2025
- Congratulations to Sicheng Xing, Brayden Davis, and Krystal Luo on receiving the highest honor on their undergraduate thesis defense!
- Congratulations to Brayden Davis on receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Brayden has been conducting undergraduate research in our lab since his freshman year and will be heading to MIT to pursue his PhD.
- Wubin received the PMSE Early Investigator Award from the American Chemical Society. Very grateful and honored for this recognition.
- Department of Biomedical at City University of Hong Kong host Wubin's visit and seminar featuring our latest research.
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University host Wubin's visit and seminar featuring our latest research.
- Congratulations to Yihan Liu for receiving Top Honors at the 2024 APS Research Symposium!
- Dave DeFusco published a new article highlighting our recent invention: an AI-powered wearable patch designed to monitor neuromuscular diseases.
- Congratulations to Chan Jae Shin for being featured in APS News!
- We are honored and grateful to receive the 2024 Materials Today Rising Star Award, which inspires us to continue advancing materials innovation to tackle major challenges in medical technology.
- We are honored and grateful to receive the NSF CAREER award, which will support our efforts in advancing fundamental study and engineering at the biotic-abiotic interface.
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!
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University host Wubin's visit and seminar featuring our latest research.
- 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.