Gat Research Group

The Gat research lab is led by Prof. Amir Gat and it is part of the mechanical engineering faculty at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

Proud to share that members of our group presented their research at #ICTAM2024 in South Korea:

Avital Reizman, @ezra_ben_abu, @SofiaKuperman

Congratulations to everyone for their outstanding presentations!

Special thanks to @AmirDGat for making this all possible

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

An insect-sized microbot powered by “explosive” actuators was capable of walking, turning, jumping, and could carry a payload 22 times its body weight, a new Science study finds.

Learn more: https://t.co/bCw4ee1ihM

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

Check out Netanel Chen and @AmirDGat's work!

This is a proof of concept for using #elastic deflection to overcome the two-way coupling nature of #aeroelastic configurations, expressed as an integrodifferential equation.

For more information, click here:
https://t.co/1N40WVlMtB

[Amir Gat @AmirDGat]

Our research entitled "Multistable Metafluid Based Energy Harvesting and Storage," was just published in Advanced Materials. Part of our ongoing effort to use metamaterials to create improved thermodynamic cycles. Free-access link to the article:
https://t.co/Ve4mlBMkBe

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

Netanel Chen's new paper is out! 📜 ✈

His paper "The effect of airfoil elasticity on quasistatic aerodynamics and divergence" was recently published in the Journal of Fluids and Structures.

https://t.co/XTu2iHUxKK

[Amir Gat @AmirDGat]

Congratulations to Netanel Chen on his first published paper as a Ph.D student! Our work studies the effects of airfoil elasticity on quasistatic aerodynamics and divergence, as well as lift, aerodynamic center, and twist angle. Check it out – https://t.co/34kEL8c2V8.

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

The team has developed a unique concept that uses a straw-like structure with predefined constraints to allow for a desired 3D path in space.

This single-input structure is able to perform complex maneuvers and even intervene in particular circumstances

https://t.co/JyAoYnPy7w

[Advanced Portfolio @AdvPortfolio]

A tremor on the stairs?😱 It's just a growing soft robot designed by @AmirDGat and his team.

This single-input structure is able to perform complex maneuvers in and even intervene in particular circumstances🔥

👉https://t.co/txfwAwCnt4

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

@AmirDGat and Ezra co-organized the Bi- & Multi-Stability in Soft Robots Workshop at #RoboSoft2023 in Singapore and presented our group's recent projects on flow-controlled shape morphing multi-stable structures.

Well done! 👏

https://t.co/JJ9Z5iJoTB

[Amir Gat @AmirDGat]

I'll give a talk on "A metafluid with multistable density & energy states" today March/8 at 17:48 during the APS MARCH meeting. Interested in this subject? I look forward to seeing you in room 206.

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

Don't miss out! Join @AmirDGat's talk on "metafluids with multistable thermodynamic properties" at #APSMarch Meeting

Wed. March 8, 5:48 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PST, Room 206

https://t.co/NFz8hJboCH

[Amir Gat @AmirDGat]

Our RoboSoft 2023 Workshop has been accepted for the first half-day of April 3rd. The preliminary workshop program can be found at https://t.co/dH432Al7Ys. We're still considering holding a short poster session. If that is possible, we'll provide an update. See you in Singapore!

[Sofia Kuperman @SofiaKuperman]

Flow batteries are considered to be a leading solution for large-scale energy storage, but their energy release rate falls behind the competition.

Learn about our innovative flow battery design that addresses this issue in the blog post by @TechnionLive:

https://t.co/BRlgUE6PLZ

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

"Flows in Straws: Viscous Flows in One-Dimensional Metamaterial", which was published in @PhysRevApplied is out!

A link to the paper:
https://t.co/J84D6qv3Gf

#Metamaterials #Deployable #Structures #Softrobotics

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

The group's last paper of 2022 is out!

This study is focused on modeling and experiments of viscous flows within multistable metamaterials in order to control their dynamic response and other properties, for soft robotics and deployable structures.

#Metamaterials #Softrobotics

[Physical Review Applied @PhysRevApplied]

Editors' Suggestion: Flows in Straws: Viscous Flows in One-Dimensional Metamaterial
Peter Breitman, Michael Pukshansky, Anna Zigelman, Ezra Ben Abu, Ofek Peretz, Sefi Givli, and Amir D. Gat
#FluidDynamics #Mechanics #Metamaterials
https://t.co/i4KI8rFMx4

[Amir Gat @AmirDGat]

#APSDFD2022 We will present two works in the first session of the first day: "The non-self-adjoint thin film problem: dynamics of fixed-volume pinned films" and " Marangoni-based geometrical low-pass-filter." If these interest you, visit room 234 at 9:05 and 9:44 respectively.

[Physical Review Applied @PhysRevApplied]

Editors' Suggestion: Dynamics of Reconfigurable Strawlike Elements
Dotan Ilssar, Michael Pukshansky, Yizhar Or, and Amir D. Gat
#FluidDynamics #Metamaterials #SoftMatter
https://t.co/WuYtkxzVIR

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

"Dynamics of Reconfigurable Strawlike Elements" was selected as Editor's Suggestion in @PhysRevApplied! 👏

The paper shows modeling and experiments of straw-inspired #metamaterials, for #softrobotics and #deployablestructures.

Check it out:
https://t.co/S3DqUz4BrP

@DotanIlssar

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

Group photo, taken at our last #groupmeeting earlier this month.

This was a great opportunity to present our #research, share ideas, and catch up.

Join us next time!

Check out the current openings:
https://t.co/774X5MJzZa

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

@SofiaKuperman Representing our research group at #EFMC14 👏

[Sofia Kuperman @SofiaKuperman]

I had the opportunity to present our work at the European Fluid Mechanics Conference #EFMC14.

We show that the #flow field in #flowbatteries can be designed by changing the system's geometry, leading to improved #battery performance.

Check out our paper:
https://t.co/lbQrNVyWfa

[Gat Research Group @GatResearchLab]

Congratulations to Evgeniy Boyko, an alumnus of our group.
Best of luck! 👏
@EvgBoyko

[Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program @stem_program]

Congratulations to Zuckerman Israeli Postdoc @EvgBoyko on his new position as Assistant Professor at the @Technionlive
After completing a postdoc at @princeton, Evgeniy will begin his new position as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Technion.