Starting in 20 minutes! At 10am ET, #Ax2 astronaut John Shoffner (on the International Space Station) will join MIT researchers (on the ground) for a livestreamed Q+A about the Humanity United with MIT Art and Nanotechnology in Space (HUMANS) project. media.mit.edu/posts/axiom-mi…

John Shoffner International Space Station HUMANS comprises a nano-etched disc that includes an equal-area projection map of the Earth and messages in more than 64 unique languages from stargazers around the world, along with audio waveforms that will be played during the livestream.

Livestream from the ISS showcasing our #HUMANS project starting in 7 minutes! You can tune in here. ⁦MIT.nano⁩ ⁦MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative⁩ youtube.com/live/XDMfrARP-…

It was awesome to be a part of the team and thanks for featuring MIT MechE

ICYMI: John Shoffner (on the International Space Station) joined MIT researchers (on the ground) for livestreamed Q+As about MIT and Media Lab research on the #Ax2 flight. Watch the recordings! media.mit.edu/posts/axiom-mi…

In 1977, the Voyager Spacecraft sent out the Golden Record. The #Ax2 mission took the HUMANS. an Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student-led project that combines art and nanotechnology for increasing global representation in space with voices from people all around the world.

Aurelia Academy launches with Microgravity Project Design, bringing students through a rigorous, hands-on training process to design, build, and test projects in preparation for our Horizon 2023 zero-g flight. aureliainstitute.org/posts/microgra… 📸 Steve Boxall/ Zero-G Corp

Researchers MIT MechE and DMSE at MIT present a route for programmable mechanical properties of nanocomposite tectons. 💡 Shaping NCTs enables programming of their stiffness and strength. @CMPortela Rob Macfarlane DMSE at MIT Learn more in #NanoLetters 🔗 go.acs.org/5YE

The team made it to Minneapolis, and we are excited to join this Society of Engineering Science meeting! Looking forward to sharing our work 👇and learning from great research in our community. Best part will be catching up with friends and colleagues over the next 3 days!

Check out our latest work out in Nature today!

Nature research paper: Dynamic diagnosis of metamaterials through laser-induced vibrational signatures go.nature.com/47tEyJQ

Great new paper in nature from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) & MIT MechE's Carlos M. Portela. Important research results that, through innovative characterization techniques developed, could impact a broad spectrum of S&T to come. @DoDCTO Army Futures Command U.S. Army DEVCOM U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory-funded NNI

A laser-based technique developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers offers a safe, fast solution to test dynamic properties of metamaterials. The work, done in part at MIT.nano, could speed the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other materials. news.mit.edu/2023/new-laser…

A new laser setup, developed by Carlos Portela and his team, probes metamaterials with ultrafast pulses. This technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other futuristic materials. mitsha.re/q0g050Q9TMX.

Honored to be featured on this semester’s student spotlight! 🙌🏻

Pictured: Portela Group kicking off summer on a fantastic New England hike! 🥾⛰️ Proud of this team and what we are doing together MIT MechE ! Wishing I could multiply myself irl like in this picture 😅 (all creativity, no photoshop)

Our group has an opening for a postdoctoral position available immediately, working on the computational mechanics of (meta)materials (experimental experience also appreciated). Please see post for more info, and please share with potential candidates.

Starting 2025 w/ a collaborative effort w/ Sid Kumar & team using experimental data sets, physics-enhanced ML, and computational models to predict, understand, and inversely design spinodal metamaterials for large deformation and energy absorption. doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…

Check out our latest work now out on JMPS! Had a ton of fun working on this paper using fundamental shell mechanics to predict the mechanical properties of shell-based metamaterials! Thanks to Carlos M. Portela for being an amazing PI and awesome mentor!

🔬 Our team is in Atlanta for SES 2025! Looking fwd to reconnecting with mechanics colleagues+friends. We have 9 talks and multiple Future-Faculty+Student posters as well. Looking forward to a fruitful week! #MITMechanics Society of Engineering Science MIT MechE