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)