Microvascular Autonomic Composites
Abstract
The Microvascular Autonomic Composites (microVAC) MUR1 Program was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through a Multidisciplinary University Research Inititative (MURI) from 2005-2011. The program was led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) together with partner researchers at Duke University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the initial three years of the program. microVAC was conceived in response to a new paradigm in materials design, that of autonomy - the ability to achieve adaptation and response in an independent and automatic fashion. The central vision of microVAC was the synthetic reproduction of autonomic biological functions, obtained through the creation and integration of complex materials systems with three-dimensional microvascular network architectures. The microVAC program utilized biomimetic and bio-inspired designs and brought together the acknowledged leaders of this field of research coupled with the foremost scientists and engineers in autonomic materials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 06, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA638293
Entities
People
- Jeffrey S. Moore
- Jennifer A. Lewis
- Jonathan S. Freund
- Kenneth T Christensen
- Nancy Sottos
- Philippe H Geubelle
- Scott R. White
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign