Inside the customized devices, we can embed functional groups to achieve the specific function that is required for a specific patient.” This platform enables him to print biocompatible materials like hydrogels and biocomponents, including mammalian cells and bacteria, while integrating them with sensors, computer chips and actuators, all of which form a system capable of sensing, drug delivery, and stimulation.With such a wide range of potential applications for his work, Zhao keeps the bigger picture firmly in his sights. Our group, Soft Active Materials Lab at MIT, have been interested in soft robots and actuators because of their potentials in biomedical applications. “Ideally, we’ll develop a bridge between them to enable impactful applications that will truly enhance the wellbeing of society.”Robert N Noyce Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering The title of his winning poster is “Self-Organizesd Origami of Large-Area Graphene and Graphene Papers Enables On-Demand Multifunctionalities".2014/07: Dr. Jianfeng Zang began his new position as tenure-track professor at the 2014/06: Prof. Xuanhe Zhao has published a new paper entitled “2014/05: Dr Changyong Cao has won the Best Poster Award at the 2014/04: Dr Jianfeng Zang has won the the Kewaunee Postdoctoral Achievement Award from 2013/10: Mr Qiming Wang won the Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award from ASME Applied Mechanics Division. In terms of stimulation, receiving signals and probing the brain, these hydrogel-based probes have the potential to give long-term, high-efficacy interfacing with the brain and help people with mental diseases around the world,” says Zhao.Zhao believes that in the future, medicine and these new interfaces between machines and the human body will be highly customized for the individual patient. MAILING ADDRESS.
Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringAssociate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDr.
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Zhao Lab Massachusetts Institute of Techonology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Room 1-025 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. Before joining MIT in 2014 as an associate professor and Noyce Career Development Chair, Xuanhe Zhao obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering from Harvard University and founded the Soft Active Materials Laboratory at Duke University. Xuanhe Zhao received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University in 2009, MS in Materials Engineering from University of British Columbia in 2006, and BE in Electrical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2003. GENERAL INQUIRIES. Research Interests . Year; Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels. Google Scholar. These devices not only monitor the temperature and inflammation of a wound but also send a signal to drug delivery devices. Because hydrogels have similar mechanical and physiological properties to the human body, Zhao and his team set about designing new hydrogels to form compatible interfaces capable of working seamlessly in the body without interrupting its delicate nature.