Active projects
This page lists all projects that are sponsored by IRT seed grants and their PIs.
Ongoing
Proximity, Contact, and Force Sensing Prosthetic Finger Tip Material for DARPA HAPTIX Program
PI: Jacob Segil and Richard Weir (Anschutz)
Smart-Particle Adhesives
PIs: Yifu Ding, Jianliang Xiao, and Rong Long
Power for multi-functional materials systems and soft robotics: a survey
PIs: John Pellegrino, Robert McLeod and Hanh-Phuc Le
A Self-Normalizing, Adaptive, Pneumatic (SNAP) Approach to Lower Limb Amputee Care
PI: Mark Rentschler and Dr. Noel So (Veterans Affairs Hospital)
Prototyping Support for Multi-Functional Textiles Research
PIs: Laura Devendorf and Allison Anderson
Clothing with Wireless Powering
PIs: Zoya Popovic and Khurram Afridi
Integrated stretchable heating circuits and liquid crystal elastomers for soft robotics and artificial muscles
PIs: Jianliang Xiao and Kai Yu (CU Denver)
Evaluation of Mechanochemical Bond Breakages at the Edges of Soft Hydrogels
PIs: Andrew Goodwin, Christopher Bowman and Rong Long
Self-organized Mechanical Load Bearing in Bee Swarms: 3D Structure Reconstruction via X–ray
PIs: Orit Peleg and Franck Vernerey
Support to join the NextFlex Manufacturing Institute
PIs: Greogry Whiting, Christoph Keplinger, Sean Shaheen and Jianliang Xiao
Mesoscale model development for multi-interface materials
PIs: Sanghamitra Neogi and Jed Brown
Multifunctional electronic skins for applications in prosthetics and spacesuits
PIs:Jianliang Xiao, Wei Zhang, Allison Anderson, and Jacob Segil
Living Building Materials for Regenerative Architecture
PIs: Wil Srubar, Gregor Henze, and Ginger Ferguson
Smart, Strain-Sensing Structures Inspired by Bone
PIs: Ginger Ferguson, Sean Humbert and Greogry Whiting
Functional Microbubble Swarms: Theory and Experiment
PIs: Mark Borden, Franck Vernerey, Orit Peleg
Leveraging Novel Tactile Robotic Materials to Solve Molyneux's Problem
PIs: Bradley Hayes and Christoffer Heckman
Development of Artificial Muscles for Prosthetic Devices using Hydraulically Amplified Self-healing Electrostatic (HASEL) Actuators
PIs: Jacob Segil and Christoph Keplinger
Wireless Active Bandages
PIs: Richard Han, Tam Vu, Greogry Whiting, Nikolaus Correll, Laura Devendorf
Electrowetting Liquid Metal for Reflective Adaptive Optical Devices
PIs: Victor Bright and Juliet Gopinath
Precision AGricultural and Ecological Sensing (PAGES)
PIs: Robert McCleod (ECEE), Gregory Whiting (ME), Tam Vu (CS)
Power Hungry: Fuel cells harvesting biofluids for renewable power of wearable medical devices
PIs: John Pellegrino (ME), Jacob Segil (E+), Richard Weir (UCD Bioeng)
Multifunctional Living Membranes for Indoor Environments
PIs: Wil Srubar (CEAE), Gregor Henze (CEAE)
MultiProcess Autonomous Digital Manufacturing of Tactile Physical Input Devices
PIs: Gregory Whiting (ME), Ellen Do (ATLAS/CS)