FTN2025
Functionality Through Nonlinearity
A free-to-all conference for people that like nonlinearities
King’s College London — June 19-20, 2025
Registration deadline: May 1st, 2025
Invited talks
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PT Brun
Princeton University
“Elasto active materials“ -
Cecilia Laschi
National University of Singapore
“Harnessing bi-stability for autonomous soft robots“
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Martin van Hecke
“Multistable Metamaterials“
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Adam Stokes
“Title to be announced“
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Lucia Stein-Montalvo
“Mechanics of shape-shifting for adaptable cities“
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Bas Overvelde
AMOLF / Eindhoven University of Technology
“Mechanofluidic instabilities”
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Benoit Roman
“Title to be announced“
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Eleonora Tubaldi
“Advanced Grasping and Sensing through Buckling Instability“
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Jochen Mueller
“Multifunctionality through Multimaterial 3D Printing”
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Vanessa Sanchez
“Harnessing Textile Nonlinearities for Programmable Soft Robots“
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Douglas Holmes
“Engineering with Instability: Towards Mechanical Computing“
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Helmut Hauser
“Morphological Computation - Embracing nonlinearites to build smart bodies for smart robots”
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Davood Farhadi
“Elastic Mechanical Cellular Automata“
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Perla Maiolino
“Soft, Smart and Perceptive: Harnessing Embodied Intelligence on Robot Bodies“
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Damiano Pasini
“Morphing of ori, kiri, and ori-kirigami“
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Mingchao Liu
“Folding in Nature and Beyond: Nonlinear Pathways to Adaptive Matter“
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Aniket Pal
“Programmable instabilities across scales“
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Emmanuel Siéfert
“Mimicking the hummingbird tongue for efficient fluid capture“
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Sophie Ramananarivo
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
“Can we tailor the behavior of flexible sheets in flows by adding cuts or folds“
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Joel Marthelot
IUSTI Aix-Marseille University
“Dynamics of eversion in soft elastic tubes“
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Martin Brandenbourger
IRPHE Aix-Marseille University
“Fluid transport emerging from nonlinearities in vessels and networks“
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Daniel J. Preston
“Mechanofluidic Selection and Sequencing in Soft Systems“
Programme
Thurs., June 19
Invited talks
Registration
8am-8:30am
9am-12:35pm
9:00
9:10
9:35
10:00
10:25
10:50
11:05
11:30
11:55
12:20
Welcome
PT Brun
Jochen Mueller
Benoit Roman
Sophie Ramananarivo
Break
Damiano Pasini
Douglas Holmes
Mingchao Liu
Eleonora Tubaldi
12:45pm-2pm
Lunch
2pm-3:50pm
Invited talks
Martin van Hecke
Perla Maiolino
Joel Marthelot
Martin Brandenbourger
Concluding remarks
14:00
14:25
14:50
15:15
15:40
Treasure hunt
4pm-7pm
Join us for an unforgettable treasure hunt through the streets of London! Solve riddles, explore landmarks, and bond with new friends along the way.
7pm-late
Dinner & Drinks
Lets enjoy dinner and drinks between the bridges
Friday, June 20
9am-1pm
Invited talks
Cecilia Laschi
Vanessa Sanchez
Bas Overvelde
Helmut Hauser
Davood Farhadi
Break
Lucia Stein-Montalvo
Adam Stokes
Emmanuel Siéfert
Aniket Pal
Daniel J. Preston
9:00
9:25
9:50
10:15
10:40
11:05
11:20
11:45
12:10
12:35
13:00
1pm-2:30pm
Lunch
3pm-6pm
Poster Session
We invite everyone, from seasoned expert to curious beginner, to present their latest research. Step up, showcase your insights, and connect with a vibrant community!
6pm-8pm
Closing reception
We invite all presenters (oral and poster) for a closing reception.
8pm-late
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You know what to do on a friday night in London
Practical Information
All sessions are organized in Bush House Auditorium:
Bush house, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG, UK
The venue
Duration: 25 min. (20 min. talk + 5min questions)
Please use your own laptop to present.
Invited talks
We strive to create a poster session where everybody can present, so preliminary results are highly appreciated!
Poster size: A1 (we will provide things to hang them)
Registration: The registration button at the top of this page also leads to a page to indicate if you are presenting a poster.
We hope to accommodate everybody to present a poster!
Posters session
Treasure hunt
A leisurely activity to get to know each other, no special things required!
Register here!
Registration deadline: May 1st, 2025