The Design of Actuators, Robotics, and Transducers Laboratory (D.A.R.T. Lab) focuses on the intersection of smart, marathon, multifunctional materials with capabilities for energy storage, sensing and actuation. Applications include adaptive structures, high reliability and high-capacity energy storage, shape morphing, and soft robotics.

Active Research Projects

Current projects that are actively researched by members

  1. Next generation silent, self-powered electrochemical actuators
  2. Simulating Stress Potential Coupling in Lithium Ion Batteries using COMSOL
  3. Enhanced State of Charge Sensing in Lithium-Alloy Batteries
  4. Analytical Modeling of Lithium-Ion Battery Actuators
  5. Water-in-Salt Hydrogel Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
  6. Transformed battery reliability state-of-charge measurement
  7. Silica-based batteries for sustainable material use
  8. Silicon Anode Li-ion Battery Actuators
  9. MARVEL dialysis system