About The Smart Materials and Structures Research Center

The Smart Materials and Structures Research Center (SMSRC) at the University of Maryland at College Park is a research center specialized in the development of existing and new smart materials, structures, sensors, and actuators technologies, and to educate a new generation of multidisciplinary engineers.

Location # 1:   1245 Kim Engineering Building  |  Tel: 301.405.3446

Location # 2:   2126 Martin Hall  | Tel: 301.405.5307

Activities

• Develop A New Generation of Surface Treatments
• *Develop Active Piezoelectric Damping Composites
• *Develop Smart Foam Composites
• Develop Active and Passive Controls of Vibration & Noise
• Develop Active and Passive Magnetic Composites
• Develop Passive Treatments for Power Tools
  
  
• *Develop Shape Memory Alloys & Polymers Applications
  
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• *Develop Shape Sensors for Inflatable Structures
  
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• Design Quiet Structures in Virtual Reality

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