[March 30, 2017] Our paper on a self-folding transformer robot based on triple-state actuators with controllable folding characteristics is published in Applied Physics Letters! Congratulations to Shuyang, Jing, Lichen, and Zeyu! Check below for the paper. http://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.4979560
[March 19, 2017] Our paper with Prof. Rajat Mittal’s group is published in Applied Energy. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261917302350 Congratulations to Santiago and Brett!
[March 9, 2017] Our group is awarded a grant from the U.S. Army Research Office! Our project entitled “Extreme Dissipation Behavior of Main-Chain Liquid-Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) and Structures” will investigate a fundamental understanding of the relaxation mechanisms of main-chain LCEs to enable the design of extraordinary dissipation behaviors in materials and structures over multiple length scales
[March 9, 2017] Our group is awarded a grant from the U.S. Army Research Office! Read More »
[March 2, 2017] Santiago’s paper that reported our collaborative work with Prof. Rajat Mittal’s group through the support of E2SHI is accepted in Applied Energy. This is the first paper from our work done at Hopkins. Congratulations to all!
[March 2, 2017] Santiago’s paper is accepted in Applied Energy. Congratulations! Read More »
[February 21, 2017] Our paper with Harvard colleagues on harnessing geometrical frustration for controlling acoustic wave propagation is published in Physical Review Letters. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.084302
[January 13, 2017] Sung Hoon is elected as the editor of the ASME Technical Committee on Mechanics of Soft Materials. As editor, he will support the annual newsletter in February 2017, and he will eventually be the chair for the Technical Committee in organization of the Soft Materials Mechanics Symposium at the 2020 ASME IMECE.
[December 21, 2016] Our group is awarded a R21/R33 grant from the National Institute of Health! Our proposal entitled “Self-Unfolding RV-PA 3D Printed Conduits” will utilize 3D printing to design and develop a novel RV-PA conduit that increases its size via tailored self-unfolding triggered by flow and time so that fewer complications as well as surgeries
[October 25, 2016] Prof. Kang gave a talk at Korean American Scientist and Engineers Association JHU student group event https://www.facebook.com/JHUKSEA/photos/gm.1055534214564689/986888871433140/?type=3&theater
[October 10, 2016] Prof. Kang is invited to give a seminar in the Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at University of Calgary. Thank you for kind invitation, Prof. Sam Kim.
[September 9, 2016] Mr. Hopson(Peisheng) He joined our group. Hopson is a visiting undergraduate student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University majoring in Materials Science and Engineering. Welcome to Kang group, Hopson!