| Thursday, March 14 | |
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| 8:00-8:45am | Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00am | Opening Remarks |
| MODULE 1: Biomechanics, skin mechanics, and haptics | |
| 9:00-9:30am | Stability considerations in the control and design of active mechanical linkages Neelima Sharma, University of Chicago |
| 9:30-10:00am | Comparative biomechanics of mammalian skin using an engineering lens Andrew Schulz, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems |
| 10:00-10:30am | Coffee Break, posters on display |
| 10:30-11:00am | Textile soft robots for the upper extremity: actuation, materials, and evaluation Connor McCann, Harvard University |
| MODULE 2: Architected materials and textiles | |
| 11:00-11:30am | Textiles for soft wearable robots Vanessa Sanchez, Rice University |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Haptic knits: a new paradigm in wearable technologies Cosima du Pasquier, Stanford University |
| 12:00-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:00pm | Strength imparted from the pressure sensitivity of materials Andrew Gross, University of South Carolina |
| MODULE 3: Multifunctional materials and shape-shifting structures | |
| 2:00-2:30pm | High-speed sensing with stretchable optical waveguides Anastasia Koivikko, Cornell University |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Incorporating microsystems into human-scale wearable systems Sarah Bergbreiter, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Poster Session, coffee and snacks |
| 4:00-4:30pm | Multistability and non-local feedback in mutable mechanical metamaterials Michael Dimitriyev, Texas A&M University |
| 4:30-5:00pm | Fail fast – Serving athletes through innovation Joe Gault, Nike |
| 6:00pm | Invited speaker dinner |