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Members

Principal Investigator (PI)
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Assistant Professor

Director, Laboratory for Soft Machines & Electronics (SME Lab)

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Electrical, Computer & System Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Case School of Engineering
Case Western Reserve University

Investigator, Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Office: 441 Glennan, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7222

Email: ccao@case.edu

Phone: 216-368-2984

Postdoc Associates & Visiting Scholars
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Dr. Y. Jin

Postdoc Associate

Research topics: Soft robotics

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Dr. J. Ji

Visiting Scholar

Research topics: Soft Electronics

Graduate Students
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Omar Faruk

PhD Student 

Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing

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Riddhi Srinivasan

MS Student 

Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics

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Jordan Gray

MS Student 

Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft actuators

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Jeff Kagle

MS Student 

Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing

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Jami Shadman

PhD Student 

Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing

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Shariful Islam

PhD Student 

Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics

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Chang Liu

PhD Student 

Research Interests: 3D/4D Printing, Advanced Materials & Devices

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Simba M.

MS Student 

Research Interests: Printed electronics & Soft robots

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Joseph Schlager

MS Student 

Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics

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Ali Ahmadi

PhD Student 

Research Interests: Robotics

Undergradutes
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Eliza Opalka

Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Soft robots

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Shion Kato

Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Soft robots

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Maria Tuepker

Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics  

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Nikhil Misra 

Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics  

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Nikhil Bondala

Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Soft electronics, IoTs

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Arka Nath

Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Soft electronics, IoTs

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Lekha Joy

Undergraduate Student

Research Interests: Soft robots

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Kyle Lim

Undergraduate Student

Research Interests: Soft robots

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