Vi Vo
Vi Vo is a graduate student in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: User Interface for Electronic Control of a Biospired Soft Robot (2024)
Sheila Russo
2026 REU Project: Pneumatically Tunable Soft Optical 3DOF Contact Sensor for Force and Touch Detection Professor Sheila Russo’s Material Robotics Lab focuses on the design, mechanics, and manufacturing of novel multi-scale and multi-material biomedical robotic systems.background is at the intersection of biomedical robotics, soft robotics, advanced manufacturing, and advanced materials technologies. Her research focuses on […]
Chuanhua Duan
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Developing a Nanofluidic Volatile Memory Cell (2022) Rapid Detection of Ultra-Low concentration of Nanoparticles using trapping-based Nanopore Sensing and Free-Flow Electrophoresis (2021) Nanofluidic Sensor for Clogging Monitoring (2019) High Permeable Graphene Oxide Membranes for Water Desalination and Purification (2017) Facile and Scalable Fabrication of PDMS-Glass Nanochannel Devices (2016) Exploring the Effect […]
Yinxiao Li
Dr. Yinxiao Li was a graduate student in the Nanoscale Energy-Fluids Transport (NEFT) Lab. Previous REU/RET Project include: Facile and Scalable Fabrication of PDMS-Glass Nanochannel Devices (2016) Exploring the Effect of Surface Active Contaminant on Water Capillary Evaporation in Nanoscale Confined Spaces (2015)
Daniel Van Lewen
Daniel Van Lewen is a graduate student in the Material Robotics Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Simulation of the Lung Environment for Validation of Soft Robot Bronchoscopy (2024)
Ryan McNaughton
Dr. Ryan McNaughton was a graduate student in the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Microfluidic Biosensor for Monitoring Cilia Formation on Renal Proximal Tubule Epithelium (2021)
Studying Thermal Properties of Direct Air Capture Adsorbents with Hot Disk Instruments
Mentors Project Description Climate change is among the most critical challenges facing humanity today. Society’s infrastructure, agriculture, and health are threatened by global warming, which leads to floods, unprecedented weather patterns, and damaging natural disasters. No amount of emissions reductions alone will be able to reduce emissions enough to stop irreparable global warming. Thus, Direct […]
User Interface for Electronic Control of a Biospired Soft Robot
Mentors Project Description The project will involve developing a graphical user interface for controlling electro-permanent magnets (EPMs)- based valves. To select the fluid lines that will activate the channel of our soft actuators, we configure electro-permanent magnets as electronically activated pinch valves. These are used to control an octopus-inspired soft robot for underwater exploration. The […]
James Bird
The research interests of James Bird include fluid dynamics and its application to many fields including environment, healthcare, energy, and forensics. In 2022, Dr. Bird and Garam Lee mentored Mark Greer (RET) and Jack Verich (REU). Their project was titled How Do Micro and Nanoparticles Deposit on a Surface Following Oblique Impact and a Drop Drying? Learn more […]
Michael Albro
Dr. Albro has dedicated much of his research toward the role of mechanical loading in biological tissues, namely through the progression and treatment of osteoarthritis. In doing so, he hopes to advance the strategies of engineering tissue cartilage at a molecular level. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Raman Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Invertebrate Disk Degeneration (2022)