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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Moran Bercovici\nhosted by Alexander Bronstein \nAbstr
 act: I will present our theoretical and experimental work on leveraging th
 e basic physics of liquid-fluid interfaces for fabrication of a wide range
  of high-quality optical components\, without the need for any mechanical 
 processing.  I will discuss the theoretical and experimental aspects of 
 several mechanism that allow such ‘Fluidic Shaping’ – from photoacti
 vated Marangoni flows that enable dynamic programmable thin film deformati
 ons\, to passive shaping under neutral buoyancy where pinning boundary con
 ditions drive the liquid volume to a desired minimum energy. Finally\, I w
 ill discuss our collaboration with NASA on the use of Fluidic Shaping for 
 the creation of future giant space telescopes and present our zero-g exper
 iments in parabolic flights and on board the international space station. 
 Time permitting\, I will also provide a short glimpse into our early stage
 s in generalizing Fluidic Shaping for the creation of more complex three-d
 imensional structures on earth and in space – work which has taken also 
 an artistic side and is on display as part of the European Cultural Center
 ’s ‘Time Space Existence’ exhibit in Venice’s Biennale for Archite
 cture. Moran Bercovici is a full professor of mechanical engineering at T
 echnion – Israel Institute of Technology\, and currently a visiting prof
 essor at ETH Zurich.  He is equally interested in understanding basic ph
 ysical mechanisms related to fluid mechanics as in leveraging them to crea
 te new tools and technologies across different disciplines including optic
 al fabrication\, in-space manufacturing\, and reconfigurable microfluidics
 . An aerospace engineer by training\, he worked for several years as an ae
 rodynamics engineer before continuing to a PhD in microfluidics at Stanfor
 d School of Engineering\, followed by a postdoctoral period at Stanford Sc
 hool of Medicine. He joined Technion as a faculty member in 2011\, where h
 e established the Fluidic Technologies Laboratory. He received two ERC gra
 nts and was awarded the Krill prize by the Wolf Foundation\, the Blavatnik
  Award in Chemistry\, and the Yanai prize of academic excellence. 
LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA
ORGANIZER:diana.gruber@ista.ac.at
SUMMARY:Moran Bercovici: Fluidic Shaping of Optical Components – From the
  Lab to the International Space Station
URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/5966
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