Members
Principal Investigator (PI)
Assistant Professor
Director, Laboratory for Soft Machines & Electronics (SME)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Investigator, Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IF 3.74)
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
Guest Editor & Editorial Board Member, Forces in Mechanics (Elsevier)
Guest Editor, Sensors (IF 3.576), 2022
Office: 441 Glennan, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7222
Email: ccao@case.edu
Phone: 216-368-2984
Postdoc Associates & Visiting Scholars

L. Zhang
Visiting Scholar
Research topics: 3D printing, Soft robotics, Soft electronics

Z. Chen
Visiting Scholar
Research Interest: Smart materials, Soft actuators, Soft robots
Graduate Students

Zhida Huang
PhD Student (2019)
Research Interests: Computational mechanics, Additive manufacturing, Printed electronics

Shoue Chen
PhD Student (2018)
Research Interests: Soft robots, Soft materials

Huigang Wang
PhD Student (2022)
Research Interests: Soft robots, Soft materials

Jiaji Su
PhD Student (2021)
Research topics: Soft robotics, Soft electronics

Kevin Zuo
MS Student (2022)
Research topics: Soft robotics, Soft electronics for biomedical applications
Undergradutes

Haeun (Kaylee) Cho
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robotics

Kien Rea
Undergraduate student
Research Topics: ML & Robotics

Henry Lliguicota
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: TBD

Kai Sheng Tham
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Bioelectronics

Tobias Cowles
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots

Kyle Wang
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Robotics and Control

Aanya Garg
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft electronics, Soft robots

Raul Mariani
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft electronics, Soft robots
K-12 Students

Edith Tomasek
High School Interns

Yehyun Choi
High School Interns
Research topics: 3D printing, Soft robotics, Soft electronics