2026 Workshop on Fluid Metamaterial Interaction: Exploring two-way synergies between flow regimes and architected materials, in Dayton, OH (April 14-16, 2026)

This AFOSR-funded workshop was co-organized by Mostafa Nouh, Abby Juhl, Andres Goza, and the rest of the AFOSR MURI team (Saxton-Fox, Ansell, Raney, Bae, Park).  The workshop brought together nearly 100 researchers from academia, DoD laboratories, UARCS, program officers from DoD and NSF, to discuss cutting-edge research on the coupled interaction between fluid flows and mechanical metamaterials

(link: https://fmi2025.grainger.illinois.edu/)