Smart structures: a dance between collaboration, creativity, and commerce

George A. Lesieutre

doi:10.1117/12.2585070

25 March 2021 Smart structures: a dance between collaboration, creativity, and commerce

George A. Lesieutre

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Proceedings Volume 11586, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XI; 1158605 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2585070
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2021, Online Only

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Smart structures systems have evolved tremendously in the last 40 years, enabled by advances in constituent and integrative science and technology. Every significant advance was made by a talented individual who benefitted from collaborations with others offering complementary perspectives. Such interdisciplinary explorations illuminated potential disruptive functionality and exposed issues related to the realization of complicated systems. All aimed at a goal of societal impact: applications and technologies that improve people’s lives while creating businesses and jobs. Some advances have spurred novel products or capabilities, while others languish for a variety of reasons. Examples will illustrate the moves and missteps of this potent smart structures dance.

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George A. Lesieutre "Smart structures: a dance between collaboration, creativity, and commerce", Proc. SPIE 11586, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XI, 1158605 (25 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2585070

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