2024
- Dave DeFusco wrote a news story titled “Wearable Patch Promises Early, Non-Invasive Detection of Skin Diseases” to highlight our development of a continuous skin-mechanics sensor.
- Congratulations to Krystal Luo, Sicheng Xing, Gongkai Yuan, and Elvis Tanyi who are awarded with 2024 Abrams Fellowships!
- Alyssa LaFaro wrote an article featuring our collaborative efforts in the solution-oriented research in materials science and device engineering.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Ohio State University host Wubin's visit and seminar featuring our latest research.
- NIH reported a news story on our soft sensory robotic implants with design inspirations drawn from nature.
- Our research achievements have been recognized with the 2024 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize. Very honored and grateful for this award.
- APS highlighted our invention on Skin-inspired soft robots for electronic implants
- The Well highlighted our invention of the wireless drug-delivery patch.
- Joseph Holloway, from CBS 17, reported a news on our wireless drug patch.
- We are grateful to receive, with Prof. Jason Stein, a Flash Grant from North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
- UNC Health reported our wireless drug patch that show promise as chronic disease treatment delivery system.
- We are grateful to receive Translational Research Grant from North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
- APS reported our invention of a wearable drug patch that features digital automation potentially for treating Alzheimer's disease.
2023
- BioWorld reports our wearable patch for automated drug delivery
- We are grateful to receive 2023 UNC NeuroSpark Research Award from UNC Neuroscience Center.
- Congratulations to Hieu Doan, who was selected to be 2024 Lucas Scholar!
- A wearable for deep tissue sensing, automated drug delivery
- Congratulations to Noah Lambert and Sicheng Xing, who were selected to be 2024 Abrams Scholars!
- Our undergraduate researchers contribute to celebrating undergraduate research at Carolina
- Engineering Discoveries & Applied Sciences
- Simran Malik wrote an article titled ‘The Pulse of Inequality: Investigating Racial Disparities in Pulse Oximetry Reading’, that features our efforts on resolving health disparity by developing wearable monitors.
- News report on a first transient electronic bandage that speeds healing by 30%
- The WELL reported our invention on 3D folded microelectronics for vibrational sensing, robotic implants, and reconfigurable telecommunication.
- The UNC College of Arts and Sciences reported our invention on 3D folded microelectronics for vibrational sensing, robotic implants, and reconfigurable telecommunication.
- Sarah Rose wrote a News titled ‘Bloomable robot, folding electronics enhance patient treatment’, that features our recent invention on a 3D folded microelectronics.
2022
- The WELL reported our invention on the next-generation Pulse Oximeter
- NC TraCS reported our invention on the wireless, wearable sensor for deep-tissue monitoring.
- Sarah Rose wrote a News titled Redesigned pulse oximeter advances more equitable healthcare, that features our recent invention on a high-precision oximeter.
- The work on deep-tissue sensing patch is featured on a frontispiece of Advanced Technology Materials. Congratulations to the team!
- Congratulations to Tien Anh Nguyen, Elena Fernandez, and Sicheng Xing, who were selected to be 2023 Abrams Scholars!
- The WELL reported our invention on the wireless, wearable sensor for deep-tissue monitoring.
- Shellie Edge wrote a News titled Bioelectronics meets medicine, that features our recent publication on deep-tissue sensing patch.
- We are grateful to receive support from NSF CCSS.
- Hiep is selected to receive a Sheerer Scholars summer research fellowship. Congratulations, Hiep!
- Congratulations to Arjun, Kevin, Bryson, Gage, and your KABG team to advance into the semi-finalist in the Rice360 Global Health Technology Design Competition 2022!
- Congratulations to Xinyi Li who was selected to join the summer research program at NIH!
- We are grateful to recieve support from NC TraCS.
2021
- Congratulations to Avanti Panajkar and Rohan Vora, who were selected to be 2022 Abrams Scholars!
- Congratulations to Arjun, Kevin, Bryson, Gage, and your KABG team to march into the i4 competition finalist!
- We are grateful to be part of a team that received 2021 NeuroSpark pilot funding. Thank you, Prof. Rose Xavier and Prof. Jason Stein.
- An inspiring multidisciplinary collaboration is forged through Creativity Hubs 2022, where our lab is gratefully involved as part of the finalist teams.
- A news release titled “Detecting skin disorders based on tissue stiffness with a soft sensing device” highlights our work on an advanced biomechanical sensor at the skin interface.
- Professor Ellen T. Roche wrote a News and Views piece, titled “Catheters gain arrays of sensors and actuators”, that highlights our work published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
- Press release on our work on bioresorbable optical probes that provide spectroscopic analysis of tissue microenvironments, serving as an advanced platform for real-time optimization of therapeutic procedures
- Dr. Sarah Forward, Dr. Sheldon J.J. Kwok, and Professor Seok-Hyun Yun write a News and Views piece, titled Bioresorbable Spectrometers, that features our work published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
- Dr. Haghiashtiani and Professor McAlpine write a News and Views piece titled 3D Piezoelectric Microsystems Pop Up, that highlights our work on 3D piezoelectric systems via nonlinear mechanical assembly.