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 […]
Francisco Sanchez
Francisco Sanchez is a graduate student in the Bifano Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Blinking Heart Lights (2024) Imaging Gas Vesicle Dynamics (2023) High Throughput Screening of Cardiomyopathy in 3D Engineering Tissues (2023) Measuring Dynamic Stiffness of Engineered Cardiac Tissue (2022)
Savannah Schisler
Savanah Schisler is a graduate student in the Lubner Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Studying Thermal Properties of Direct Air Capture Adsorbents with Hot Disk Instruments (2024)
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)
Claudia Varela
Dr. Claudia Varela is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Tissue Microfabrication Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: An In Vitro Model of the Infarct Border Zone (2024)
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)
John White
Professor White’s laboratory uses engineering approaches to understand how information is processed in the brain, with the goal of exploiting these findings to improve the human condition. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Population Responses of Living Neural Networks to Periodic Drive (2024) Artificial Memory Reactivation Using a Red-shifted Opsin (2022) Assessing Methods for Imaging Activity in […]
Brandon Williams
Brandon Williams is a graduate student in the Neuronal Dynamics Laboratory. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Population Responses of Living Neural Networks to Periodic Drive (2024)