Katia Bertoldi

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Katia Bertoldi
Photograph of Bertoldi in 2014
EducationUniversity of Trento (BS)
Chalmers University of Technology (MS)
University of Trento (PhD)
Known forNon-linear behavior of materials and structures
AwardsASME Journal of Applied Mechanics Award(2015)[1]
National Science Foundation CAREER Award(2011)[2]
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
Solid mechanics
Elasticity
InstitutionsHarvard

Katia Bertoldi is the William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied Mechanics at Harvard University.[3] Her research has been highlighted by many news sources including the BBC,[4] and as of June 2020 had been cited over 11,000 times.[5]

Early life and education[edit]

Bertoldi earned master's degrees from the University of Trento in 2002 and from Chalmers University of Technology in 2003, majoring in Structural Engineering Mechanics. Upon earning a Ph.D. degree in Mechanics of Materials and Structures from University of Trento, in 2006, she joined the group of Mary Boyce at MIT as a post-doc. In 2008 Bertoldi became an Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology at University of Twente. In 2010 Bertoldi left the University of Twente to join the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University where she established the Bertoldi group focused on the study of the mechanics of materials and structures.[6]

Career[edit]

Bertoldi’s research contributes to the design of materials with a carefully designed meso-structure that leads to novel effective behavior at the macroscale. Bertoldi investigates both mechanical and acoustic properties of such structured materials, with a particular focus on harnessing instabilities and strong geometric non-linearities to generate new modes of functionality. Since the properties of the designed materials are primarily governed by the geometry of the structure (as opposed to constitutive ingredients at the material level), the principles Bertoldi discovers are universal and can be applied to systems over a wide range of length scales.[7]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly[8]
  • Topological Phononic Crystals with One-Way Elastic Edge Waves[9]
  • 3D Soft Metamaterials with Negative Poisson's Ratio[10]

Awards and honors[edit]

Bertoldi is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award(2011)[11] and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Hughes Young Investigator Award (2014).[12] In 2019, she became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in their Division of Soft Matter.[13] and has won awards in undergraduate teaching excellence.[14] Bertoldi also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Extreme Mechanics Letters.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Journal of Applied Mechanics Award". Journal Program Awards. ASME. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ Rutter, Michael (February 13, 2012). "SEAS's Katia Bertoldi wins Faculty Early Career Development Award". The Harvard Gazette. News from Harvard schools, offices, and affiliates. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ Zewe, Adam. "Bertoldi named Harvard College Professor". News and Events. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ Webb, Johnathan (4 March 2015). "Magic 'metamaterials' storm physics". BBC News. Science & Environment. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Katia Bertoldi". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Home Page". Bertoldi Group. Harvard University. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Editorial Board". K. Bertoldi, PhD. Extreme Mechanics Letters. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  8. ^ Bertoldi, Katia; Reis, Pedro M.; Willshaw, Stephen; Mullin, Tom (13 January 2010). "Negative Poisson's Ratio Behavior Induced by an Elastic Instability". Advanced Materials. 22 (3): 361–366. doi:10.1002/adma.200901956. PMID 20217719. S2CID 5378156. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. ^ Wang, Pai; Lu, Ling; Bertoldi, Katia (4 September 2015). "Topological Phononic Crystals with One-Way Elastic Edge Waves". Physical Review Letters. 115 (10): 104302. arXiv:1504.01374. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.104302. PMID 26382680.
  10. ^ Babaee, Sahab; Shim, Jongmin; Weaver, James C.; Chen, Elizabeth R.; Patel, Nikita; Bertoldi, Katia (22 July 2013). "3D Soft Metamaterials with Negative Poisson's Ratio". Advanced Materials. 25 (36): 5044–5049. doi:10.1002/adma.201301986. PMID 23878067. S2CID 1258368. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  11. ^ Rutter, Michael (February 13, 2012). "SEAS's Katia Bertoldi wins Faculty Early Career Development Award". The Harvard Gazette. News from Harvard schools, offices, and affiliates. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award". Unit Awards. ASME. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Division of Soft Matter". APS Fellowship. American Physical Society. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  14. ^ Zewe, Adam. "Bertoldi named Harvard College Professor Prestigious professorship rewards excellence in undergraduate teaching". News and Events. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Editorial Board". K. Bertoldi, PhD. Extreme Mechanics Letters. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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