Spinks, Geoff M.

Overview

Geoff Spinks received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 1990 for his work on the mechanical behaviour of polymers and he has maintained a research interest in this area specialising in mechanical actuator materials (artificial muscles). Geoff is currently the Challenge Leader for Making Future Industries in the University of Wollongong's Global Challenges Program and Director of UOW Makerspace. Geoff has published over 230 journal articles, including 6 co-authored articles in Science magazine. As at December 2019, he had in excess of 13,000 citations and an "h-index" of 55. Geoff has worked closely with industry including sabbatical leave with BHP Research and Allied Signal Inc. (USA) and collaborative projects funded by industry and through the ARC Linkage and CRC schemes. Geoff has had a strong engagement with teaching across all levels of engineering materials and was co-founder of UoW’s bachelor degrees in Nanotechnology. He has supervised 25 PhD, 7 Masters and over 50 final year / honours students to completion. His current interests include new product development (such as medical devices and prosthetics) and new manufacturing methods (such as 3D printing) that utilise his artificial muscle materials.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2014	Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread Published in Science
2012	Electrically, chemically, and photonically powered torsional and tensile actuation of hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles Published in Science
2011	Torsional carbon nanotube artificial muscles Published in Science
2012	Synergistic toughening of composite fibres by self-alignment of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes Published in Nature Communications
2011	Progress toward robust polymer hydrogels
2013	Effect of first network topology on the toughness of double network hydrogels Published in Macromolecules

Research Areas

Research Overview

Manufacturing innovation, Smart materials, Actuators and artificial muscles, Additive manufacturing, Mechanical properties of polymers

