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Congratulations Dr. Okello!

Group member Lilian Okello successfully defended her PhD dissertation on “Integration of Magneto-Capillary Effects in Novel Multiphasic Inks for 3D Printing and Soft Robotics”. Lilian...

Pedro completes his prelim!

Pedro Henrique Wink Reis, a second-year graduate student, completed his preliminary oral exam yesterday. His presentation was on “Ionotronic Tactile Sensors from Sustainable Homocomposite Hydrogels”....

Velev Group at ACS Spring 2024

Fourth year member Abhirup Basu and third year member Mesbah Ahmed delivered oral talks at the ACS Spring 2024 conference in New Orleans, LA. Abhirup...

Abhirup wins 2024 CBE Art and Image Contest

Congratulations to Abhirup Basu for winning 1st place in the CBE department’s Art and Image Contest! His piece titled, “Corrosion’s Supernova,” made clever use of...

Press on Biopolymer Composite Films

A recent publication on “Hierarchically reinforced biopolymer composite films as multifunctional plastics substitute” in Cell Reports Physical Science garnered a lot of attention and press releases!...