Submissions are open! I'm co-organizing the symposium "Democratizing AI in Materials Science — A Pathway to Broaden the Impact of Materials Research" at the Fall 2024 MRS Meeting: bit.ly/3UlnroT Deadline is June 24!

Having seen different kinds of comments from students over the years, this one really got me. Grateful for having such friendly and bright students.

Yeah it is an ongoing fun week here at MatSE Illinois. Kids learnt how to make stuff smarter, cleaner, and stronger, and smashed some eggs on day 2!!! Antonia Statt @IllinoisMatSE MaterialsResearchLab The Grainger College of Engineering

For mechanically active materials, Nie et al. from the Rogers Group provide a nice review on using such materials for bio-interfaced sensors for continuous monitoring. John A Rogers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Roy et al. Loebel Lab describe a bilayer hydrogel folding system that can generate folding patterns, similar to the mucosal tissue in the epithelium of the upper respiratory airways. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Mendez et al. Ellen Roche MIT describe a hybrid hydrogel actuator that can elicit tunable mechanoresponsive release of drug from a hydrogel layer through pneumatic actuation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Pirozzi et al. provide a nice review of another class of mechanically active materials - artificial muscles - with a specific use case of cardiac assistance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Excited and humbled to receive the 2024 Sontag Distinguished Scientist Award. My group and I are grateful for the tremendous support from the Sontag Foundation and Materials Science & Engineering at Illinois Cancer Center at Illinois ! We will continue our quest for therapeutic cancer vaccines and immunotherapies!

Thanks for the highlight!

Thank you for the support. Excited to join the Sontag community!