Category: Personnel
Siavash successfully defends his thesis!
On Thursday August 11, 2022, Siavash successfully defended his thesis and now he is ready to graduate ASAP!
SRG receives NSF PFI funding for translational research
We are excited to share the news that SRG is awarded a $550k NSF Partnership for Innovation (PFI) grant to develop prototypes of soft grippers based on dynamically tunable adhesion. This is a collaborative project with SRG’s longtime collaborator, Prof. Kevin Turner at Penn. This PFI award is a critical step towards commercialization of the […]
Jason received SOURCE grant from SU!
SRG undergrad member Jason has received a $5,000 SOURCE grant to conduct research on novel smart materials under mentoring from Prof. Shan. SOURCE stands for the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement. We thank SU for the support!
Chenxu passes Ph.D. qualification exam!
Congratulations to Chenxu on passing this milestone. Now officially a Ph.D. candidate!
Yanbing Tang Joins SRG!
Yanbing is currently finishing his Master degree from SU. He will join SRG in January 2021 as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!
Chenxu’s Paper on Shell Adhesion is published with IJSS!
This marks our group’s first paper with IJSS. This is Chenxu’s first paper. What a start! Second author Xuanhan is currently a Ph.D. student at UNR. We thank Prof. KT Wan at Northeastern for leading the efforts on this one!
Guangchao Joins SRG as Postdoc
After waiting for OPT for almost 5 months, Dr. Guangchao Wan will join SRG as the group’s first postdoc in April 2021. Guangchao obtained his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College under the advising of Prof. Zi Chen (now at Harvard Medical School). He will be co-advised by Prof. Teng Zhang in MAE Dept. at Syracuse University. […]

Group photo in the pandemic!
Gunner visits SU; Gunner and Wanliang catch Provost Party at WPI on last I-Corps trip
On the last I-Corps trip for the compliant grasping technology SRG developed, Gunner visited Syracuse from UNR, joining Wanliang to explore the greater Boston area. There happened to be a provost party at WPI, where Gunner and Wanliang were able to meet with Wole and Nima. All enjoyed the party before Christmas very much!!