Cassie Kelly
This is 29
Today is my 29th birthday: a brutal age for a woman. It’s the year she becomes stuck in time. “It’s my 29th birthday… again!” She’ll joke...
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CASSANDRA J. KELLY
Cassie Kelly
May 10, 20222 min read
Mother's Day & Roe v. Wade
This Mother's Day was a conflicted one. I am not a mother. Yet there is an intense pressure, an almost gravitational force, pushing me...
Cassie Kelly
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Wild Violets
I often feel like my emotions are cyclical – as if there are core memories imprinted on my genome that reverberate throughout my life....
Cassie Kelly
Mar 14, 20223 min read
Robot Performs Laparoscopic Surgery
Autonomous robots are driving cars and sorting recycling, but a team at Johns Hopkins University has been developing a robot for a much...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Challenging Constraints of Designing a Deep-Sea Rover
The deep-sea is widely thought of as the harshest environment on Earth. With extreme pressure, no sunlight, and internal waves the size...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 18, 20224 min read
Sensing 3D Printing Flaws Can Make AM More Accepted
One drawback to 3D printing for industries such as aerospace, automotive, or medicine is that there simply is no inexpensive way to...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 9, 20222 min read
My Metaphorical Stage
It has officially been one year since I decided to stop getting in the way of my dreams. One year of finalizing and polishing my first...
Cassie Kelly
Jan 5, 20223 min read
How Artificial Reality Could Help Control Prostheses
For many people with amputations, robotic prostheses hold the promise of some measure of restored functionality. Controlling those...
Cassie Kelly
Dec 12, 20212 min read
The Book of my Heart
I have been writing the book of my heart for almost eight years, and I'm about to start querying agents! This little book explores things...
Cassie Kelly
Nov 8, 20213 min read
Holograms You Can Touch
Virtual reality developers have been dreaming of a holographic gaming experience since Star Trek’s “Holodeck” first appeared on TV in the...
Cassie Kelly
Nov 2, 20213 min read
An Octopus-Inspired Soft Robot Uses Origami Principles
The principles of the ancient practice of origami still hold great influence in modern-day mechanics. For Renee Zhao, assistant professor...
Cassie Kelly
Oct 10, 20213 min read
IoT Bolsters Weather Forecasting for Farmers
One of the greatest threats to the future of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is farm runoff of fertilizers and pesticides that damage the...
Cassie Kelly
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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...
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)...
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