News

Kenneth Cerdan Gomez presents at the American Chemical Society's Spring Meeting in New Orleans, LA

Kenneth shared his recent successes in designing and optimizing hydrogel materials with superior mechanical properties.  

Qiaopeng Chen presents at the annual American Physical Society March Meeting in Minneapolis, MN

Younghoon successfully defended his PhD thesis on Bio-inspired Design and Additive Manufacturing of Resilient Composite Materials.  Congratulations, Younghoon!

Caidric Gupit and Professor Valentine present at the Annual Adhesion Society Meeting in Savannah, GA

Congratulations to Kenneth and Qiaopeng on their Heeger Travel Fellowships!

Congratulations Yongkui on your new position! 

Interdisciplinary meeting, showcasing soft materials science at the University of San Diego

Profs. Valentine and Cohen have a joint project to develop hydrogel materials for cellular force sensing, funded through a binational award of the US and Israeli National Science Foundations (NSF-BSF).  

SoCal Solids Conference  at the University of Southern California (USC)