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Conferences

Ganesh and Betsy organized a special session at the ASA Fall Meeting 2022

December 5, 2022December 13, 2022

Ph.D. Students Ganesh Patil and Betsy Smith from the WPM Lab along with Dr. Benjamin Goldsberry from the Applied Research Lab at UT Austin organized a special session on “Tunable Metamaterials” at the 183rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of …

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WPML @ SES2022!

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

The Wave Propagation and Metamaterials Lab was strongly represented at the Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science:

  • Katie chaired a symposium on “Controlling Mechanical Waves with Metamaterials” and presented a talk on “Effective phononic crystals to
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January 2017: Aspen Center of Physics

January 14, 2017January 17, 2017

Prof. Matlack gave an invited talk at the Aspen Center of Physics conference Topological Metamaterials and Beyond.…

Posted in Conferences, Topologically protected metamaterials

WPM Lab Updates

  • Vinod will be joining the Mechanical Engineering department at IIT Gandhinagar as an Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2026 August 3, 2026
  • Kamruzzaman passed his doctoral preliminary examination May 20, 2026
  • Nusrat was selected to participate in the prestigious WiscProf: Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop at University of Wisconsin–Madison May 20, 2026
  • Allison was featured in MechSE news article! April 20, 2026
  • 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) April 17, 2026
  • Prof Matlack gave an invited talk at the ASA special session Fluid flow Induced Vibration and Noise (December 6, 2025) December 6, 2025
  • Allison passed her doctoral preliminary examination September 24, 2025
  • Hyelim passed her doctoral preliminary examination September 17, 2025
  • Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Smith on Her Successful Dissertation Defense! July 25, 2025
  • WPM Lab’s Involvement in the New IMI February 24, 2025

PI – Kathryn Matlack

PI – Kathryn Matlack

Associate Professor; Richard W. Kritzer Faculty Scholar
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Office: 3046 SLMEB
Lab: 1213 MEL
1206 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801

WPM Lab Tweets

Congratulations to the first PhD graduate of the WPM lab Dr. Changgong Kim! He’s done some amazing work on ultrasonic NDE. @mechseILLINOIS #proudAdvisor pic.twitter.com/Kin0d0tBmZ

— Katie Matlack (@KathrynMatlack) May 14, 2022

 

Wrapping up 2019 with the Dunn, Hutchens, and Matlack labs holiday party! @ShelbyHutchens and @tribo_tweets. Thanks @tribo_tweets for hosting! pic.twitter.com/GqSQgRDtTe

— Katie Matlack (@KathrynMatlack) December 15, 2019

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