Dr. Jovana Jovanova

Biography

Jovana Jovanova is an associate professor in mechanical engineering at Delft University of Technology. Her research focuses on large-scale adaptive metastructures and mechanisms. It emphasizes the development of mechanically intelligent structures that utilize smart materials for large deformations and adaptation. Jovanova creates model-based design frameworks for adaptive machines and large-scale soft robots, exploring both analytical and numerical modeling domains to achieve desired system responses. Her design optimization approaches significantly enhance the performance of structures and machines through shape optimization, machine learning, and parametric generative design. She has established the Adaptive Metastructures, Mechanisms Machines (JAM) Research Group, which integrates concepts from compliant mechanisms, smart material integration, and soft robotics within the realm of adaptive machines, particularly for maritime transport technology. Her projects include large-scale acoustic and elastic metamaterials for maritime noise mitigation, additive manufacturing of lattice Nitinol structures with tailorable mechanical properties, large-scale soft grasping robots activated by particles, and smart metamaterials designed through machine learning.

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