[AllUsers-ISR] Talk at ISR-UC: Soft-Matter Electronics for Biomonitoring, Carmel Majidi, CMU

[Lara Costa]

Dear Colleagues, Investigators and Students

 

I would like to invite you to the following talk:

Title: Progress in Soft-Matter Electronics for Sensing and Biomonitoring
Speaker: Carmel Majidi, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Local: ISR Amphitheater (DEEC, Zero Floor)
Time: Thursday 29/06/2017, 11:00h


Abstract:  Electronics that are soft and stretchable can be worn on the body without constraining motion or causing discomfort.  Rather than being composed of rigid metals and plastics, such “soft-matter” circuits are engineered from elastomers, gels, and fluids.  In addition to wearable computing, they can function as biometric patches for health monitoring or artificial skin for soft bio-inspired robots. In this talk, I will review current progress in materials architectures and manufacturing methods for creating circuits that match the mechanical properties of soft biological tissue.  In particular, I will focus on ongoing efforts with more traditional methods based on particle-filled conductive elastomer composites as well as emerging technques that utilize soft microfluidic networks of liquid metal (LM).  I will also present recent advancements in a new class of LM-embedded elastomer (LMEE) systems, which exhibit a unique and extraordinary combination of mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties.  As time permits, I will show how progress in soft materials engineering can enable new functionalities in wearable sensing and bio-inspired robotics.

Bio:  Carmel Majidi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he leads the Integrated Soft Materials Lab (SML).  The research objective of SML is to engineer machines and electronics that match the mechanical properties of natural biological tissue.  These systems are primarily composed of condensed soft matter (fluids, soft polymers) and can function as artificial skin, nervous tissue, and muscle for a variety of bio-inspired and bio-compatible applications.  Such work builds on Prof. Majidi’s expertise in solid mechanics, materials engineering, and microfabrication that he developed in his PhD studies at UC Berkeley and during postdoctoral appointments at Harvard and Princeton Universities.  Since starting his tenure-track appointment at Carnegie Mellon, he has advised or co-advised 13 PhD students and 6 postdocs and has been the recipient of Young Investigator awards from DARPA, ONR, AFOSR, and NASA.

 

Best Regards

Mahmoud Tavakoli

 

 

 

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