Kaushik Bhattacharya, professor of applied mechanics and
mechanical engineering, will lead research to enable ultrahigh
displacement microactuators based on high-strain ferroelectrics.
Characterization and modeling efforts at Caltech will be
complemented, via a strategic collaboration, with device
fabrication efforts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The team's integrated simulation and experimental approach
promises to reveal the microscopic basis of large strain
behavior in this class of materials.
Faculty
Kaushik
Bhattacharya (Team Leader) Michael Ortiz
