LeDuc Lab @ CMU

The LeDuc Lab had an incredible experience at the BMES Annual Meeting in Baltimore this October! 🌟 Our very own Mark and Uma captivated audiences with their research presentations, sparking insightful discussions and building connections in the engineering community. Proud to be pushing the frontiers of science together! #BMES2024 #BiomedicalEngineering #MechanicalEngineering

Connecting, collaborating, and innovating! The LeDuc Lab had a fantastic time for our annual reunion with our extended Gang Bao lab family at the BMES 2024 Annual Meeting. Exciting discussions and inspiring ideas remind us why we love what we do. Here’s to advancing engineering and science together! #BMES2024 #mechanicalengineering #biomedicalengineering

It was an honor to have Richard's work featured on the cover of Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering Magazine, representing CMU's Softbotics Initiative through the Soft Machines Labs. Richard's work has many exciting opportunities at the intersections of nature, soft robotics, and AI. Check out the CMU Softbotics Initiative with this link: https://lnkd.in/eXx6WFqH! ------------------------------------------ #mechanicalengineering #softrobotics #robotics #paleobionics

Our alumni Prof. Cheemeng Tan at UC Davis has created a range of Cyborg Cells and synthetic vesicles for various biomedical applications. Follow them for their upcoming publications/talks at Nature Nano, BMES Annual Meeting, NIH Synthetic Biology Meeting, and “The Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology” summit! -------------------------------- #mechanicalengineering #nanotechnology #synetheticbiology

Mark DeAngelis recently presented at the Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering, a conference that brought together speakers from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in biomedical engineering. Mark’s presentation focused on our newest work using robotics and machine learning to optimize plant growth. We envision this research being useful to sustainably produce proteins for tissue engineering applications, but also to grow more food in resource constrained environments. ---------------------------------------- #mechanicalengineering #robotics #biomaterials #tissueengineering #botany

It was a great weekend as Phil got inducted into the AAAS, which is a tremendous blessing. The gala was fantastic as well as his family was able to all come also. So much fun! Congratulations, Phil! #mechanicalengineering #carnegiemellonuniversity

We're excited to share that our spinoff company, Lifeware Labs, recently showcased their innovative work at the MHSRS conference with an oral presentation and a vendor booth! We're proud to see the impact they're making in advancing health solutions for emergency medicine. Congratulations to the team on this achievement!

Get ready for a very exciting direction in biotechnological research! Utku Sonmez and Nolan Frey review and propose cutting-edge microtechnology to transform experimentation with fruit flies, replacing time-consuming methods with automated, high-precision tools working toward autonomous lab approaches. They review and compare existing systems and offering their expertise on microengineering on biological projects. This review has implications in a variety of areas including biomicrotechnology, developmental biology, and automated biolabs. —————————————————————————————— #mechanicalengineering #carnegiemellon #microfluidics #microrobotics #engineering —————————————————————————————— https://lnkd.in/eezifQmc

Utilizing one of the most intelligent plants out there, Alex Naglich explores the behavior and evolutionary incentives of the Mimosa pudica. Known as the shy plant or touch-me-not, M. pudica rapidly moves when touched, damaged, or exposed to wind - and responds differently to each! This work helps to understand the complex sensing and signaling mechanisms in M. pudica, the evolutionary benefits of developing the ability to distinguish between different types of stimuli, and bolster the development of mimosa-based biohybrid robotic designs.

Pioneering the future of 3D bioprinting with ice! Feimo Yang and Akash Garg are pushing boundaries in additive manufacturing using advanced 2D and 3D numerical models, which allow for harnessing precise control over water droplet deposition to craft intricate vasculature structures. This innovative approach holds immense potential for personalized medicine tissues could be 3D printed to match patients' own vasculature and marks large strides in advanced manufacturing. Discover their groundbreaking work with this article: https://lnkd.in/ebk9bHiC ------------------------------------------ #bioengineering #bioprinting #3dprinting #cardiovascular #mechanicalengineering #numericalmethods #personalizedmedicine