Valentine Lab hosts a DMREF Hack-a-thon

DMREF team for Living Biotic-Abiotic Materials with Temporally Programmable Actuation met to develop high throughput analysis approaches for material characterization

June 28, 2024
Hackathon participants refine image analysis approaches
Hackathon participants refine image analysis approaches

The Valentine Lab hosted a 3-day hack-a-thon to develop software and analysis approaches to characterize living biotic-abiotic materials with temporally programmable actuation.  Faculty and trainees from UC Santa Barbara, the University of San Diego, Syracuse University, and Rochester Institute of Technology participated as part of our NSF-sponsored DMREF award.

Group-driven data analysis and software development
Group-driven data analysis and software development

Our hackathon platform supports training in data science, FAIR standards, and common frameworks for describing and disseminating materials innovations to accelerate and democratize materials discovery and optimization. 

Group Photo
Group Photo