MEAM in the News

Carpick group wins an R&D 100 award

Prashant Purohit & colleagues featured in Science magazine

Mark Yim's modular robot in NY Times

Robert Carpick receives the ASME 2009 Burt L. Newkirk Award

Barry Scharfman and team win 2nd place in Robocup

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Upcoming Seminars

11/12, 2:00 PM, 337 Towne Bldg. ::: Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomer ::: Kaushik Bhattacharya, Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology

Tedori-Callinan Lecture Series
11/19, 2:00 PM, 337 Towne Bldg. ::: Micro and Nano Robotics
Bradley Nelson, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH-Zürich;  Founder of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems where he leads the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab.

12/03, 2:00 PM, 337 Towne Bldg. ::: Qiao Lin, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

Announcements

11/9: Master's Programs Open House

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Research Highlights

Robert W. Carpick

Rob conducts his research at the intersection of mechanics, materials, and physics.  He is an expert in experimental nanomechanics and nanotribology (friction, adhesion, and wear).  His lab has developed novel advanced scanning probe microsopy tools, used to investigate the fundamental nature of materials in contact.  Rob has done seminal work on nanoscale characterization of friction for many important materials, including ultra-thin organic films, solid single crystal and thin film surfaces, and polymeric materials.

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