Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
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What We Do
The Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) interacts with more than 25 faculty members from different departments and various colleges on campus and with several other major university laboratories. CIMSS maintains a high state, national, and international profile and fosters cooperative programs with other organizations worldwide. The Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) focuses on the design and modeling of actuators and damping devices, as well as infrastructure health monitoring and diagnostics using structures and active materials. Investigators at CIMSS perform both basic research and applied research to serve the needs of industries and practicing engineers.
Research
- Dynamics and control of inflated satellites
- Determining rules and procedures for developing material systems with piezoceramic patches
- Vibration and control of non-linear thermoviscoelastic plates with embedded sensors and actuators
- Modeling of viscoelastic materials for use in finite element codes in high-performance vehicle systems
- Using active control methods, structural modeling, and aerodynamic methods to investigate the energy requirements of morphing wings
- Determining chemoelectric and electromechanical models of ionic polymer materials
- Studies of viscoelastic damping treatments, piezoceramic shunts, and combinations of piezoceramic and viscoelastic materials for use in automobile interiors
Facilities
CIMSS is currently located in a 6,000-sq.-ft. facility in the New Engineering Building (Durham Hall) dedicated to the administrative, educational, and technical activities of the Center. Equipment includes a HP 4194-A Impedence/Gain Phase Analyzer, a Zonic WCA Signal Analyzer, a multi-mode, programmable HP 3314-A function generator, a Polytec PI Laser-Doppler Vibrometer and Scanner, Complete modal testing facilities, a D-Space controller, and other digital control systems.