The smart materials possess the ability to change their physical properties in a specific manner in response to specific stimulus input on real time basis. They are light in weight, consume less power and have better reliability. In addition, they can be embedded in the structures without affecting the structural properties. With such features incorporated in a structure by embedding functional materials, it is feasible to achieve technological advances such as vibration and noise reduction, shape control with high pointing accuracy, damage detection, damage mitigation etc.