Cao Research Group
Innovation, Dedication, Collaboration
Members
Principal Investigator (PI)
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
Dr. Yi Jin
Postdoc Associate
Research topics: Soft robotics & Soft electronics
New opening
Postdoc Associate
Research topics: Soft Electronics, Nanoelectronics, Wearables
Graduate Students
Imon Pranta
PhD Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials, Soft Robots
Partha Datta
PhD Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Control
TBD (incoming)
PhD Student
Research Interests: Soft Robots, Advanced materials
Shariful Islam
PhD Student
Research Interests: Soft electronics, Batteries, and Energy harvesting
Joseph Schlager
MS Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials, Space robots
TBD (incoming)
PhD Student
Research Interests: Bioelectronics and werables, 3D/4D Printing, Advanced Materials
Undergradutes
Matagari Ouattara
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft actuators and Soft robots
Steffie Darang
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics
Killian Chikwene
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robots, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics
Meera Bhaskar
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics
Tej Moradia
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: 3D/4D printing and robotics
Jared Guadarrama
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Metamaterials & bioinspired materials
Vitchan Han
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft electronics, IoTs
Michael Valerino
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Metamaterials & bioinspired materials