Chiara Daraio

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Chiara Daraio

G. Bradford Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute

B.S.; M.S., University of Ancona (Italy), 2001; M.S., University of California (San Diego), 2003; Ph.D., 2006. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 2006-10; Professor, 2011-21; Jones Professor, 2021-; HMRI Investigator, 2021-.

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Prof. Daraio's research focuses on engineering new materials with advanced mechanical and sensing properties, for application in robotics, medical devices, and vibration absorption. Her group developed new materials and methods for acoustic imaging and thermal sensing in medicine and health monitoring. Recently, her group began exploring new materials from engineered living systems, creating plant-based biological matrix composites with new functionalities.

Research Summary: materials science, condensed matter physics, solid mechanics

Reimagining Chain Mail: 3D Architected Materials That Adapt and Protect

Watson Lecture on May 10: Chiara Daraio on Developing Wearables That Can Help Us Monitor Our Health

Mimicking Termites to Generate New Materials

Methods from Weather Forecasting Can Be Adapted to Assess Risk of COVID-19 Exposure

Material Inspired by Chain Mail Transforms from Flexible to Rigid on Command

Self-folding "Rollbot" paves the way for fully untethered soft robots

Microscopic Devices That Control Vibrations Could Allow Smaller Mobile Devices

Professor Daraio Receives Outstanding Alumni Award

No Motor, No Battery, No Problem

Building Blocks to Create Metamaterials