Here's a summary of our new work "DNA-inspired 'supercoiling' fibres could make powerful artificial muscles for robots" theconversation.com/dna-inspired-s… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Inspired by the highly compacted nature of coiled #DNA, Prof Geoffrey Spinks @Snaficy, @Jforoughi, and their UOW, Engineering Sydney Uni team have created #artificial muscles with twisted fibers that can generate a maximum work 36 times higher than skeletal muscles: fcld.ly/mvk9wcf

Looking for a library of mechanical properties for tough hydrogels and soft tissues + a selection guide for #actuators? Check out our recent article on "Tough #hydrogels for soft #artificial_muscles": sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Sina Naficy Engineering Sydney Uni CBEUSYD

Here is our recent review paper by Dr. Farshad Oveissi and the team on Tough hydrogels for soft artificial muscles sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Coiled #DNA inspired Prof Geoffrey Spinks @Snaficy, @Jforoughi, and their UOW, Engineering Sydney Uni scientists to design super-contractile #artificial muscles for miniature #robots. Learn more here: fcld.ly/mvk9wcf

#SpecialIssue Advanced Flexible Electronics: Materials, Sensors, and Applications mdpi.com/journal/applsc… Guest Editors: Dr. Carlos Garcia Nunez, Dr. Prof Hadi Heidari and Dr. Sina Naficy Submission deadline: 15 October 2021 #flexibleelectronics #stretchableelectronics #mdpiapplsci

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Join us online tomorrow, May 12, for Neobay's #Robotics Forum, sponsored by Science Robotics and featuring current editor Cecilia Laschi and founding editor Guang-Zhong. Check for your timezone below!

Hiring - Senior Process Engineer / Process Engineer: Quantum Technologies in the University of Sydney's micro- and nano-fabrication facility - The Research and Prototype Foundry. USyd Core Research Facilities usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXT…

It was great to chat again with Marwa ElDiwiny on her pioneering and always interesting #softrobots podcast.

Agerris has been named a finalist in the AFR Higher Education Awards for Research Commercialisation! An #agricultural #robotics start-up lead by Prof Salah Sukkarieh from #USYD's Australian Centre for Field Robotics, Agerris is building a more sustainable agricultural sector.

Join us on September 27 at USYD for a day on Heart Valve research and development. Great speakers from Aus, Italy, and the US(!). eventbrite.com.au/e/heart-valve-…

Check out our recent review paper @MaterialsToday Communication on polyurethane heart valves and how chemistry translates to the clinic, by Matt Crago, Aeryne Lee, Syamak Farajikhah, Dr. Farshad Oveissi, Fariba Dehghani, David Fletcher, and Dr. David Winlaw: ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to Aeryne, Syamak Farajikhah, Matt, Luke, David, Dr. David Winlaw and Fariba Dehghani for the publication of “From Scan to Simulation – a Novel Workflow for Developing Bioinspired Heart Valves” asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/biomechanical/…

We have uploaded some of the presentations from our one day workshop on Heart Valve Replacements (Sep 2022) in this YouTube channel, which is dedicated to our program at Engineering Sydney Uni and Cincinnati Children's : PolymericHVR youtube.com/@polymerichvr via YouTube

A video of one of our earlier polymeric heart valve prototypes in the pulse duplicator youtu.be/ajfLhDUlIZQ via YouTube. For more videos on our research Engineering Sydney Uni in collaboration with Cincinnati Children's follow our YouTube channel: polymerichvr

The Engineering Vacation Research Internship Program Scholarship at Engineering Sydney Uni is open again. The program will fund undergraduate and postgraduate student ($500 weekly), assisting them in pursuing a research career at a university or in industry. sydney.edu.au/scholarships/b…

Don't miss "CO2-responsive gels" by Ross Jansen-van Vuuren, Sina Naficy, Maedeh Ramezani, Michael Cunningham, and Philip Jessop Read the full review here 🔗 rsc.li/42GVGJX

Inspired by how plants adapt to environmental changes, these artificial yarn muscles are self-adaptive to humidity and temperature changes. The artificial muscles provide a platform for on-demand, autonomous movement Shazed Aziz Sina Naficy @EdwinWHJager 👉 ow.ly/Klnk50OnRZQ

Our recent work “Bioinspired polymeric heart valves: A combined in vitro and in silico” is online. Credits to Aeryne Lee , Dr Liu, Jacopo Giaretta , Tina, Matt, Prof. Fletcher, and Dr. David Winlaw ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…