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Alper Bozkurt Receives NSF Rules of Life Funding for Mussels Research
The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced funding for Alper Bozkurt’s mussels research under the Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges program.
Reflections on Ten Years of ASSIST
Ten years ago, the ASSIST team set out to create disruptive, always-on wearable devices that would enable continuous monitoring for chronic disease management. We achieved this through unique co-engineering of energy harvesting, low-power systems-on-chip, low-power sensing and integration on flexible platforms such as textiles. ASSIST built these systems to meet the requirements of several key chronic health concerns such as asthma, cardiac disease, diabetes, and wound monitoring.
Here a sensor, there a sensor…
Meet some ECE faculty members who are putting sensors to use in new ways. This post was originally published here. Sensor technologies can be used to...
ASSIST Center looks to a self-sufficient future
Nine years in, the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) has continued to lead the way in developing flexible, self-powering and wearable devices that will help both physicians and patients in monitoring human health across fields.
Using Liquid Metal to Turn Motion into Electricity – Even Underwater
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a soft and stretchable device that converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
Student earns elite spot at national lab for wearable medical device research
Travis Peters, a doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering at ASSIST Partner Institution Penn State, will spend a year researching wearable electronics for medical use at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of an elite program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Inkjet Printing Shows Promise As New Strategy For Making E-Textiles, Study Finds
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers demonstrated they could print layers of electrically conductive ink on polyester fabric to make an e-textile that could be used in the design of future wearable devices.