PikulLab

Disrupting energy storage, multifunctional materials, and robotics by understanding and exploiting electrochemistry and soft matter.

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

@deep29jariwala @OpticaWorldwide @PennEngineers @ESEatPenn Congrats!

[UW-Madison College of Engineering @UWMadEngr]

Inspired by the human body's circulatory system, @UWMechEngr’s @LabPikul created a liquid energy storage and delivery system that could power future robots and make chemical manufacturing more sustainable.

https://t.co/cWmgCQ1ZuF

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

We also turned it into a multifunctional actuator for the #softrobotics fans out there. Paper: https://t.co/JHlwu5eMBF

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

More batteries, fuel cells, and sustainable manufacturing solutions are using gases in electrochemical systems, but the standard gas diffusion electrodes cause consistent problems with kinetics and durability of these systems.

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

We put high concentrations of gases into electrolytes to eliminate the need to manage the challenging air-water-electrode interface, inspired by prior work on synthetic blood. We show that this approach provides a boost in the transport kinetics.

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

I'm sharing a recent collaboration with Lin Wang and Eric Detsi. We doubled the cycle life (2,000+) of magnesium ion battery anodes using a solid-liquid phase transition that heals anode damage during cycling at room temperature. https://t.co/2nNR4EMSWz

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

Great paper, and I learned a lot!

[Haozhi Qi @HaozhiQ]

Introducing tactile skin sim-to-real for dexterous in-hand translation!

We propose a simulation model for ReSkin, a magnetic tactile sensing skin. It can simulate ternary shear and binary normal forces.

More: https://t.co/fp2c86lnOZ

[Haozhi Qi @HaozhiQ]

Introducing tactile skin sim-to-real for dexterous in-hand translation!

We propose a simulation model for ReSkin, a magnetic tactile sensing skin. It can simulate ternary shear and binary normal forces.

More: https://t.co/fp2c86lnOZ

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

At ACS today and tomorrow. Let me know if you want to get coffee and beignets. Talking about our 750 wh/kg liquid catholytes for robots on Tuesday 11:30 AM Room 225 - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

Probably not a good use of money. Talked to several industrial companies electrifying and hydrogen is so far away from delivering what their customers want that they aren't even considering it. Better nonEV batteries would be a better investment. #politicsinengineering

[U.S. Department of Energy @ENERGY]

We have another big announcement today. For clean hydrogen. For jobs. And for the clean energy transition.

🟢 NEW—$750M to dramatically reduce the cost of clean hydrogen and directly support 1,500 new jobs.

https://t.co/6FrR0qSxVM

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

We're turning UW into an electrochemical powerhouse connected to heavy industry. More to come.

[UW-Madison College of Engineering @UWMadEngr]

Three new electrochemistry-focused research labs are up and running in @UWMechEngr. @LabPikul, @Kazyak_Lab and @LucaMastro89 are working together to develop new solutions in batteries, fuel cells, soft robotics and self-healing metals.

https://t.co/cXt7egkS4Z

[UW-Madison College of Engineering @UWMadEngr]

Three new electrochemistry-focused research labs are up and running in @UWMechEngr. @LabPikul, @Kazyak_Lab and @LucaMastro89 are working together to develop new solutions in batteries, fuel cells, soft robotics and self-healing metals.

https://t.co/cXt7egkS4Z

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

@kevin_t_turner @stach_eric Could use some metal healing

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

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[Deep Jariwala @deep29jariwala]

I think Google has lost the plot on AI. There's no way this level of debacle in an organization as big as Google can be solved without substantial clearing of the house. Also, I don't think that anyone seeking objective truth/facts/analysis will ever use Google AI products.

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

Join Sam Tawfick and I in our @Materials_MRS conversation with experts on Materials for Powering Miniature Robots on February 21. Hear from @awissa_bid at @EPrinceton, Marc Miskin at @PennEngineers and Minshen Zhu at https://t.co/jQyrub67i6 https://t.co/kFRAymBQp6

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

A great opportunity for #softrobotics researchers to showcase their work on shape morphing robots. Submit a poster to the workshop below at #IEEE #RoboSoft24. I will be talking about our work on electroadhesive clutches to program stiffness and shape in soft robots.

[UW-Madison College of Engineering @UWMadEngr]

A team led by @UWMechEngr’s @LabPikul has developed a new design for haptic systems that could deliver more realistic sensory experiences in virtual reality and boost exoskeletons, prosthetics, finger-gripping systems, and shape-shifting robots.

https://t.co/fqW7BIF77L

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

What an awesome and fun collaboration with Kevin and Ryan. This is just the beginning. Read it open access here: https://t.co/MMX67NC2hR

[Kevin T Turner @kevin_t_turner]

A nice article by Penn Engineering on our recent collaborative work with @LabPikul and Ryan Hayward at CU Boulder: A New Electroadhesive Clutch To Improve Haptics in Virtual Reality Gloves and Beyond https://t.co/NSEVAjE81O

[PikulLab @LabPikul]

@ParthaPMukherj1 @etslpurdue @PurdueEngineers Cool!

[Wes Chang @wesleykchang]

If anyone (primarily, electrochemists, battery engineers, materials scientists, electrolyte chemists, organic chemists, but also any other related field) wants to do a Postdoc in a fun, new lab with an exciting industry-funded project on Li metal batteries..DM me ASAP #aiche23