Elisabetta Matsumoto is an American physicist whose scientific interests include the study of knitted fabrics' special mathematical and mechanical properties.[1]
Elisabetta Matsumoto | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Physics Professor |
| Known for | studying knitted fabrics' special mathematical and mechanical properties |
After earning her PhD Matsumoto accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.[2]
In 2019 Matsumoto received five years of funding to study the mathematics of knitting from the National Science Foundation. [1][3]
In 2019 Matsumoto was recognized with a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a distinction the Foundation gives to particularly promising scientists relatively early in their careers.[4]
The New York Times profiled Matsumoto following her popular presentations at the 2019 meeting of the American Physical Society.[1]
Combining her interests in mathematics and the mechanical properties of knitting she is one of 24 mathematicians and artists who make up the Mathemalchemy Team.[5]
Education
edit- Postdoctoral fellow, applied mathematics, Harvard University
- Postdoctoral fellow, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University
- PhD in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
- MS in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
- BA in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
References
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Siobhan Roberts (2019-05-17). "'Knitting Is Coding' and Yarn Is Programmable in This Physics Lab: For Elisabetta Matsumoto, knot theory is knit theory". The New York Times. Boston, MA. p. D1. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
For Dr. Matsumoto, knitting is more than a handicraft hobby with health benefits. She is embarking on a five-year project, 'What a Tangled Web We Weave,' funded by the National Science Foundation, to investigate the mathematics and mechanics of 'the ancient technology known as knitting.'
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Kat J. McAlpine (2016-01-25). "4D-printed structure changes shape when placed in water". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
Reported today in Nature Materials, the 4D printing advance combined materials science and mathematics through the involvement of the study's co-lead authors: A. Sydney Gladman, a graduate research assistant advised by Lewis and specializing in the printing of polymers and composites at the Wyss Institute and SEAS, and Elisabetta Matsumoto, a postdoctoral fellow at the Wyss and SEAS advised by Mahadevan and specializing in condensed matter and material physics.
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"The science of knitting, unpicked". Phys.org. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
At the American Physical Society March Meeting in Boston this week, Matsumoto will present her work on the mathematical rules that underlie knitting.
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"Eleven Georgia Tech Faculty Members Receive NSF CAREER Awards". Georgia Tech Research Horizons. 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
Eleven Georgia Tech faculty members have been chosen to receive National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards in the latest round of funding provided to faculty members in the early stages of their research careers. CAREER awards are considered among the NSF's most prestigious honors.
- ^ Mathemalchemy’s Team
External links
edit- Geometry of Materials: Matsumoto Group Homepage
- Elisabetta Matsumoto publications indexed by Google Scholar