Members
Principal Investigator (PI)
Assistant Professor
Director, Laboratory for Soft Machines & Electronics (SME Lab)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Electrical, Computer, and System 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
Dr. Y. Jin
Postdoc Associate
Research topics: Soft robotics & Soft electronics
Dr. L. Zhang
Visiting Professor
Research topics: Soft Robotics
Graduate Students
Joel Warren
PhD Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing
Riddhi Srinivasan
MS Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics
Jeffrey Kagle
PhD Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing
Jordan Gray
MS Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft actuators
Shariful Islam
PhD Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics
Nikhil Bondala
MS Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics
Ashwin Menon
MS Student
Research Interests: Robotics
S. Mwendamberi
MS Student
Research Interests: Printed electronics
Undergradutes
Eliza Opalka
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robots
Shion Kato
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robots
Maria Tuepker
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics
Lekha Joy
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots
Brenda Martinez
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft electronics, IoTs
Luca Ciampaglia
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots