Speaker: Prof. Norman Wereley, University of Maryland at College Park, United StatesChair: Dr. Ramin SedaghatiAbstract: The ability to dissipate energy in vehicle systems, especially with the goal of protecting occupants from potentially injurious vibration, repetitive shock, crash and blast loads, is becoming a critical issue as the cumulative impact of these load spectra on chronic health and acute injury are becoming bet...

Session Chair: Dr. Rongjia Tao

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Speaker: Prof. Stefan Odenbach, Dresden University of Technology, GermanyChair: Dr. Norman WereleyAbstract: X-ray microtomography has been proven to be an excellent tool for analyzing the inner structure of magnetic hybrid materials. Using sophisticated methods of digital processing, it has become possible to track changes in the microstructure over numerous steps of changing external stimuli. By combining microstructural i...

Session Chair: Dr. Ali Ahmadi

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Sébastien Plante, University of Sherbrook, CanadaChair: Dr. Andreas M. MenzelAbstract: In today's era of artificial intelligence, the progress of human-robot physical interaction is now limited by robotic hardware, notably, actuators. Unlike human muscles, the gearmotors used in most robots on the planet cannot perform strong, powerful tasks as well as gentle, dexterous ones in the same package. This pre...

Session Chair: Dr. Janusz Goldasz

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