Nano-Engineering and Smart Structures Technologies (NESST) Laboratory

University of California, Davis

Text Box: News and Updates: - Irene Zhao has just completed her M.S. degree and will continue her Ph.D. - Bryan Loyola will start at Sandia National Labs in July 2012. - Donghyeon Ryu won the 2011-12 Summer Graduate Student Research Award. - NESST lab welcomes Faezeh Azhari and Wanjing Zhou. - Bryan Loyola won the

Welcome to the NESST Laboratory

A multidisciplinary laboratory dedicated to the synthesis, fabrication, characterization, testing, and validation of multifunctional materials and smart structures technologies.

Research Overview

The overarching goal of the Nano-Engineering and Smart Structures Technologies (NESST) Laboratory is to pioneer scientific discovery and advance next-generation technologies and methodologies for sensing, actuation, damping, and energy harvesting systems. These smart materials and structures technologies are applicable for structural health monitoring of civil, mechanical, aerospace, and naval applications.

Current active research areas of interest:

· Active sensing and energy harvesting

· Bio-inspired sensors and actuators

· Composites and nanocomposite systems

· Materials characterization and optimization

· Multifunctional materials

· Nanomaterials synthesis and optimization

· Wireless sensing and sensor networks

We invite you to explore the NESST Laboratory website. Here, you will find a collection of recent publications, summary of active research projects, and laboratory information.