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Elastodynamic mechanical analyzer for high strain-rate mechanical characterization

Zheng et al. 2026

Senior Thesis: Characterizing the Viscoelastic Behavior of the Bullfrog Plantaris Tendon

Acker 2026

Senior Thesis: Developing Polynorbornene Bottlebrush Sidechain and Crosslinker Monomers for Stereospecific Polymerization

Pérez-Marchant 2024

Bottlebrush Networks: A Primer for Advanced Architectures

Clarke et al. 2024

PREPRINT: Tuning a mechanical model to biological reality: A case study in the LaMSA system of the trap-jaw ant Strumigenys

Anderson et al. 2024

Viscoelastic materials are most energy efficient when loaded and unloaded at equal rates

Tsai et al. 2024

The Impact of Polymerization Chemistry on the Mechanical Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Bottlebrush Elastomers

Clarke et al. 2022

Decoupling the Impact of Entanglements and Mobility on the Failure Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films

Bay et al. 2022

A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems

Cook et al. 2022

Senior Thesis: Simulating Viscoelastic Wave Propagation in Uniaxial Recoil

Chen 2022

Senior Thesis: Effects of Temporally Asymmetric Stretching on the Energy Efficiency of Synthetic and Biological Elastomers

Feiler 2022

The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction

Acharya et al. 2021

Senior Thesis: Determining Nonlinear Recoil Properties of Viscoelastic Polymers

Cook 2021

Senior Thesis: Power and Resilience Optimization in Linear Elastic Recoil

Gonzalez 2021

Latch-based control of energy output in spring actuated systems

Divi et al. 2020

Why do large animals never actuate their jumps with latch-mediated springs? Because they can jump higher without them

Sutton et al. 2019

Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems

Longo et al. 2019

The effect of size-scale on the kinematics of elastic energy release

Ilton et al. 2019

The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

Ilton et al. 2018

Adsorption-induced slip inhibition for polymer melts on ideal substrates

Ilton et al. 2018

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