Project Focus
This project focuses on the design of micro-pillars with focus on understanding adhesion and tractive properties. Understanding such key mechanics allows for tuning these pillars and micro-patterned surfaces for multiple applications from in vivo surgical robotics, to cell manipulation. Collaborators on this project have included Dr. Kurt Maute (CU-Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences) and Dr. Rong Long (CU-Boulder Mechanical Engineering). Project funding and recent peer-reviewed papers are listed below.