MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “Modular Robots Morphology Transformation and Task Execution”
Self-reconfigurable modular robots are composed of a small set of modules with uniform docking interfaces. Different from conventional robots that are custom-built and optimized for specific tasks, modular robots are […]
MEAM Seminar: “Some Investigations of Phase Transitions in Rod-like Macro-molecules and Fibrous Gels”
Stress-induced solid-to-solid phase transitions form a large class of phase transitions in nature. They occur in materials that can exhibit different crystal structures under different conditions (stress and temperature), and […]
MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “Controlled Levitation of Nanostructured Thin Films for Sun-Powered Near-Space Flight”
Earth’s mesosphere is the least studied part of our atmosphere. The data it contains within itself can help develop more comprehensive and accurate models of the atmosphere and can help […]
MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “Lightweight Structures Enabled by Microfabrication”
Lightweight structures are the product of the science of making systems as light as possible with constraints, which often refer to being sufficiently strong and stiff. Although the development of […]
BE Seminar: “Material Design for Lymph Node Drug Delivery and Immunomodulation” (Susan Thomas)
This event will be held live and broadcast on zoom – link coming soon. Lymph nodes mediate the co-mingling of cells of the adaptive system to coordinate adaptive immune response. […]
MEAM PhD Thesis Defense: “Design of Proprioceptive Legged Robots”
It has been twenty years since the advent of the first power-autonomous legged robots, yet they have still not yet been deployed at scale. One fundamental challenge in legged machines […]
MEAM Seminar: “A Methodology for Self-Replicating Robots from Ice”
In the late 1940s, John von Neumann first introduced the concept of self-replication as a way of furthering cellular reproduction research. By the late ‘50s and ’60s this research diverges […]
MEAM MSE Thesis Defense: “Design and Characterization of an Origami-Inspired Robot that Swims via Jet Propulsion”
Underwater swimmers present unique opportunities for using bodily reconfiguration for self-propulsion. Origami-inspired designs are low-cost, fast to fabricate, robust, and can be used to create compliant mechanisms useful in energy-efficient […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “From Deployments of Elder Care Service Robots to the Design of Affordable Low-Complexity End-Effectors and Novel Manipulation Techniques”
Older adults are forming a much larger percentage of the population leading to a strain in the healthcare sector. It is expected that the population aged 65 and over in […]
MEAM Seminar: “Nanocellulose Fibers as Reinforcement to Improve Strength and Toughness in Structural Materials”
Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are a naturally abundant polymer and have superior mechanical properties, high aspect ratios, are transparent and biodegradable, which make them attractive to be used in structural materials. […]