Cao Research Group
Innovation, Dedication, Collaboration
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
Kaidong Song
Postdoc Fellow
Research topics: 3D printing, Soft robotics, Soft electronics
Zhen Chen
Visiting Scholar
Research Interest: Smart materials, Soft actuators, Soft robots
PhD School: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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
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Shuyuan Yang
MS Student (2022)
Research topics: Soft robotics and Soft electronics
Undergradutes
Henry Lliguicota
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: TBD
Kai Sheng Tham
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Bioelectronics
Haeun (Kaylee) Cho
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robotics
Kien Rea
Undergraduate student
Research Topics: ML & Robotics
Kyle Wang
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Robotics and Control
Aanya Garg
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft electronics, Soft robots
Tobias Cowles
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots
Raul Mariani
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft electronics, Soft robots
K-12 Students
Edith Tomasek
High School Interns
Research topics: Soft robotics, Soft electronics
Yehyun Choi
High School Interns
Research topics: 3D printing, Soft robotics, Soft electronics