Expertise

Areas of Research

  • Environmental Remediation
  • Functional Material Interfaces for Soft Robotics
  • Polymers and Soft Materials Initiative
  • Sensing
  • Stretchable Electronics

Dr. Amanda Koh’s group focuses on engineering multifunctional materials through the intentional design of interfaces. Current research focuses on materials for soft robotics, stretchable electronics, sensing, and environmental remediation.

Much of the current work in Koh’s lab focuses on developing soft materials, which are both deformable and have electronic, magnetic, or sensing capabilities.

Areas of Research:

  • Novel Materials for Soft Robotics and Stretchable Electronics
  • Magnetic Smart Fluids
  • Engineered Porous Material Interfaces

Research Areas

  • Advanced Materials
  • Biomedical Devices
  • Composite Materials
  • Engineering Education and Pedagogy
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Fluid Mechanics (and Aerodynamics)
  • Materials Characterization/Microscopy
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Polymers
  • Smart Materials
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Quality
  • Wearable Technologies
Degrees
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chemical Engineering, 2016
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, 2011