Members
Principal Investigator (PI)
Assistant Professor
Director, Laboratory for Soft Machines & Electronics (SME Lab)
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Electrical, Computer & System Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Case School of Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Investigator, Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Office: 441 Glennan, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7222
Email: ccao@case.edu
Phone: 216-368-2984
Postdoc Associates & Visiting Scholars

Dr. Y. Jin
Postdoc Associate
Research topics: Soft robotics

Dr. J. Ji
Visiting Scholar
Research topics: Soft Electronics
Graduate Students

Omar Faruk
PhD Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing

Jamiun Shadman
PhD Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing

Riddhi Srinivasan
MS Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics

Jordan Gray
MS Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft actuators

Sean Mann
MS Student
Research Interests: Advanced materials and Additive manufacturing

Shariful Islam
PhD Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics

Chang Liu
PhD Student
Research Interests: 3D/4D Printing, Advanced Materials & Devices

Maxwell Rollins
PhD Student
Research Interests: Robotics

Simba M.
MS Student
Research Interests: Printed electronics & Soft robots

Joseph Schlager
MS Student
Research Interests: Soft robotics, Soft electronics
Undergradutes

Eliza Opalka
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robots

Shion Kato
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft robots

Maria Tuepker
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics

Alex Irausquin-Petit
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics

Nikhil Misra
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Flexible electronics, Stretchable electronics, Biointegrated electronics

Nikhil Bondala
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft electronics, IoTs

Arka Nath
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Soft electronics, IoTs

Lekha Joy
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots

Tyler Ahten
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots

Kyle Lim
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Soft robots