ALT Fluidic resistors made from microporous open-cell soft foams enable material intelligence across the sensing and control domains without the need for onboard electronics.

ALT Figure showing cyclic performance of a jumping droplet thermal diode with a Teflon AF–coated nanotextured aluminum surface.

ALT PhD candidate Faye Yap testing elastomeric actuators fabricated at different curing temperatures.

ALT The two major types of osmotic heat pipes: a looped osmotic heat pipe with the vapor and liquid occupying distinct parts of the system, and a constant conductance osmotic heat pipe where the vapor and liquid operate within the same volume.

ALT Vi Vo (photo from sites.bu.edu/ranzani-lab/people) and the graphical abstract of our work on sheet-based fluidic diodes.

ALT Elevated temperatures accelerate the curing of elastomers, enabling higher throughput for soft device manufacturing without impacting mechanical properties.

ALT Rawand holding two multiplexed inertial coalescence filters

ALT Faye and Dan throwing paper airplanes, an Ig Nobel tradition.

ALT Faye and Dan accepting the Ig Nobel Prize on behalf of the team.

ALT The team that introduced necrobotics.

ALT Necrobotics - using biotic materials as robotic components - shown here with a deceased spider repurposed as a pressure-driven gripper.

ALT In this thermally self-decontaminating wearable material, a pulse of heat is applied to kill viruses at the outer surface while the skin temperature remains virtually unchanged.

ALT Zhen Liu (an East Asian woman in a lab coat, goggles, and gloves) holding up a small metal container with lab equipment behind her

ALT 2023 "Career Champion" Certificate