Liquid metal | Michael Dickey | TEDxNCSSM

Dr. Dickey received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Professor George Whitesides at Harvard University. He then joined the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University, where he is currently an Associate Professor. Dr. Dickey’s research interests include interdisciplinary problems that involve thin-films, interfaces, soft materials, and micro- and nanofabrication. His research has applications in a number of areas including stretchable electronics, smart materials, soft/biomimetic electronics, and energy harvesting. His research program seeks to understand structure-property relationships such that they can be harnessed in a useful manner and develop new unconventional approaches to fabricate and assemble structures – such as self-folding origami and 3-D printing of liquid metals.
Dr. Dickey received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Professor George Whitesides at Harvard University. He then joined the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University, where he is currently an Associate Professor. Dr. Dickey’s research interests include interdisciplinary problems that involve thin-films, interfaces, soft materials, and micro- and nanofabrication. His research has applications in a number of areas including stretchable electronics, smart materials, soft/biomimetic electronics, and energy harvesting. His research program seeks to understand structure-property relationships such that they can be harnessed in a useful manner and develop new unconventional approaches to fabricate and assemble structures – such as self-folding origami and 3-D printing of liquid metals.
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