Dr. Azoug received an NSF CAREER award. The project, entitled: “Dissipation mechanisms and damping in smart elastomers with intermolecular organization”, will start on August 1st and will allow the lab to explore in details the deformation mechanisms of Liquid Crystal Elastomers at microscopic and macroscopic scales. The project also entails a large education component focused on bringing more girls and women to Mechanical Engineering. We … Continue reading Dr. Azoug receives the NSF CAREER award

Abby successfully defended her Masters thesis yesterday. Her project, “A smart skin to treat and prevent pressure ulcers”, was supported by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. We are sad to see her go but extremely confident that she will find more success in her new adventures! Continue reading Congratulations to Abby Haddox!

Iris Borunda is joining the lab to learn about Biomechanics. She will lead a research project on the influence of obesity on musculoskeletal models. Welcome Iris! Continue reading Welcome to Iris!

Nissrine Aziz is joining the lab this semester! She is arriving from OSU Tulsa undergrad and will be working towards her Masters degree doing research on 4D printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Welcome Nissrine! Continue reading Welcome to Nissrine!

Link to article okstate news Two CEAT students selected to receive Walt Kolb Studies Scholarships | Oklahoma State University Friday, May 14, 2021 Media Contact: Jeff Hopper | Marketing Media Specialist | 405-744-2745 | jeff.hopper@okstate.edu College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology students Abby Haddox and Lynsey Baxter were selected to receive a Walt Kolb Studies Scholarship for the 2021-2022 school year. The Walt Kolb fellowship provides … Continue reading Abby Haddox to receive a Walt Kolb Studies Scholarships

Graduation day was a big celebration for the lab! I saw all my good students walk, Likhitha Ippagunta and Zozef Siddiqui, and hooded my first PhD student, Dr. Manogna Jambhapuram, with Dr. Good. As my mentor Dr. Good retired, he now hooded his last student and I, my first, thus continuing the academic family line in a very symbolic way. It was a great moment. Continue reading Commencement!

Congrats to Likhitha! She successfully defended her Master’s thesis entitled “Effect of pregnancy-induced mass gain and footwear on postural stability”. She has been determining statistically significant effects of pregnancy mass and footwear on a series of postural stability indices. Continue reading Likhitha Ippagunta, M.Sc.

Congratulation to Zozef for successfully defending his Master’s degree. His presentation on 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers and applications for soft robotics was great! Continue reading Zozef Siddiqui, M.Sc.

The Wentz symposium is currently online and Kara Marchetta, undergrad in the lab, is presenting her study on the influence of obesity on musculoskeletal models for biomechanics simulations. She has been 3D scanning people using our mobile 3D scanner. She is also doing a great job explaining why generic scaled models may introduce errors in simulations. Go check it out! The symposium will run April 19- 30. … Continue reading Kara Marchetta Wentz symposium