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sMAP monthly seminar - January 26, 2023

The sMAP CREATE program webinar series invites scientists from different disciplines whose commitment and research relate to mobility in aging populations.

Materials engineers face various tasks that require multidisciplinary approaches to solve specific problems. While every task of a materials engineer must prioritize the performance of the overall system while considering economic perspective, problem solving requires deep understanding of chemistry, physics, and other engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and chemical. My research group solves problems related to soft materials with high toughness, such as gels, elastomers, and textiles. These materials can accommodate extensive dimensional changes during operation, and thus are often employed in the wearable healthcare devices and medical instruments, along with many other engineering applications. In this presentation, I tell four stories to showcase how material engineers design and fabricate:

(1) Regulating blood flow in ex-vivo heart perfusion device for heart transplant surgery
(2) Embedded pressure sensors for smart prosthesis to substitute jaw after mandibulectomy
(3) Skin-mountable e-textile patches for sEMG and EEG monitoring
(4) E-skin with an embedded tactile and temperature sensor array

Funded by NSERC