News

March 20, 2024

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

March 12, 2024

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

March 6, 2024

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

March 5, 2024

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

February 16, 2024

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

February 5, 2024

Congratulations to Kenneth and Qiaopeng on their Heeger Travel Fellowships!

January 15, 2024

Congratulations Yongkui on your new position! 

October 20, 2023

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

October 12, 2023

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).  

September 30, 2023

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