Shepherd, Robert F. - Cornell University - sibley school of mechanical and aerospace engineering

个人简介

Biography Rob Shepherd received his B.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) in Material Science at the University of Illinois where his research focused on developing polymeric and colloidal suspensions as 'inks' for 3D printers. He also fabricated microfluidic devices to synthesize single micron to millimeter scale parts (e.g., glass and silicon microgears). Concurrently to performing this research, he received his M.B.A. (2009) at U of I and started a company, worked with several other startups, and gained significant experience with the details of market research, financials, accounting issues, and legal aspects of entrepreneurship. In 2010, he continued his education as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University in George Whitesides's research group in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. In this group, he developed pneumatic actuators in soft elastomers that took the form of a machine capable of moving in multiple gaits: walking and undulating. These actuators have also been used for low-cost manipulators, and in concert with a microfluidic system for biomimetic camouflage & display.

研究领域

Research Interests Dr. Shepherd is interested in developing disruptive manufacturing technologies (e.g., 3D printing, replica molding, microfluidics, etc.) and functional materials to enable new devices and user experiences. He is particularly interested in simultaneously increasing the speed, dimensionality, resolution, and materials capability of free-form fabrication techniques, and developing soft actuators that mimic biological functions, but not necessarily their mechanisms: These interests are synergistic and will, perhaps, enable more efficient and life-like machines. Robotics Materials Design

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Morin, S A., Robert Shepherd, S. Kwok, A A. Stokes, A. Nemiroski, G M Whitesides. 2012. "Camouflage and Display for Soft Machines." Science 337(6096): 828-832. Shepherd, Robert, P. Panda, Z. Bao, J A. Lweis, K H. Sandhage, T A. Hatton, P S Doyle. 2008. "Stop-Flow Lithography of Colloidal, Glass, and Silicon Microcomponents." Advanced Materials 20 (24): 4734-4739. Shepherd, Robert, T. Sabuwala, J C. Conrad, G. Gioia, J A Lewis. 2012. "The Structural Evolution of Cuboidal Granular Media." Soft Matter 8 (17): 4795-4801. Shepherd, Robert, F. Ilievski, W. Choi, S A. Morin, A A. Stokes, A D. Mazzeo, X. Chen, M. Wang, G M Whitesides. 2011. "Multigait Soft Robot." PNAS 108 (51):20400-20403. Ilievski, F., A D. Mazzeo, Robert Shepherd, X. Chen, G M Whitesides. 2011."Soft Robotics for Chemists." Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 50(8): 1890-1895. Zhao, H., K. O’Brien, S. Li, R F Shepherd. 2016. "Optoelectronically innervated soft prosthetic hand via stretchable optical waveguides." Science Robotics 1(1): eaai7529-eaai7529. Li, S., B N. Peele, C M. Larson, H. Zhao, R F Shepherd. 2016. "A Stretchable Multicolor Display and Touch Interface Using Photopatterning and Transfer Printing." Advanced Materials 28 (44): 9770-9775. Lao, L., S. S. Robinson, B. Peele, B. C. Mac Murray, H. Zhao, J. K. Min, S. Dunham, B. Mosadegh, Robert Shepherd. 2016. "Selective Mineralization of Tough Hydrogel Lumens for Simulating Arterial Plaque." Advanced Engineering Materials. Zhao, H., J. Jalving, R. Huang, R. Knepper, A. Ruina, R Shepherd. 2016. "A Helping Hand: Soft Orthosis with Integrated Optical Strain Sensors and EMG Control". 23 (3) 55-64. Argiolas, A., B. C. Mac Murray, I. Van Meerbeek, J. Whitehead, E. Sinibaldi, B. Mazzolai, Robert Shepherd. 2016. "Sculpting Soft Machines." Soft Robotics 3 (3): 101-108. van Meerbeek, I. M., B. C. Mac Murray, Kim Jae Woo, S. S. Robinson, P. X. Zou, M. N. Silberstein, Robert Shepherd. 2016. "Morphing Metal and Elastomer Bicontinuous Foams for Reversible Stiffness, Shape Memory, and Self-Healing Soft Machines." Advanced Materials 28 (14): 2801-2806. Larson, C., B. Peele, S. Li, S. Robinson, M. Totaro, L. Beccai, B. Mazzolai, Robert Shepherd. 2016. "Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing." Science 351 (6277): 1071-1074. Larson, C M., J J. Choi, P A. Gallardo, S W. Henderson, M D. Niemack, G. Rajagopalan, R F Shepherd. 2016. "Direct Ink Writing of Silicon Carbide for Microwave Optics." Advanced Engineering Materials 18 (1): 39-45. Zhao, H., R. Huang, Robert Shepherd. 2016. "Curvature control of soft orthotics via low cost solid-state optics." Shepherd, Robert, C Larson. 2016. "3D Bioprinting Technologies for Cellular Engineering." In Microscale Technologies For Cell Engineering 2016, 69-89.2. Springer International Publishing. Shepherd, Robert, W. TJ, et al. 2016. "Thiol-ene Click Reactions for the Stereolithography of Elastomeric Siloxanes. Advanced Materials." Advanced Materials. Robinson, S S., K W. O’Brien, H. Zhao, B N. Peele, C M. Larson, B C. Mac Murray, I M. Van Meerbeek, S N. Dunham, R F Shepherd.2015. "Integrated soft sensors and elastomeric actuators for tactile machines with kinesthetic sense." Extreme Mechanics Letters 5:47-53. Mac Murray, B C., X. An, S S. Robinson, I M. van Meerbeek, K W. O'Brien, H. Zhao, R F Shepherd. 2015. "Poroelastic Foams for Simple Fabrication of Complex Soft Robots." Advanced Materials 27 (41): 6334-6340. Zhao, H., Y. Li, A. Elsamadisi, R Shepherd. 2015. "Scalable manufacturing of high force wearable soft actuators." Extreme Mechanics Letters 3: 89-104. Trimmer, B., J A. Lewis, R F. Shepherd, H Lipson. 2015. "3D Printing Soft Materials: What Is Possible?" Soft Robotics 2 (1): 3-6. Shepherd, Robert, H. Zhao. 2015. "Curvature Control of Soft Orthotics via Low Cost Solid-State Optics." Shepherd, Robert, C. Larson. 2015. "Microscale Technologies for Cell Engineering." Springer. Shepherd, Robert, B. Peele, T. Wallin, H. Zhao. 2015. "3D Printing Soft Actuators via Digital Mask Projection Stereolithography." Bioinsp. Biomim. 5 (055003).