• Welcome to the Portela Research Group at MIT

    We are a mechanics & materials group interested in designing and implementing 3D architected materials to address current societal and engineering challenges

About the Portela Group

Our group is interested in designing, fabricating, and testing novel types of materials from the nanoscale to the macro-scale. We strive to produce our own materials via advanced nano-to-macro fabrication processes, predict their response using numerical models, and test them using pioneering techniques.

Meet the Team!

We are a diverse team of scientists, researchers, and students interested in topics ranging from theory, to computation, to experiments of materials and structures.

Research Highlights

Decoupling particle-impact dissipation mechanisms in 3D architected materials
T. Butruille, J. C. Crone & C. M. Portela PNAS (2024) link …
LIPIT featured on MIT News
Our recent paper in PNAS was featured on the homepage of MIT …
LIRAS featured on MIT News
Our recent paper out in Nature was featured on the homepage of …
Dynamic diagnosis of metamaterials through laser-induced vibrational signatures
Y. Kai, S. Dhulipala, R. Sun, J. Lem, W. DeLima, T. Pezeril …