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Coaxial mussel-inspired biofibers: Making of a robust and efficacious depot for cancer drug delivery Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 8 Pages 5064 - 5079 Altmetric
2020	Experimental evaluation and analytical model of the pressure generated by elastic compression garments on a deformable human limb analogue Published In Medical Engineering and Physics Altmetric
2020	Porous PNIPAm hydrogels: Overcoming diffusion-governed hydrogel actuation Published In Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical Volume 301 Altmetric
2020	Thermally actuated hydrogel bead based braided artificial muscle Published In Smart Materials and Structures Volume 29 Altmetric
2020	Wearable Electronic Textiles from Nanostructured Piezoelectric Fibers Published In Advanced Materials Technologies Altmetric
2019	3D Printable Linear Soft Vacuum Actuators: Their Modeling, Performance Quantification and Application in Soft Robotic Systems Published In IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Volume 24 Pages 2118 - 2129 ISSN 1083-4435 Altmetric
2019	A 3D-Printed Omni-Purpose Soft Gripper Published In IEEE Transactions on Robotics Volume 35 Pages 1268 - 1275 ISSN 1552-3098 Altmetric
2019	Advanced Actuator Materials Powered by Biomimetic Helical Fiber Topologies Published In Advanced Materials Volume Online First Pages 1904093-1 - 1904093-13 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Bio-Inspired Stretchable and Contractible Tough Fiber by the Hybridization of GO/MWNT/Polyurethane Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 31162 - 31168 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Biomimetic Thermal-sensitive Multi-transform Actuator Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 7905-1 - 7905-7 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Carbon Nanotube Yarn for Fiber-Shaped Electrical Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Storage for Smart Systems Published In Advanced Materials Volume Online First Pages 1902670 -1 - 1902670 -14 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Carbon nanotube and graphene fiber artificial muscles Published In Nanoscale Advances Volume 1 Pages 4592 - 4614 Altmetric
2019	Double Helix Actuators Published In Advanced Materials Technologies Volume 4 Pages 1800525-1 - 1800525-4 Altmetric
2019	Self-Healing Electrode with High Electrical Conductivity and Mechanical Strength for Artificial Electronic Skin Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 46026 - 46033 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Self-healing graphene oxide-based composite for electromagnetic interference shielding Published In Carbon Volume 155 Pages 499 - 505 ISSN 0008-6223 Altmetric
2019	Sheath-run artificial muscles Published In Science Volume 365 Pages 150 - 155 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2019	Triaxial braided piezo fiber energy harvesters for self-powered wearable technologies Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8245 - 8257 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2019	Understanding the assistive technology needs of people over 55: The future of mobility aids Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing Volume Online First Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 1440-6381 Altmetric
2019	Using force-displacement relations to obtain actuation parameters from artificial muscles Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 290 Pages 90 - 96 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2018	A Sequential Debonding Fracture Model for Hydrogen-Bonded Hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 56 Pages 1287 - 1293 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2018	A Soft Stretchable Sensor: Towards Peripheral Nerve Signal Sensing Published In MRS Advances Volume 3 Pages 1597 - 1602 Altmetric
2018	Bioinspired 3D Printable Soft Vacuum Actuators for Locomotion Robots, Grippers and Artificial Muscles Published In Soft Robotics Volume 5 Pages 685 - 694 Altmetric
2018	Harvesting electrical energy from torsional thermal actuation driven by natural convection Published In Scientific Reports Volume 8 Pages 8712-1 - 8712-7 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	Hydrogels Containing the Ferri/Ferrocyanide Redox Couple and Ionic Liquids for Thermocells Published In Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science Volume Online First Pages A - J ISSN 0004-9425 Altmetric
2018	The Bionic Bra: Using electromaterials to sense and modify breast support to enhance active living Published In Journal Of Rehabilitation And Assistive Technologies Engineering Volume 5 Pages 1 - 9 Altmetric
2018	Thermal actuation of hydrogels from PNIPAm, alginate, and carbon nanofibres Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 56 Pages 46 - 52 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2018	Thermally Responsive Torsional and Tensile Fiber Actuator Based on Graphene Oxide Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 32760 - 32764 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	Twist–coil coupling fibres for high stroke tensile artificial muscles Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 283 Pages 98 - 106 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2018	Weavable asymmetric carbon nanotube yarn supercapacitor for electronic textiles Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 8 Pages 13112 - 13120 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2017	3D printing of tough hydrogel composites with spatially varying materials properties Published In Additive Manufacturing Volume 14 Pages 24 - 30 Altmetric
2017	3D printing of transparent and conductive heterogeneous hydrogel-elastomer systems Published In Advanced Materials Volume 29 Pages 1604827 -1 - 1604827 -8 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2017	4D printing of reversible shape morphing hydrogel structures Published In Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Volume 302 Pages 1600212-1 - 1600212-9 ISSN 1438-7492 Altmetric
2017	A bladder-free, non-fluidic, conductive McKibben artificial muscle operated electrothermally Published In Smart Materials and Structures Volume 26 Pages 015011-1 - 015011-8 ISSN 0964-1726 Altmetric
2017	Effect of anisotropic thermal expansion on the torsional actuation of twist oriented polymer fibres Published In Polymer Volume 129 Pages 127 - 134 ISSN 0032-3861 Altmetric
2017	High-strength graphene and polyacrylonitrile composite fiber enhanced by surface coating with polydopamine Published In Composites Science and Technology Volume 149 Pages 280 - 285 ISSN 0266-3538 Altmetric
2017	In vivo biocompatibility of porous and non-porous polypyrrole based trilayered actuators Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Volume 28 Pages 172-1 - 172-10 ISSN 0957-4530 Altmetric
2017	Light-triggered soft artificial muscles: Molecular-level amplification of actuation control signals Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 9197 -1 - 9197 -8 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	The Suitability of 3-D Printed Eutectic Gallium-Indium Alloy as a Heating Element for Thermally Active Hydrogels Published In MRS Advances Volume 2 Pages 335 - 340 Altmetric
2017	Thermomechanical effects in the torsional actuation of twisted nylon 6 fiber Published In Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 134 Pages 45529-1 - 45529-7 ISSN 0021-8995 Altmetric
2017	Wet-Spun Biofiber for Torsional Artificial Muscles Published In Soft Robotics Volume 4 Pages 421 - 430 Altmetric
2016	3D printed flexure hinges for soft monolithic prosthetic fingers Published In Soft Robotics Volume 3 Pages 120 - 133 Altmetric
2016	3D/4D Printing Hydrogel Composites: A Pathway to Functional Devices Published In MRS Advances Volume 1 Pages 521 - 526 Altmetric
2016	Bio-inspired, moisture-powered hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles Published In Scientific Reports Volume 6 Pages 23016-1 - 23016-7 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2016	Bottom-up microfabrication process for individually controlled conjugated polymer actuators Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers Volume 230 Pages 818 - 824 ISSN 0925-4005 Altmetric
2016	Controlled and scalable torsional actuation of twisted nylon 6 fiber Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 54 Pages 1278 - 1286 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2016	Elastomeric and dynamic MnO2/CNT core-shell structure coiled yarn supercapacitor Published In Advanced Energy Materials Volume 6 Pages 1502119-1 - 1502119-8 ISSN 1614-6832 Altmetric
2016	Fabrication of a graphene coated nonwoven textile for industrial applications Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 6 Pages 73203 - 73209 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2016	Improvement of system capacitance via weavable superelastic biscrolled yarn supercapacitors Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Pages 13811-1 - 13811-8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	Knitted carbon-nanotube-sheath/spandex-core elastomeric yarns for artificial muscles and strain sensing Published In ACS Nano Volume 10 Pages 9129 - 9135 ISSN 1936-0851 Altmetric
2016	Mechanical recoverability and damage process of ionic-covalent PAAm-alginate hybrid hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 54 Pages 53 - 63 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2016	New twist on artificial muscles Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 113 Pages 11709 - 11716 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2016	Shape-engineerable composite fibers and their supercapacitor application Published In Nanoscale Volume 8 Pages 1910 - 1914 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2016	Stretchable artificial muscles from coiled polymer fibers Published In Journal of Materials Research Volume 31 Pages 2917 - 2927 ISSN 0884-2914 Altmetric
2016	Synthesis and characterization of covalently linked graphene/chitosan composites Published In Journal of Metals Volume 68 Pages 384 - 390 ISSN 1047-4838 Altmetric
2016	Thermally activated paraffin-filled McKibben muscles Published In Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Volume 27 Pages 2508 - 2516 ISSN 1045-389X Altmetric
2016	Woven-yarn thermoelectric textiles Published In Advanced Materials Volume 28 Pages 5038 - 5044 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2015	4D printing with mechanically robust, thermally actuating hydrogels Published In Macromolecular Rapid Communications Volume 36 Pages 1211 - 1217 ISSN 1022-1336 Altmetric
2015	Characterisation of torsional actuation in highly twisted yarns and fibres Published In Polymer Testing Volume 46 Pages 88 - 97 ISSN 1873-2348 Altmetric
