PikulLab
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PikulLab
@LabPikul
Disrupting energy storage, multifunctional materials, and robotics by understanding and exploiting electrochemistry and soft matter.

Congratulations Deep Jariwala, @Penn, recipient of the Adolph Lomb Medal! As an early career researcher pioneering the next generation of optics, Jariwala is awarded for contributions to nano-optics and the development of excitonic metamaterials. bit.ly/4gRyIre.





Introducing tactile skin sim-to-real for dexterous in-hand translation! We propose a simulation model for ReSkin, a magnetic tactile sensing skin. It can simulate ternary shear and binary normal forces. More: jessicayin.github.io/tactile-skin-r…


We have another big announcement today. For clean hydrogen. For jobs. And for the clean energy transition. 🟢 NEW—$750M to dramatically reduce the cost of clean hydrogen and directly support 1,500 new jobs. reuters.com/business/energ…

Three new electrochemistry-focused research labs are up and running in @UWMechEngr. @LabPikul, @Kazyak_Lab and @LucaMastro89 are working together to develop new solutions in batteries, fuel cells, soft robotics and self-healing metals. engineering.wisc.edu/blog/new-elect…









A nice article by Penn Engineering on our recent collaborative work with @LabPikul and Ryan Hayward at CU Boulder: A New Electroadhesive Clutch To Improve Haptics in Virtual Reality Gloves and Beyond blog.seas.upenn.edu/a-new-electroa…

🔋BATTERY SAFETY: Partha Mukherjee has joined forces with UL Research Institutes to create a new $4.5 million research center devoted to battery safety: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2023/p…
