Nitinol Professional Development Seminars

A 4-hour, hands-on crash course on nitinol, taught by Kellogg’s Research Labs.

Fusion render of the LEGO Technic nitinol test stand used in the seminar’s hands-on activities

What you’ll do

  • What nitinol does: shape memory and superelasticity. Shape-set your own wire.
  • Making it move: electric heating and the 4% rule. Lift a weight with a 0.5 mm wire.
  • Designing with nitinol: sizing, speed, cycle life, ternary alloys and ASTM testing.
  • Actuator types and applications: from diaphragm valves to multi-degree-of-freedom actuators.

Who it’s for: engineers, managers, and other decision makers. Teachers are welcome too.

Where: onsite at your school, district or company. Online when onsite isn’t practical.

You leave with: sample nitinol actuators, a workbook, a design checklist and a certificate for 4 hours of professional development.


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