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SUMMARY:MechE Seminar: Design and Manufacturing of Soft Materials for Bioi
 nspired Robotics and Bio-integrated Electronics
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Shuo Li\, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics\, N
 orthwestern University\nAbstract: Functional soft materials are of great a
 nd increasing interest for applications ranging from soft robotics to nove
 l biomedical devices. Advancing machine intelligence by way of engineering
  new materials and their compatible manufacturing techniques yields mechan
 ical\, electrical\, and physicochemical properties towards unprecedented r
 obotic capabilities and bioelectronic functionalities. In this talk\, I wi
 ll first introduce the design\, synthesis\, and manufacturing of a series 
 of robotic materials for actuation\, perception\, signaling\, and their se
 amless integration. Several examples will be highlighted\, including hyper
 elastic light-emitting skins\, liquid crystal elastomer artificial muscles
 \, and stretchable optoelectronic sensors. I will also describe a minimall
 y-invasive approach that actively combines bioresponsive hydrogels with im
 plantable\, bioresorbable electronic systems for continuous\, real-time\, 
 wireless sensing of biomarkers such as pH. The materials and device concep
 ts introduced here show promise for temporary physiological monitoring dur
 ing critical risk periods that follow diverse types of surgeries.\n\nBiogr
 aphy: Shuo Li received his B.S. degree from the Univeristy of Illinois Urb
 ana-Champaign (2014)\, and the M.S. (2016) and Ph.D. degrees (2020) from C
 ornell Univeristy\, all in Materials Science and Engineering. He is curren
 tly a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectron
 ics at Northwestern University. His research focuses on using stimuli-resp
 onsive soft materials\, bioinspired design approaches\, in combination wit
 h advanced manufacturing methods for unusual\, material-driven device syst
 ems that create new functional opportunities in the fields of soft robotic
 s and bio-integrated electronics. He is a recipient of the Extraordinary P
 otential Prize of 2019 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-finan
 ced Students Abroad. His work has been featured in popular media outlets s
 uch as the Washington Post\, Scientific American\, and NBC News.
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