2015	Effect of tensile load on the actuation performance of pH-sensitive hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 53 Pages 218 - 225 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2015	Efficient, absorption-powered artificial muscles based on carbon nanotube hybrid yarns Published In Small Volume 11 Pages 3113 - 3118 ISSN 1613-6810 Altmetric
2015	Flexible, stretchable and weavable piezoelectric fiber Published In Advanced Engineering Materials Volume 17 Pages 1270 - 1275 ISSN 1438-1656 Altmetric
2015	Harvesting temperature fluctuations as electrical energy using torsional and tensile polymer muscles Published In Energy and Environmental Science Volume 8 Pages 3336 - 3344 ISSN 1754-5692 Altmetric
2015	Processable conducting graphene/chitosan hydrogels for tissue engineering Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 3 Pages 481 - 490 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2015	Stability of carbon nanotube yarn biofuel cell in human body fluid Published In Journal of Power Sources Volume 286 Pages 103 - 108 ISSN 0378-7753 Altmetric
2015	Stretchable, weavable coiled carbon nanotube/MnO2/polymer fiber solid-state supercapacitors Published In Scientific Reports Volume 5 Pages 9387-1 - 9387-6 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2015	The effect of geometry and material properties on the performance of a small hydraulic McKibben muscle system Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 234 Pages 150 - 157 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2015	Time-dependent mechanical properties of tough ionic-covalent hybrid hydrogels Published In Polymer Volume 65 Pages 253 - 261 ISSN 0032-3861 Altmetric
2014	All-solid-state carbon nanotube torsional and tensile artificial muscles Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology Volume 14 Pages 2664 - 2669 ISSN 1530-6984 Altmetric
2014	Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread Published In Science Volume 343 Pages 868 - 872 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2014	Electrically contractile polymers augment right ventricular output in the heart Published In Artificial Organs: replacement, recovery, and regeneration Volume 38 Pages 1034 - 1039 ISSN 0160-564X Altmetric
2014	Fishing for artificial muscles nets a very simple solution Published In The Conversation Pages 1 - 4
2014	Graphene oxide dispersions: tuning rheology to enable fabrication Published In Materials Horizons Volume 1 Pages 326 - 331 Altmetric
2014	High-power biofuel cell textiles from woven biscrolled carbon nanotube yarns Published In Nature Communications Volume 5 Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2014	Highly conductive carbon nanotube-graphene hybrid yarn Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 24 Pages 5859 - 5865 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2014	Hybrid carbon nanotube yarn artificial muscle inspired by spider dragline silk Published In Nature Communications Volume 5 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2014	Ionic electroactive polymer artificial muscles in space applications Published In Scientific Reports Volume 4 Pages 1 - 6 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2014	Molecular weight distribution of network strands in double network hydrogels estimated by mechanical testing Published In Polymer Volume 55 Pages 3037 - 3044 ISSN 0032-3861 Altmetric
2014	Optimization of the sequential polymerization synthesis method for polypyrrole films Published In Synthetic Metals Volume 189 Pages 53 - 56 ISSN 0379-6779 Altmetric
2014	Printed ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels from carrageenan and an epoxy amine Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 4 Pages 38088 - 38092 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2014	Stimuli-responsive hydrogel actuators Published In Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering Volume 9056 Altmetric
2014	Thin, tough, pH-sensitive hydrogel films with rapid load recovery Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 6 Pages 4109 - 4114 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2014	Three-dimensional printing fiber reinforced hydrogel composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 6 Pages 15998 - 16006 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2013	Comparative displacement study of bilayer actuators comprising of conducting polymers, fabricated from polypyrrole, poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene) or poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene) Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 193 Pages 48 - 53 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2013	Effect of first network topology on the toughness of double network hydrogels Published In Macromolecules Volume 46 Pages 6613 - 6620 ISSN 0024-9297 Altmetric
2013	Evaluation of encapsulating coatings on the performance of polypyrrole actuators Published In Smart Materials and Structures Volume 22 Pages 075005-1 - 075005-8 ISSN 0964-1726 Altmetric
2013	Extrusion printing of ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels with high toughness Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 1 Pages 4939 - 4946 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2013	Free-standing nanocomposites with high conductivity and extensibility Published In Nanotechnology Volume 24 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 0957-4484 Altmetric
2013	Mechanical properties of interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels based on hybrid ionically and covalently crosslinked networks Published In Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 130 Pages 2504 - 2513 ISSN 0021-8995 Altmetric
2013	Microstructures of conducting polymers: Patterning and actuation study Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 197 Pages 106 - 110 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2013	Niche markets can breathe new life into manufacturing Published In The Conversation Volume 28 May Pages 1 - 3
2013	Niobium nanowire yarns and their application as artificial muscles Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 23 Pages 4311 - 4316 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2013	Patterning and electrical interfacing of individually controllable conducting polymer microactuators Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers Volume 183 Pages 283 - 289 ISSN 0925-4005 Altmetric
2013	Polypyrrole stretchable actuators Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 51 Pages 57 - 63 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2013	Tensile testing of individual glassy, rubbery and hydrogel electrospun polymer nanofibres to high strain using the atomic force microscope Published In Polymer Testing Volume 32 Pages 655 - 664 ISSN 1873-2348 Altmetric
2013	The future of manufacturing: niche doesn’t need to be small Published In The Conversation Volume 12 December Pages 1 - 3
2013	Ultrafast charge and discharge biscrolled yarn supercapacitors for textiles and microdevices Published In Nature Communications Volume 4 Pages 1970-1 - 1970-8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2012	A pH-sensitive, strong double-network hydrogel: Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylates-poly(acrylic acid) Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 50 Pages 423 - 430 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2012	Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres Published In Soft Matter Volume 8 Pages 8082 - 8087 ISSN 1744-683X Altmetric
2012	Deforming materials with light: Photoresponsive materials muscle in on the action Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition Volume 51 Pages 2285 - 2287 ISSN 1433-7851 Altmetric
2012	Electrically conductive, tough hydrogels with pH sensitivity Published In Chemistry of Materials Volume 24 Pages 3425 - 3433 ISSN 0897-4756 Altmetric
2012	Electrically, chemically, and photonically powered torsional and tensile actuation of hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles Published In Science Volume 338 Pages 928 - 932 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2012	Hybrid nanomembranes for high power and high energy density supercapacitors and their yarn application Published In ACS Nano Volume 6 Pages 327 - 334 ISSN 1936-0851 Altmetric
2012	Power to you: carbon nanotube muscles are going strong Published In The Conversation Volume 16 November Pages 1 - 3
2012	Preparation and characterization of hybrid conducting polymer-carbon nanotube yarn Published In Nanoscale Volume 4 Pages 940 - 945 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2012	Pushing the limits for microactuators based on electroactive polymers Published In IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems Volume 21 Pages 574 - 585 ISSN 1057-7157 Altmetric
2012	Synergistic toughening of composite fibres by self-alignment of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes Published In Nature Communications Volume 3 Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2012	The role of unbound oligomers in the nucleation and growth of electrodeposited polypyrrole and method for preparing high strength, high conductivity films Published In Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Volume 28 Pages 10891 - 10897 ISSN 0743-7463 Altmetric
2012	Three-dimensional nanofabrication of polystyrene by focused ion beam Published In Journal of Microscopy Volume 248 Pages 129 - 139 ISSN 0022-2720 Altmetric
2011	A reactive wet spinning approach to polypyrrole fibres Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry Volume 21 Pages 6421 - 6426 ISSN 0959-9428 Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2014 - 2020	ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Centres of Excellence
2011 - 2016	Mechanical Advantage: biomimetic artificial muscles for micro-machines. Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015	EU Horizon 2020 - MICACT -MicroACTuators Awarded by: Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Actions ITN Funding Scheme: Innovative Training Networks
2015	New generation cryogen-free physical property measurement system Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2014	Biopolymer Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Repair Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2011 - 2014	Controlling lymphoedema in an intelligent fashion Awarded by: National Breast Cancer Foundation Funding Scheme: Concept Award
2009	A universal nano tribometer for surface and thin film characterisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	An analytical field emission gun scattering electron microscope Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Pushing the limits: fabricating micro and nano actuators Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Liquid Mesh for Strata Control Awarded by: Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) Funding Scheme: Grant

