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Shape memory alloys are materials, typically metal alloys, that can recall an original shape after being subjected to a thermal load or temperature condition. Taking a wire as an example, one could bend this wire or twist it up, then heat the wire to have it straighten back out to its original shape. Shape memory alloys, or SMA's, are popular in high-end fields like soft robotics and biomedical engineering, so their properties must be rigorously calculated as new materials of this type are discovered. Our project idea is to compose an online database for these alloys, where businesses and engineers could search for which alloys would be best for their specific applications based on material properties and data validation (experimental vs machine learning, etc.).

Publication Date

4-30-2026

Keywords

Smart materials, industry-focused, forward-facing

SMAD, the Shape Memory Alloy Database

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