2024 News

June 15, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Kwon on his PhD hooding at the UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division Commencement Ceremony

June 3, 2024

Great visit with collaborators at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA

April 22, 2024

Valentine Lab presents at the Spring BASF-CARA meeting at UC Berkeley

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 28, 2024

Prof. Valentine presents:  Harnessing Cytoskeletal Contraction for Actuation