Impact Story

UOW developed wearable tech to beat foreign fakes
Summary
Customers buying the finest wool-based clothing can confirm they’re getting what they paid for, thanks to technology developed by University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers, with the support of the NSW Government.Mittagong-based Bluey Merino has developed a Near Field Communications (NFC) label with the University to incorporate in its range of active and outdoor wear made with the softest rare grade, super-fine merino wool. Customers can scan the label with their mobile phones to confirm the origin of the wool in their new garment.Bluey Merino worked with the University of Wollongong as part of the NSW Government’s $18 million <a href="http://www.industry.nsw.gov.au/business-and-industry-in-nsw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boosting Business Innovation Program</a> to open up university research centres to local companies.“This is an outstanding example of a local company working with our university sector through the Boost program to deliver a true ‘value-add’ for our regional primary industry sector,” Deputy Premier and Minister for Industry John Barilaro said.“Throughout the world NSW products are renowned for their high quality so it’s critical that we guard against their counterfeiting with technology that guarantees their provenance. <a href="https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2019/uow-developed-wearable-tech-to-beat-foreign-fakes.php" title=" UOW developed wearable tech to beat foreign fakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Researchers work with Mittagong company to develop counterfeit-proof garments</a> UOW research lead Dr <a href="display/javad_foroughi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Javad Foroughi</a> said, “It has been a pleasure to collaborate with Andrew and to apply breakthrough research to real world problems. It also gave the PhD students a chance to interact with industry.”Bluey Merino’s next step is to develop body-sensing capabilities within their garments to monitor the wearer’s vitals such as blood pressure and temperature, with applications in fields including athletics, defence, healthcare and aged care.The Boosting Business Innovation Program connects the state’s businesses with the NSW university sector’s research and testing capabilities, helping push the development of new products and services and further strengthening the NSW economy.

