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SUMMARY:IMX Colloquium - Soft Electronics: Multimaterial Innovations for W
 earable and Biomedical Devices
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Chaoqun Dong\, Columbia University\, USA\nSoft materials a
 ssemblies offer a diverse range of sophisticated functions\, including sen
 sing and actuation\, particularly relevant in intimate interactions with t
 he human body. While hard materials dominate current machine and robot con
 struction\, there is a growing recognition of the advantages of soft devic
 es in biomedical applications and human-machine interfaces. Soft systems o
 ffer comfort\, safety\, adaptability\, and cost-effectiveness. However\, t
 he development of soft electronic devices\, encompassing sensors\, actuato
 rs\, and power sources\, is in its early stages\, requiring further resear
 ch in materials\, fabrication\, design\, mechanism\, and control.\n\nIn th
 is talk\, I will discuss soft multimaterial devices\, first focusing on a 
 specific geometry: fibers. I will introduce our novel and scalable fiber m
 anufacturing strategy\, multi-material thermal drawing\, which relies on u
 nderstanding and control of viscous flow. I will show how combining fundam
 ental understanding and engineering of rheology\, mechanical and electrica
 l engineering lead to significant advances in the range of materials\, arc
 hitectures and functionalities achieved for multi-material electronic fibe
 rs. Additionally\, I will discuss our pioneering integration of soft robot
 ic actuators and flexible bioelectronics for advanced neural interfaces. S
 pecifically\, I will highlight the design of highly conformable nerve cuff
 s capable of extensive and reprogrammable shape morphing\, which provides 
 a path toward minimally invasive neurosurgery and intimate\, high-quality 
 nerve interface.\n\nBio: Dr. Chaoqun Dong is a Marie Curie fellow at the D
 epartment of Engineering\, University of Cambridge. She will be joining Co
 lumbia University in July this year as a tenure-track assistant professor 
 in Mechanical Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and
  Engineering from EPFL in 2021. Her PhD research in Prof. Fabien Sorin’s
  group focused on design\, scalable fabrication and application study of s
 oft electronic multimaterial fibers and textiles. Following the award of t
 he Swiss NSF Early-postdoc Fellowship\, she conducted postdoctoral researc
 h at Cambridge on electrochemically actuated microelectrodes. Dr. Dong has
  authored 35 peer-reviewed papers published in top-tier journals\, accumul
 ating over 2400 citations. Her research interests lie in multidisciplinary
  engineering programs\, with a primary focus on the design\, fabrication\,
  and application of soft functional materials and bioelectronic devices.\n
  
LOCATION:MXF 1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201
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