Principal Investigator Tal Cohen
Biological systems exploit growth in fascinating ways. For example, growth can trigger rapid morphological changes and even movement at the level of a single cell. In our research we ask questions, such as:
How do things grow? How does the mechanism of growth lead to development of residual stresses in the grown material? How do those stresses influence the macroscopic properties of the material? And ultimately, how can growth lead to rapid morphological changes and instability?
Our research strives to understand the formation of morphologies observed in nature which can, in turn, be applied in engineering applications.