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Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Materials in Soft Robotics
Doctor of Philosophy	Hydrogel Powered Yarn Type Artificial Muscles	Shepherd, David
Doctor of Philosophy	Self-Powered Smart Fabrics for Wearable Technologies	Mokhtari, Fatemeh
Doctor of Philosophy	Coaxial hydrogel structures for drug delivery to tumors	Talebian, Sepehr
Doctor of Philosophy	Neural Interfacing to Soft Robotic Hand	Montoya Gurrola, Gerardo
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Treatment of Movement Disorders Using Stem Cells and Neurotechnologies	Newbery, Michelle
Doctor of Philosophy	Identifying and Translating Intention of Prosthetic Hand Users into Control Signals using Machine Learning Techniques	Le, Hong Quan
Doctor of Philosophy	Electrospun 3D Nanofibres for Wound Healing/Tissue Engineering Applications	Aloko, Sinmisola

Keywords

manufacturing-innovation, smart-materials, actuators, artificial-muscles, additive-manufacturing, mechanical-properties-of-polymers,

Located In Facility

Innovation Campus, Building 235, Room 112F

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-9473 (pending confirmation)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

E-5612-2011

Scopus Id

7005653731

Top Publications

Year	Title
2014	Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread Published in Science
2012	Electrically, chemically, and photonically powered torsional and tensile actuation of hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles Published in Science
2011	Torsional carbon nanotube artificial muscles Published in Science
2012	Synergistic toughening of composite fibres by self-alignment of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes Published in Nature Communications
2011	Progress toward robust polymer hydrogels
2013	Effect of first network topology on the toughness of double network hydrogels Published in Macromolecules

Research Areas

Research Overview

Manufacturing innovation, Smart materials, Actuators and artificial muscles, Additive manufacturing, Mechanical properties of polymers

