The Wonders of Thin Structures | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Pedro Reis' work focuses on the mechanics of large deformations of thin structures.

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Pedro Reis, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering, describes the research activity in his Elasticity, Geometry, & Statistics Laboratory at MIT. Reis' work focuses on the mechanics of large deformations of thin structures, towards devising novel functionalities over a wide range of length scales, from the very small to the very large.

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Pedro Reis' work focuses on the mechanics of large deformations of thin structures, towards devising novel functionalities over a wide range of length scales, from the very small to the very large.

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Pedro Reis' work focuses on the mechanics of large deformations of thin structures, towards devising novel functionalities over a wide range of length scales, from the very small to the very large.