Research area
Materials & Engineering
Materials, manufacturing, sensing and engineered systems, including infrastructure technologies.
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Evidence date ·Industrial waste and the right mix for affordable crack repair
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2022 review connects waste reuse with several crack-healing approaches, whose usefulness depends on concrete mix design, treatment and environmental conditions.
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Evidence date ·How combining materials can shape a support for growing bone
Peer-Reviewed PaperA January 2021 review explains how particles, pores and water-holding networks serve tissue repair, and why those properties cannot establish patient benefits.
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Evidence date ·A natural polymer gives self-healing materials more places to connect
Peer-Reviewed PaperWhat strength, stiffness and 86% recovery mean in a lignin polymer study—and why UV absorption suggests a possible role in protective coatings.
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Evidence date ·Teaching AI to connect fiber arrangements with material behavior
Peer-Reviewed PaperPhysics-based rankings guide AI pretraining, while images add detail beyond numbers. Two datasets test the approach in computational materials design.
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Evidence date ·Working backward from the properties a fungal material needs
Review or Meta-AnalysisA review proposes linking measurable fungal traits with computer search, modeling, and simpler descriptions to design materials for particular uses.
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Evidence date ·An added molecule opens up the design of moldable gels
Peer-Reviewed PaperMaterials research reports how molecular rings reinforce gels and allow ingredient changes; application performance needs evidence beyond the abstract.
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Evidence date ·From stiff pine bark to a woven jacket prototype
Peer-Reviewed PaperA 2021 bark jacket restricted arm movement. Weaving offered flexibility, but durability and differences between tree species remain hurdles.
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Evidence date ·How concrete fills its own cracks and what makes the repair work
Review or Meta-AnalysisWater, bacteria and capsules can help concrete fill cracks. A 2022 review explains why leakage tests and strength tests tell different stories.
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Evidence date ·How arranging carbon inside plastic changes where heat can go
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2021 review explores connected heat paths through plastic layers, electrical insulation, and the gap between material tests and practical cooling components.
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Evidence date ·From flowing earth paste to small, hardened printed shapes
Peer-Reviewed PaperExplore the binders that make an earth-based paste printable, how molded and printed strengths compare, and why environmental benefits remain unverified.