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Coaxial mussel-inspired biofibers: Making of a robust and efficacious depot for cancer drug delivery Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 8 Pages 5064 - 5079 Altmetric
2020	Experimental evaluation and analytical model of the pressure generated by elastic compression garments on a deformable human limb analogue Published In Medical Engineering and Physics Altmetric
2020	Porous PNIPAm hydrogels: Overcoming diffusion-governed hydrogel actuation Published In Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical Volume 301 Altmetric
2020	Thermally actuated hydrogel bead based braided artificial muscle Published In Smart Materials and Structures Volume 29 Altmetric
2020	Wearable Electronic Textiles from Nanostructured Piezoelectric Fibers Published In Advanced Materials Technologies Altmetric
2019	3D Printable Linear Soft Vacuum Actuators: Their Modeling, Performance Quantification and Application in Soft Robotic Systems Published In IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Volume 24 Pages 2118 - 2129 ISSN 1083-4435 Altmetric
2019	A 3D-Printed Omni-Purpose Soft Gripper Published In IEEE Transactions on Robotics Volume 35 Pages 1268 - 1275 ISSN 1552-3098 Altmetric
2019	Advanced Actuator Materials Powered by Biomimetic Helical Fiber Topologies Published In Advanced Materials Volume Online First Pages 1904093-1 - 1904093-13 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Bio-Inspired Stretchable and Contractible Tough Fiber by the Hybridization of GO/MWNT/Polyurethane Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 31162 - 31168 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Biomimetic Thermal-sensitive Multi-transform Actuator Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 7905-1 - 7905-7 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Carbon Nanotube Yarn for Fiber-Shaped Electrical Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Storage for Smart Systems Published In Advanced Materials Volume Online First Pages 1902670 -1 - 1902670 -14 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Carbon nanotube and graphene fiber artificial muscles Published In Nanoscale Advances Volume 1 Pages 4592 - 4614 Altmetric
2019	Double Helix Actuators Published In Advanced Materials Technologies Volume 4 Pages 1800525-1 - 1800525-4 Altmetric
2019	Self-Healing Electrode with High Electrical Conductivity and Mechanical Strength for Artificial Electronic Skin Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 46026 - 46033 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Self-healing graphene oxide-based composite for electromagnetic interference shielding Published In Carbon Volume 155 Pages 499 - 505 ISSN 0008-6223 Altmetric
2019	Sheath-run artificial muscles Published In Science Volume 365 Pages 150 - 155 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2019	Triaxial braided piezo fiber energy harvesters for self-powered wearable technologies Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8245 - 8257 ISSN 2050-7496 Altmetric
2019	Understanding the assistive technology needs of people over 55: The future of mobility aids Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing Volume Online First Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 1440-6381 Altmetric
2019	Using force-displacement relations to obtain actuation parameters from artificial muscles Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 290 Pages 90 - 96 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2018	A Sequential Debonding Fracture Model for Hydrogen-Bonded Hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 56 Pages 1287 - 1293 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2018	A Soft Stretchable Sensor: Towards Peripheral Nerve Signal Sensing Published In MRS Advances Volume 3 Pages 1597 - 1602 Altmetric
2018	Bioinspired 3D Printable Soft Vacuum Actuators for Locomotion Robots, Grippers and Artificial Muscles Published In Soft Robotics Volume 5 Pages 685 - 694 Altmetric
2018	Harvesting electrical energy from torsional thermal actuation driven by natural convection Published In Scientific Reports Volume 8 Pages 8712-1 - 8712-7 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	Hydrogels Containing the Ferri/Ferrocyanide Redox Couple and Ionic Liquids for Thermocells Published In Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science Volume Online First Pages A - J ISSN 0004-9425 Altmetric
2018	The Bionic Bra: Using electromaterials to sense and modify breast support to enhance active living Published In Journal Of Rehabilitation And Assistive Technologies Engineering Volume 5 Pages 1 - 9 Altmetric
2018	Thermal actuation of hydrogels from PNIPAm, alginate, and carbon nanofibres Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 56 Pages 46 - 52 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2018	Thermally Responsive Torsional and Tensile Fiber Actuator Based on Graphene Oxide Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 32760 - 32764 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	Twist–coil coupling fibres for high stroke tensile artificial muscles Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 283 Pages 98 - 106 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2018	Weavable asymmetric carbon nanotube yarn supercapacitor for electronic textiles Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 8 Pages 13112 - 13120 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2017	3D printing of tough hydrogel composites with spatially varying materials properties Published In Additive Manufacturing Volume 14 Pages 24 - 30 Altmetric
2017	3D printing of transparent and conductive heterogeneous hydrogel-elastomer systems Published In Advanced Materials Volume 29 Pages 1604827 -1 - 1604827 -8 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2017	4D printing of reversible shape morphing hydrogel structures Published In Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Volume 302 Pages 1600212-1 - 1600212-9 ISSN 1438-7492 Altmetric
2017	A bladder-free, non-fluidic, conductive McKibben artificial muscle operated electrothermally Published In Smart Materials and Structures Volume 26 Pages 015011-1 - 015011-8 ISSN 0964-1726 Altmetric
2017	Effect of anisotropic thermal expansion on the torsional actuation of twist oriented polymer fibres Published In Polymer Volume 129 Pages 127 - 134 ISSN 0032-3861 Altmetric
2017	High-strength graphene and polyacrylonitrile composite fiber enhanced by surface coating with polydopamine Published In Composites Science and Technology Volume 149 Pages 280 - 285 ISSN 0266-3538 Altmetric
2017	In vivo biocompatibility of porous and non-porous polypyrrole based trilayered actuators Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Volume 28 Pages 172-1 - 172-10 ISSN 0957-4530 Altmetric
2017	Light-triggered soft artificial muscles: Molecular-level amplification of actuation control signals Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 9197 -1 - 9197 -8 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	The Suitability of 3-D Printed Eutectic Gallium-Indium Alloy as a Heating Element for Thermally Active Hydrogels Published In MRS Advances Volume 2 Pages 335 - 340 Altmetric
2017	Thermomechanical effects in the torsional actuation of twisted nylon 6 fiber Published In Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 134 Pages 45529-1 - 45529-7 ISSN 0021-8995 Altmetric
2017	Wet-Spun Biofiber for Torsional Artificial Muscles Published In Soft Robotics Volume 4 Pages 421 - 430 Altmetric
2016	3D printed flexure hinges for soft monolithic prosthetic fingers Published In Soft Robotics Volume 3 Pages 120 - 133 Altmetric
2016	3D/4D Printing Hydrogel Composites: A Pathway to Functional Devices Published In MRS Advances Volume 1 Pages 521 - 526 Altmetric
2016	Bio-inspired, moisture-powered hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles Published In Scientific Reports Volume 6 Pages 23016-1 - 23016-7 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2016	Bottom-up microfabrication process for individually controlled conjugated polymer actuators Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers Volume 230 Pages 818 - 824 ISSN 0925-4005 Altmetric
2016	Controlled and scalable torsional actuation of twisted nylon 6 fiber Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 54 Pages 1278 - 1286 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2016	Elastomeric and dynamic MnO2/CNT core-shell structure coiled yarn supercapacitor Published In Advanced Energy Materials Volume 6 Pages 1502119-1 - 1502119-8 ISSN 1614-6832 Altmetric
2016	Fabrication of a graphene coated nonwoven textile for industrial applications Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 6 Pages 73203 - 73209 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2016	Improvement of system capacitance via weavable superelastic biscrolled yarn supercapacitors Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Pages 13811-1 - 13811-8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	Knitted carbon-nanotube-sheath/spandex-core elastomeric yarns for artificial muscles and strain sensing Published In ACS Nano Volume 10 Pages 9129 - 9135 ISSN 1936-0851 Altmetric
2016	Mechanical recoverability and damage process of ionic-covalent PAAm-alginate hybrid hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 54 Pages 53 - 63 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2016	New twist on artificial muscles Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 113 Pages 11709 - 11716 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2016	Shape-engineerable composite fibers and their supercapacitor application Published In Nanoscale Volume 8 Pages 1910 - 1914 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2016	Stretchable artificial muscles from coiled polymer fibers Published In Journal of Materials Research Volume 31 Pages 2917 - 2927 ISSN 0884-2914 Altmetric
2016	Synthesis and characterization of covalently linked graphene/chitosan composites Published In Journal of Metals Volume 68 Pages 384 - 390 ISSN 1047-4838 Altmetric
