Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "3D printing"
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3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators
(2021-07-12)Soft robotics offer advantages over their rigid counterparts due to the intrinsic softness of their consisting materials, soft robotic matter. When equipped with programmable shape morphing and controllable function, soft ... -
Biomimetic Tympanic Membrane Grafts
(2020-11-23)The tympanic membrane (TM), commonly known as the eardrum, is a thin tissue that captures sound waves from the environment and transmits them to the ossicles of the middle ear. Importantly, its circumferential and radial ... -
From Digital to Physical: Computational Aspects of 3D Manufacturing
(2013-10-18)The desktop publishing revolution of the 1980s is currently repeating itself in 3D, referred to as desktop manufacturing. Online services such as Shapeways have become available, making personalized manufacturing on cutting ...