Cassie Kelly
Acoustically Triggered Nanorobotics Hold Promise for Cancer Treatment
Many incredible cancer-fighting drugs and treatments have been developed in the past few decades, and on paper, they seem like they hold...
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CASSANDRA J. KELLY
Cassie Kelly
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Engineering the Next-Generation Space Station
When it was launched in 1998, the International Space Station was only meant to be in commission for 15 years. It was built during the...
Cassie Kelly
Jul 12, 20213 min read
A Tougher Skin for Stealth Aircraft
It takes rigorous training and testing, an acute level of skill, and costs up to $10 million to train a stealth fighter jet pilot, making...
Cassie Kelly
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Engineers Learn the Secret of Syncing
There’s a rhythm to life that almost every living and non-living thing can tap into. Many species of schooling fish will swim in unison,...
Cassie Kelly
Jun 21, 20214 min read
Engineering a Refrigerator for Space Travel
If there is one thing that almost everyone knows about the lifestyle of astronauts in space, it’s that the cuisine is not ideal. This is...
Cassie Kelly
Apr 27, 20213 min read
Preparing a Robotic Fleet for Future Mars Missions
Although Perseverance was set off on a mission to study when life could have existed on Mars, many humans are watching and wondering...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 29, 20213 min read
Novel 3D-Printing Technique Could Hasten Bone-Graft Recovery
Engineers all over the world are convening on the best techniques for growing organs, tissues, and blood vessels using human cells–and...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 12, 20213 min read
3D-Printed Algae Boosts Regenerative Medicine
In many ways, regenerative medicine is the next engineering frontier. But, one continued challenge of developing tissues and organs in...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 7, 20215 min read
9 Bioinspired Medical Technologies
Biomimicry, or bioinspiration, is proving to be an effective approach to reimagining technology, especially in biomedical engineering. We...
Cassie Kelly
Oct 18, 20203 min read
Tubular Robot Maneuvers Through the Body
Vine robots are a promising emerging technology for search and rescue missions. Able to grow to great lengths, these growing robots can...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 27, 20204 min read
Digitization Opens Door to Collaboration During COVID-19
Industry and government leaders know the key to sustainable growth and continuous innovation is to invest in the young minds that will...
Cassie Kelly
Jul 22, 20204 min read
Smart Habitats for Sustained Lunar Living
With five years and up to $15 million of NASA funding locked up, Purdue University's Resilient Extra Terrestrial Habitats (RETH)...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 15, 20204 min read
Lab-Grown Meat: A Big Step Forward
Many of us have experienced the sizzle and aroma of steak on a grill. Now, we are one giant step closer to sourcing that meat from a lab...
Cassie Kelly
Mar 3, 20204 min read
3D-Printed Organs Nearing Clinical Trials
With the aid of 3D printing and electrospinning, a team of bioengineers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine lead by...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 23, 20203 min read
High-Speed Chameleon Tongue Redefines Soft Robots
A high-speed soft robotic “tongue” can spring out to five times its original length, snag a beetle crawling on the ground, and bring it...
Cassie Kelly
Jul 26, 20194 min read
3D Bioprinter Prints Healthy Skin onto Patients in Minutes
Skin is one organ that varies greatly from patient to patient. Unlike damaged livers or lungs, which can be replaced by a donor,...
Cassie Kelly
Jun 14, 20193 min read
How to Teach Soft Robot Navigation
Perception is a tricky thing. Humans use all their senses to learn about their location and the objects with which they interact. If one...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 25, 20194 min read
Ovipositor Inspires New Needle for Surgery
The same mechanism that enables a parasitic wasp to lay her eggs inside a caterpillar without killing it could one day help surgeons...
Cassie Kelly
Nov 12, 20183 min read
New Approach Improves Treatment of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer
Treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, is so difficult that less than 1 percent of children survive...
Cassie Kelly
Sep 4, 20184 min read
Low-Cost Haptic Needle Punctures Need for Expensive Training Gear
Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that take the longest to master. Which is why a new haptic device that simulates the insertion of a...
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