2016	Thermally activated paraffin-filled McKibben muscles Published In Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Volume 27 Pages 2508 - 2516 ISSN 1045-389X Altmetric
2016	Woven-yarn thermoelectric textiles Published In Advanced Materials Volume 28 Pages 5038 - 5044 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2015	4D printing with mechanically robust, thermally actuating hydrogels Published In Macromolecular Rapid Communications Volume 36 Pages 1211 - 1217 ISSN 1022-1336 Altmetric
2015	Characterisation of torsional actuation in highly twisted yarns and fibres Published In Polymer Testing Volume 46 Pages 88 - 97 ISSN 1873-2348 Altmetric
2015	Effect of tensile load on the actuation performance of pH-sensitive hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 53 Pages 218 - 225 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2015	Efficient, absorption-powered artificial muscles based on carbon nanotube hybrid yarns Published In Small Volume 11 Pages 3113 - 3118 ISSN 1613-6810 Altmetric
2015	Flexible, stretchable and weavable piezoelectric fiber Published In Advanced Engineering Materials Volume 17 Pages 1270 - 1275 ISSN 1438-1656 Altmetric
2015	Harvesting temperature fluctuations as electrical energy using torsional and tensile polymer muscles Published In Energy and Environmental Science Volume 8 Pages 3336 - 3344 ISSN 1754-5692 Altmetric
2015	Processable conducting graphene/chitosan hydrogels for tissue engineering Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 3 Pages 481 - 490 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2015	Stability of carbon nanotube yarn biofuel cell in human body fluid Published In Journal of Power Sources Volume 286 Pages 103 - 108 ISSN 0378-7753 Altmetric
2015	Stretchable, weavable coiled carbon nanotube/MnO2/polymer fiber solid-state supercapacitors Published In Scientific Reports Volume 5 Pages 9387-1 - 9387-6 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2015	The effect of geometry and material properties on the performance of a small hydraulic McKibben muscle system Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 234 Pages 150 - 157 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2015	Time-dependent mechanical properties of tough ionic-covalent hybrid hydrogels Published In Polymer Volume 65 Pages 253 - 261 ISSN 0032-3861 Altmetric
2014	All-solid-state carbon nanotube torsional and tensile artificial muscles Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology Volume 14 Pages 2664 - 2669 ISSN 1530-6984 Altmetric
2014	Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread Published In Science Volume 343 Pages 868 - 872 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2014	Electrically contractile polymers augment right ventricular output in the heart Published In Artificial Organs: replacement, recovery, and regeneration Volume 38 Pages 1034 - 1039 ISSN 0160-564X Altmetric
2014	Fishing for artificial muscles nets a very simple solution Published In The Conversation Pages 1 - 4
2014	Graphene oxide dispersions: tuning rheology to enable fabrication Published In Materials Horizons Volume 1 Pages 326 - 331 Altmetric
2014	High-power biofuel cell textiles from woven biscrolled carbon nanotube yarns Published In Nature Communications Volume 5 Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2014	Highly conductive carbon nanotube-graphene hybrid yarn Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 24 Pages 5859 - 5865 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2014	Hybrid carbon nanotube yarn artificial muscle inspired by spider dragline silk Published In Nature Communications Volume 5 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2014	Ionic electroactive polymer artificial muscles in space applications Published In Scientific Reports Volume 4 Pages 1 - 6 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2014	Molecular weight distribution of network strands in double network hydrogels estimated by mechanical testing Published In Polymer Volume 55 Pages 3037 - 3044 ISSN 0032-3861 Altmetric
2014	Optimization of the sequential polymerization synthesis method for polypyrrole films Published In Synthetic Metals Volume 189 Pages 53 - 56 ISSN 0379-6779 Altmetric
2014	Printed ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels from carrageenan and an epoxy amine Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 4 Pages 38088 - 38092 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2014	Stimuli-responsive hydrogel actuators Published In Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering Volume 9056 Altmetric
2014	Thin, tough, pH-sensitive hydrogel films with rapid load recovery Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 6 Pages 4109 - 4114 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2014	Three-dimensional printing fiber reinforced hydrogel composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 6 Pages 15998 - 16006 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2013	Comparative displacement study of bilayer actuators comprising of conducting polymers, fabricated from polypyrrole, poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene) or poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene) Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 193 Pages 48 - 53 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2013	Effect of first network topology on the toughness of double network hydrogels Published In Macromolecules Volume 46 Pages 6613 - 6620 ISSN 0024-9297 Altmetric
2013	Evaluation of encapsulating coatings on the performance of polypyrrole actuators Published In Smart Materials and Structures Volume 22 Pages 075005-1 - 075005-8 ISSN 0964-1726 Altmetric
2013	Extrusion printing of ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels with high toughness Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 1 Pages 4939 - 4946 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2013	Free-standing nanocomposites with high conductivity and extensibility Published In Nanotechnology Volume 24 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 0957-4484 Altmetric
2013	Mechanical properties of interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels based on hybrid ionically and covalently crosslinked networks Published In Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 130 Pages 2504 - 2513 ISSN 0021-8995 Altmetric
2013	Microstructures of conducting polymers: Patterning and actuation study Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Volume 197 Pages 106 - 110 ISSN 1873-3069 Altmetric
2013	Niche markets can breathe new life into manufacturing Published In The Conversation Volume 28 May Pages 1 - 3
2013	Niobium nanowire yarns and their application as artificial muscles Published In Advanced Functional Materials Volume 23 Pages 4311 - 4316 ISSN 1616-301X Altmetric
2013	Patterning and electrical interfacing of individually controllable conducting polymer microactuators Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers Volume 183 Pages 283 - 289 ISSN 0925-4005 Altmetric
2013	Polypyrrole stretchable actuators Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 51 Pages 57 - 63 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2013	Tensile testing of individual glassy, rubbery and hydrogel electrospun polymer nanofibres to high strain using the atomic force microscope Published In Polymer Testing Volume 32 Pages 655 - 664 ISSN 1873-2348 Altmetric
2013	The future of manufacturing: niche doesn’t need to be small Published In The Conversation Volume 12 December Pages 1 - 3
2013	Ultrafast charge and discharge biscrolled yarn supercapacitors for textiles and microdevices Published In Nature Communications Volume 4 Pages 1970-1 - 1970-8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2012	A pH-sensitive, strong double-network hydrogel: Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylates-poly(acrylic acid) Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 50 Pages 423 - 430 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2012	Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres Published In Soft Matter Volume 8 Pages 8082 - 8087 ISSN 1744-683X Altmetric
2012	Deforming materials with light: Photoresponsive materials muscle in on the action Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition Volume 51 Pages 2285 - 2287 ISSN 1433-7851 Altmetric
2012	Electrically conductive, tough hydrogels with pH sensitivity Published In Chemistry of Materials Volume 24 Pages 3425 - 3433 ISSN 0897-4756 Altmetric
2012	Electrically, chemically, and photonically powered torsional and tensile actuation of hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles Published In Science Volume 338 Pages 928 - 932 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2012	Hybrid nanomembranes for high power and high energy density supercapacitors and their yarn application Published In ACS Nano Volume 6 Pages 327 - 334 ISSN 1936-0851 Altmetric
2012	Power to you: carbon nanotube muscles are going strong Published In The Conversation Volume 16 November Pages 1 - 3
2012	Preparation and characterization of hybrid conducting polymer-carbon nanotube yarn Published In Nanoscale Volume 4 Pages 940 - 945 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2012	Pushing the limits for microactuators based on electroactive polymers Published In IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems Volume 21 Pages 574 - 585 ISSN 1057-7157 Altmetric
2012	Synergistic toughening of composite fibres by self-alignment of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes Published In Nature Communications Volume 3 Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2012	The role of unbound oligomers in the nucleation and growth of electrodeposited polypyrrole and method for preparing high strength, high conductivity films Published In Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Volume 28 Pages 10891 - 10897 ISSN 0743-7463 Altmetric
2012	Three-dimensional nanofabrication of polystyrene by focused ion beam Published In Journal of Microscopy Volume 248 Pages 129 - 139 ISSN 0022-2720 Altmetric
2011	A reactive wet spinning approach to polypyrrole fibres Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry Volume 21 Pages 6421 - 6426 ISSN 0959-9428 Altmetric

