My vision is to realize intelligent structures that can think and respond to their surrounding fluid environment. To achieve this, my research aims to embody actuation, sensing, processing, and control directly into the flexible structure itself. We do this by harnessing the complex dynamic interactions between structures, fluids, and electronics. Recent applications include soft robotic swimmers, mechanical neural networks, and flexible ocean wave energy converters.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering