Editorial Board for section 'Actuator Materials'
- Actuators for Land Transport Section
- Aircraft Actuators Section
- Actuators for Medical Instruments Section
- Actuators for Robotics Section
- Actuators for Manufacturing Systems Section
- Actuator Materials Section
- High Torque/Power Density Actuators Section
- Precision Actuators Section
- Miniaturized and Micro Actuators Section
- Control Systems Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Members (41)

Interests: photo-thermal actuators; nanocomposites; modeling and control; polymer actuators; electromechanical/electro-chemical actuators; mems sensors and actuators; nanoelectromechanical systems; straintronics; carbon nanotubes; graphene; transition metal dichalcogenides; electroactive polymers
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Interests: piezoelectric actuators and ultrasonic motors; piezoelectric ceramic and polymer materials; magnetoelectric composite materials and magnetic sensors; 3D printing fabrication of piezoelectric composite materials and devices
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Interests: electroactive polymer actuators and sensors; carbon nanotubes; ionic polymer-metal composites; conducting polymers

Interests: electroactive polymers and piezoelectric actuators; NDE; biomimetics

Interests: piezoelectrics; ferroelectrics; thin films; processing-structure-properties; materials characterization; radiation effects; piezoceramics; piezoMEMS

Interests: design and development of light-weight structures for aerospace, automotive, and nuclear applications; multidisciplinary design optimization of aerospace and automotive systems; multi-scale simulation of nano-structured materials and composites at elevated temperature
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Interests: phononic materials: purely mechanical structures as well as phononic materials comprised of piezoelectric elements and other elements with electro-mechanical coupling
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Interests: piezoelectrics; ferroelectrics; actuators; modelling; ceramics; piezoceramics; piezocomposites

Interests: smart material-based actuators; dielectric elastomers; soft actuators

Interests: adaptive control; hysteresis; modelling; sliding mode control; smart material-based actuators

Interests: smart materials and structures; ultrasonic additive manufacturing
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Interests: dielectric elastomer actuators; electrostatic actuators; dielectric fluid actuators; transparent transmission systems; exoskeletons; hydrostatic transmissions; variable stiffness actuators; energy efficiency

Interests: piezoelectric actuator; piezoelectric mover; control of piezoelectric actuator; driver for piezoelectric actuator; near-field ultrasonic levitation; vibration-assisted machining
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Interests: 4D printing; smart materials and structures; 3D printing; mechanics of soft materials; soft robotics; flexible electronics
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Interests: piezoelectric actuators; ultrasonic motors; nano fabrications; ultrasonic sensors; micro/nano manipulations
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Interests: shape memory materials and technology; sensors and actuators; 4D printing
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Interests: lignin-derived resins; nanocellulose multifunctional composites; smart materials and devices, including electroactive polymers; power harvesting; soft actuators; biosensors; flexible electronics; smart optics
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Interests: electroactive polymer; ionic polymer-metal composite; metal hydride actuator
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Interests: carbon based electronics; bioelectronics; laser material processing; wearable flexible sensors; and medical device design
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Interests: smart soft matter; advanced photonics; optoelectronic materials; energy harvesting; biocompatible materials; nanoparticles; nanoengineering; device fabrication

Interests: stimuli-responsive materials; nanocomposites; sensors and actuators; soft materials; tomography
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Interests: plolymer based composites; composite structures; mechanical/electric/shapememory drived sensors/actuators; energy harvesting; multifunctional actuators

Interests: electroactive polymer; peizoelectric actuator; artificial muscles; shape memory actuators

Interests: smart materials and structural actuators; soft materials and structural actuators; sensors and actuators; biomimetics; soft robotics

Interests: mechatronics and micromechatronics; robotics and microrobotics; smart materials based systems; piezoelecticity and piezoelectric systems; actuators and microactuators; miniaturized sensors; modeling; control; estimation; observers; identification
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Interests: electrochemical devices (actutators, supercapacitor, batteries, solar fuel cell); electromechanical modelling; charge transfer in ionic liquid and nanomaterials (graphene, carbon nanotube, conducting polymers)

Interests: mechatronic systems; control systems; modeling; energy-based modeling and control; robust control; motion control; interaction control; self-sensing; smart materials; shape memory alloys; dielectric elastomers; soft actuators; soft robotics
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Interests: piezoelectrics; perovskites; ceramic processing; structure–properties relationships
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Interests: smart materials; adaptive structures; magnetorheological fluids (MRFs) and magnetorheological elastomers; MRE- and MRF-based structures and systems; adaptive vibration absorbers and isolators; smart composite and sandwich structures
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Interests: smart material systems; actuators; sensors; dielectric elastomers; shape memory alloys; elastocalorics
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