Self-learning Metamaterials
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The Machine Materials lab at the University of Amsterdam & the Learning Machines group at AMOLF (Amsterdam, NL) seek a motivated PhD student to join our teams working on realizing learning in novel physical materials. We offer a PhD, as part of a joint theoretical\experimental research project between AMOLF and the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Using a combination of theory, numerical experiments, and precision desktop experiments, we will create 3D materials with self-adapting elastic elements that counteract changes in the environment and the aging of their own parts. We will study how to make these materials learn continually by adapting functions over their lifetime without forgetting old lessons. Thereby, we will bring synthetic materials a large step closer to their living counterparts. With this project, we aim to redefine the way we engineer materials with direct ramifications in adaptive materials and robotics.
Corentin Coulais 