Laboratory for Solid Mechanics & Materials in Extremes
Mechanics & Extremes @ KAIST. We tackle the complex engineering problems in the emerging areas of Solid Mechanics and Condensed Matter in Extremes via modeling, experimentation and computation. The central focus of the group is to understand the mechanistic underpinnings of large deformation, flow and interactions of solids and condensed matter, and harness this understanding to help design better new materials, microstructures and devices in extreme, coupled settings.
News and Events
(Dec, 2024) Jaehee successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. We've got our first Ph.D. from the group. Many congratulations, Dr. Lee!
(Nov, 2024) Our work on nonlocal modeling of elastomer fracture has been featured as an Editors' Suggestion in Phys. Rev. Mat. Check out PRM 2024.
(Oct, 2024) Jaehee and Jehoon shared the KAIST Presidential Award (카이스트 총장상) for Outstanding Paper (citing JMPS 2024). Good for our two JHs!
(Oct, 2024) Seunghyeon won the KAIST Presidential Award (카이스트 총장상) for Outstanding Paper (citing IJP 2023). Congratulations!
(Oct, 2024) Hansohl co-chaired the 2024 Monie A. Ferst Award Symposium hosted by Georgia Tech. The Boyce Group alums got together to celebrate MCB's achievements as a mentor.
(Sep, 2024) Our work on (ugly yet elegant) bcc single- and polycrystals is featured as one of the most popular articles in IJP. Check out IJP 2023 and JMPS 2023.
(Aug, 2024) Jehoon presented his work on "disordered microstructures" at the 26th (100 years) International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Daegu.
(Aug, 2024) Jeongun presented his work on "size-dependent fracture in elastomers" at ICTAM, Daegu.
(Aug, 2024) Gisoo presented his work at the Society of Engineering Science (SES) Annual Technical Meeting, Hangzhou, China.
(Aug, 2024) Hansohl served as a member of local organizing committee for ICTAM, Daegu.
(June, 2024) Hansohl has been invited for a small talk at Conferences Internationales Materiaux et Technologies (CIMTEC) 2024 held in Montecatini Terme, Italy.
(June, 2024) Seunghyeon has been offered a summer opportunity again at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He stays with the Theoretical Division. Good for him, again!
(May, 2024) Seunghwan presented his work on "mechanics of architected heterogeneous polycrystals" at the 19th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC19), Madrid, Spain.
(May, 2024) Our work on "mechanics of random microstructures in thermoplastic elastomers" is featured in KAIST Engineering News. Check out JMPS 2024.
(April, 2024) Hansohl presented at the Franklin Medal Laureate Symposium honoring MCB, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania and John Bassani. What a moment for MCB!
(March, 2024) Jaehee and Jehoon presented our recent work on "macro/micromechanics of two-phase elastomers" at American Physical Society (APS) March, Minneapolis, NM, US.
(Jan, 2024) Gisoo's work on "elasto-plastomeric crystals" is featured in AE Research Highlight. Check out Soft Matter 2023.
(Jan, 2024) Hansohl presented (invited; with 재희, 제훈, 기수) at the International Conference of Plasticity, Damage and Fracture (Plasticity 2024), Panama City.
Office hour for undergraduates/graduates: by appointment; E-mail 보내세요.
Recent Publications
Stiffness, strength, energy dissipation and reusability in elasto-plastomeric polycrystals, S. Lee et al., arXiv, 2024
Extreme resilience and dissipation in heterogeneous disordered materials, J. Moon et al., arXiv, 2024
Size-dependent fracture in elastomers: Experiments and continuum modeling, J. Lee et al., Phys. Rev. Mat., 8 (11), 2024
Large strain micromechanics of thermoplastic elastomers with random microstructures, H. Cho et al., J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 187, 2024