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Year	Title
2014 - 2020	ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Centres of Excellence
2011 - 2016	Mechanical Advantage: biomimetic artificial muscles for micro-machines. Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015	EU Horizon 2020 - MICACT -MicroACTuators Awarded by: Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Actions ITN Funding Scheme: Innovative Training Networks
2015	New generation cryogen-free physical property measurement system Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2014	Biopolymer Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Repair Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2011 - 2014	Controlling lymphoedema in an intelligent fashion Awarded by: National Breast Cancer Foundation Funding Scheme: Concept Award
2009	A universal nano tribometer for surface and thin film characterisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	An analytical field emission gun scattering electron microscope Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Pushing the limits: fabricating micro and nano actuators Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Liquid Mesh for Strata Control Awarded by: Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) Funding Scheme: Grant

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UOW developed wearable tech to beat foreign fakes
Summary
Customers buying the finest wool-based clothing can confirm they’re getting what they paid for, thanks to technology developed by University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers, with the support of the NSW Government.Mittagong-based Bluey Merino has developed a Near Field Communications (NFC) label with the University to incorporate in its range of active and outdoor wear made with the softest rare grade, super-fine merino wool. Customers can scan the label with their mobile phones to confirm the origin of the wool in their new garment.Bluey Merino worked with the University of Wollongong as part of the NSW Government’s $18 million <a href="http://www.industry.nsw.gov.au/business-and-industry-in-nsw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boosting Business Innovation Program</a> to open up university research centres to local companies.“This is an outstanding example of a local company working with our university sector through the Boost program to deliver a true ‘value-add’ for our regional primary industry sector,” Deputy Premier and Minister for Industry John Barilaro said.“Throughout the world NSW products are renowned for their high quality so it’s critical that we guard against their counterfeiting with technology that guarantees their provenance. <a href="https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2019/uow-developed-wearable-tech-to-beat-foreign-fakes.php" title=" UOW developed wearable tech to beat foreign fakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Researchers work with Mittagong company to develop counterfeit-proof garments</a> UOW research lead Dr <a href="display/javad_foroughi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Javad Foroughi</a> said, “It has been a pleasure to collaborate with Andrew and to apply breakthrough research to real world problems. It also gave the PhD students a chance to interact with industry.”Bluey Merino’s next step is to develop body-sensing capabilities within their garments to monitor the wearer’s vitals such as blood pressure and temperature, with applications in fields including athletics, defence, healthcare and aged care.The Boosting Business Innovation Program connects the state’s businesses with the NSW university sector’s research and testing capabilities, helping push the development of new products and services and further strengthening the NSW economy.

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Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Materials in Soft Robotics
Doctor of Philosophy	Hydrogel Powered Yarn Type Artificial Muscles	Shepherd, David
Doctor of Philosophy	Self-Powered Smart Fabrics for Wearable Technologies	Mokhtari, Fatemeh
Doctor of Philosophy	Coaxial hydrogel structures for drug delivery to tumors	Talebian, Sepehr
Doctor of Philosophy	Neural Interfacing to Soft Robotic Hand	Montoya Gurrola, Gerardo
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Treatment of Movement Disorders Using Stem Cells and Neurotechnologies	Newbery, Michelle
Doctor of Philosophy	Identifying and Translating Intention of Prosthetic Hand Users into Control Signals using Machine Learning Techniques	Le, Hong Quan
Doctor of Philosophy	Electrospun 3D Nanofibres for Wound Healing/Tissue Engineering Applications	Aloko, Sinmisola

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manufacturing-innovation, smart-materials, actuators, artificial-muscles, additive-manufacturing, mechanical-properties-of-polymers,

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Innovation Campus, Building 235, Room 112F

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http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-9473 (pending confirmation)

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E-5612-2011

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7005653731

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