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#Ingestible Functional Magnetic #Robot with Localized Flexibility (MR-LF) Yong Lin Kong UofU Mech Eng University of Utah onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ai…

We are kicking off our Design Day event in the Union Ballroom! Please stop by to check out projects and competitions!

We are currently looking for a Capstone Design Coordinator to help coordinate the program in the Mechanical Engineering Department with an emphasis on industry-sponsored projects. Visit the link for more info: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/142785

Please join our upcoming exciting keynote talks at the TMS 2023 Functional Nanomaterials symposium in Hilton Aqua 305: Today, March 21st: Prof Sheng Xu (2:30 pm) Prof. Michael McAlpine (4:30 pm) lnkd.in/gEGX6mYp linkedin.com/posts/yonglink…

Please join our upcoming exciting keynote talks at the #TMSAnnualMeeting Functional Nanomaterials symposium in Hilton Sapphire A 😀 March 22nd (Wednesday): Prof. John Rogers (9:30 am) Prof Mark Hersam (10:30 am) Prof. Wei Gao (11:10 am) Wei Gao lnkd.in/gh62t59a

Our group has several new post-docs and Ph.D. positions in the exciting areas of additive manufacturing, soft matter physics, and bioelectronics. Join us! 😁 Group website: kong.mech.utah.edu Email: [email protected]

This 3D printer can rapidly produce complex, multimaterial objects such as robotic hands. Find out how in this News & Views by Yong Lin Kong go.nature.com/3G1tbNF

Multi-material 3D printing guided by machine vision go.nature.com/3FWJSKd

"This ranking is a testament to the hard work of our students, faculty and staff..." -- President Reginald DesRoches. For the first time ever, Rice University has soared high to reach an impressive No. 9 on Forbes' 2024-2025 list of America's Top Colleges! Way to fly, Owls!

I am very excited to share that my team and I have moved to Rice University. We are extremely grateful for the continuous support from the students, faculty, staff, funding agencies and companies, program officers, collaborators, mentors, and friends worldwide. Thank you,

Happy Election Day with Rice University President Reginald DesRoches! 😁 #OwlsVote

Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thrilled to share the exciting news of our recently graduated Ph.D. students this year. Dr. Samuel Hales has been awarded the prestigious NIST-NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship and will embark on a research career at NIST! Sam has done impressive work in

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A Rice group led by our own Prof. Yong Lin Kong along with NUS collaborators developed new method for fabricating soft electronics, which can be used in smart watches, biomedical sensors, robotics and more. techxplore.com/news/2025-01-m…

MECH Alumni, have you registered for the March 28-29 Rice Engineering and Computing 50th Anniversary Celebration yet? You won’t want to miss this exciting lineup of panels, lab tours and networking events with fellow alumni. Register by March 10 to join the celebration! bit.ly/3EqzaxY

Great symposium on Functional Nanomaterials at TMS 2025, the 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Las Vegas today, organized primarily by Prof. Wenzhuo Wu (Purdue University). I presented a keynote talk titled “Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Neural Interface,” in which I emphasized

The countdown is on: Tomorrow is Rice’s 24-Hour Challenge! Your gift supports opportunities for students to experience hands-on engineering of real-world design challenges and research. Make your gift to the MECH Department Excellence Fund early today! givecampus.com/y4v34c

Today is the day! Will you be part of the 24-Hour Challenge to help us continue to lead in aerospace, energy and robotics? Your contribution directly supports our students and the MECH department. Make your gift before 11:59 pm CT to join the challenge. givecampus.com/y4v34c

Can a soft robot swim backwards? As part of our effort to design ingestible robots, we use 3D printing to investigate the propulsion behavior of elastic artificial flagella. Our results, recently published in a Soft Matter Emerging Investigator article, demonstrate that a