Anoop Rajappan

Mechanical Engineer, Assistant Professor at @Tulane. Previously grad student at @MITMechE, postdoc at @ricePILab, @RiceMECH.

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Congratulations @Zhen_Skyii on successfully defending your PhD thesis in @RiceMECH today! One of the first three members of @ricePILab, Zhen's work has given us a new understanding of the impact of surface contamination, and also how to avoid it.

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Nice coverage from @RiceUNews today on our recent work deploying soft foams for fluidic sensing and computation! The paper, led by @ranoop93 with @Zhen_Skyii, @Fayeyap25, and @rasheed_rawand, is out now in Advanced Functional Materials @AdvSciNews.

https://t.co/UZbu6xlK0d

[Rice Engineering and Computing @RiceEngineering]

Rice engineers have discovered benefits of using foam-based fluidic circuits in next-generation soft robotics and wearable technologies, making devices less dependent on bulky components such as motors and batteries.
https://t.co/gMKSilzUs9

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Happy to share our work led by @ranoop93 on fluidic resistors made from soft porous foams for embedded sensing and control in #softrobots and #wearables, out today in @WileyVCH Advanced Functional Materials: https://t.co/N6gwUbqNp3

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

The @RiceMECH NHTL and @ricePILab show Teflon AF–coated nanotextured aluminum surfaces for "jumping droplet" thermal rectification in our new paper published today: https://t.co/DaCqRc1aUN

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Our work in @CellRepPhysSci, led by @Fayeyap25, shows that elastomer curing speed doubles with each 10 °C increase in temperature while retaining mechanical properties. Story by @RiceUNews: https://t.co/RIpzd995t6

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

Thermally accelerated curing of platinum-catalyzed elastomers
Research by @ProfDanPreston & colleagues in @CellRepPhysSci #S24MRS https://t.co/jEM8ZUgzXT

[Rice University Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies @RiceGradSchool]

Exciting news in the realm of soft robotics! Researchers at Rice University, including graduate student Te Faye Yap, have devised a predictive model for the curing time of silicone elastomers. Read further: https://t.co/RSG3vTl0VJ

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Is it time to take another look at the osmotic heat pipe? Rick @thefontknows thinks so. Check out his review paper co-authored with our @AFResearchLab collaborators: https://t.co/BiOHMFhIxk

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

We show fluidic diodes made from lightweight flexible sheets, including #textiles, in a paper in @Advintellsyst published last week. Beyond simply enforcing one-way flow, they enable #logic, encoding, and rectification. https://t.co/yoDwN2KuWW

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Elastomer curing speed doubles with each 10 °C increase in temperature while retaining mechanical properties! To quantitatively understand how to speed up soft device/robot manufacturing, check out our work led by @Fayeyap25 in @CellRepPhysSci: https://t.co/Qi7nYANGe4

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Congrats @rasheed_rawand on the publication of your paper on multiplexed inertial coalescence filters with @ricePILab!

Rawand's company, Helix Earth Technologies (currently at @GreentownLabs in #Houston), is hiring for multiple engineering roles.

https://t.co/GOz7ZsujHe

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

We always check out the creative ideas featured in the #IgNobel Prize ceremony, and several of our "research role models" have won in the past... We're excited to join them! Congrats to @Fayeyap25 and the necrobotics team! https://t.co/Ek5re0z8ni

[Rice Engineering and Computing @RiceEngineering]

Developed by @RiceMECH PhD student @quisebell and @ProfDanPreston, this new material burns viruses and is safe for skin — enabling multiuse personal protective equipment: https://t.co/9CuFMCAQAF

[Rice University @RiceUniversity]

A wearable, textile-based device developed by Rice University engineers could help declutter and enhance inputs and in the case of impairments — compensate for deficiencies in visual and auditory inputs by tapping the sense of touch https://t.co/4KSpLFFxjO https://t.co/SbpZkXOYCe

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Congrats Marquise @quisebell on leading this work on thermally self-decontaminating #wearable #materials, published today in @ACS_AMI! https://t.co/lyU5A4ZFCT

[Rice University Mechanical Engineering @RiceMECH]

A group of Rice Mechanical Engineering researchers have tapped into the sense of touch to improve how wearable technology can communicate with its user.

Read via @InnoMapHou: https://t.co/Edo68eErVc

[DOE Office of Science @doescience]

Dusting off shelves is annoying, but it's nothing compared to keeping nanomaterials clean. Researchers @RiceUniversity have developed a new container to keep VOCs (molecules emitted from paints and cleaning projects) from building up on nanomaterials: https://t.co/zYnteZxSO9

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Our recent work led by @Zhen_Skyii has been highlighted by @doescience - check it out here:

[Daniel J Preston @ProfDanPreston]

Glad to have gotten this nice recognition (and breakfast tacos!) this morning, thanks to @riceccd and the students who nominated me.