Research Areas

Polymer actuator, electroactive polymer (EAP), microfabrication, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) design, topology optimization, compliant mechanisms

Biomimetic Wing Flappers It is hypothesized that flapping-wing insects could minimize the cost flight by using elastic resonance. Could man-made micro air vehicle do the same ...?
Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Dielectric elastomer actuator is a soft capacitor, which is capable for producing a large actuation. How does the compliant electrodes affect its performance ...
Thermal Actuators (2004-now) Novel design of polymeric thermal actuator with embedded skeleton: strong and fast...
Topology Optimization (1998-2003) Design methodology and software to automate the inventive design of compliant mechanisms and flexures ...
Piezoelectric Actuators (2000-2004) Inventive design of piezoelectric actuators for high-precision head positioning in hard disk drives ...