On the morning of September 9, 2022, the school invited Professor Marcelo Dapino of The Ohio State University to make an online academic report on the theme of Smart materials applied to vehicle applications, which was hosted and partly translated by Yitong Zhou, an associate professor of the school.

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At the report meeting, Professor Marcelo Dapino, based on the urgent need for light wind sensors on vehicles and aircraft, explained in detail about the low drag airfoil flexible PVDF wind sensor developed by the team that can measure wind speed and direction, including the configuration of the sensor, analytical model, and parametric optimization design for the maximum pressure sensitivity of the sensor using wind tunnels. The report session was lively, and the students on the scene raised many related questions, to which Professor Dapino gave detailed answers.

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Brief Introduction of the reporter:

Marcelo Dapino is a professor and doctoral supervisor of The Ohio State University. Research directions include smart materials and structure applications, adaptive structures and materials, ultrasonic additive manufacturing technology, etc. Appointed Chairman of Honda North America R&D Engineering Department, The Ohio State University, Director of Intelligent Vehicle Concept Center, Member of ASME Fellow, and Member of SPIE Fellow. Professor Dapino joined The Ohio State University in 2001 and has directed more than 80 undergraduate/master/doctoral students to complete their graduation theses. 260 papers have been published, including 135 journal papers; 9 books/chapters have been published; 17 patents have been granted.

 (Photographed by Kecheng Liu/ Documented by Yitong Zhou)