
Matthew Woodward
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Animals, as a consequence of evolution, employ multiple, complex, highly interconnected, locomotion…
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Animals, as a consequence of evolution, employ multiple, complex, highly interconnected, locomotion modes to overcome obstacles and move through unstructured environments; the individual contributions of which are not well understood. While roboticists have made great strides in enhancing robot performance, the focus has been on the control system (brain, sensors), and yet a significant gap still exists between robots and their biological counterparts. The Robot Locomotion & Biomechanics Laboratory at Tufts University focuses on enhancing robot mobility through a deeper understanding of the fundamental design methodologies employed by animals to combine locomotion modes (integrated multimodal locomotion), interact deterministically yet passively with the environment (morphological intelligence), and actuate their physical systems (advance actuation). Current projects include, adapting the complex, passive, multifunctional feet of desert locusts to enhance the dynamic surface interactions of terrestrial robots and support highly dynamic behaviors, studying how flying animals may use their physical systems (bodies) to transform relatively simple inputs into complex non-linear outputs through an understanding of the unsteady aerodynamics, and understand how swarms communicate and create complex structures.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Animals, as a consequence of evolution, employ multiple, complex, highly interconnected, locomotion…
Research Interests: biomaterials, drug delivery, micro/nanofabrication, tissue engineering
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
biomaterials, drug delivery, micro/nanofabrication, tissue engineering
Research Interests: Research in my laboratory focuses on mineralized tissue development, homeostasis, disease and regeneration. Our research models include the zebrafish, Danio rerio, mammalian models including pig, mouse and rat, human healthy and diseased tissues, and three dimensions (3D) in vitro and in vivo tissue engineering models for human cartilage, bone and tooth tissue engineering.
Professor
Orthodontics
Research in my laboratory focuses on mineralized tissue development, homeostasis, disease and…
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research Interests: nanobiofabrication, smart biopolymers, BioMEMS, material science
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
nanobiofabrication, smart biopolymers, BioMEMS, material science
Professor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: medical devices, new product development, biomaterials, polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry
Professor of the Practice
Biomedical Engineering
medical devices, new product development, biomaterials, polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry
Research Interests: Innovation, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, impact investing, racial justice investing, gender equity investing, and related topics.
Part-time Lecturer
Gordon Institute
Innovation, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, impact investing, racial justice investing, gender…
Professor of the Practice, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: novel polymer electrolytes for batteries, liquid crystal polymers, composite materials, materials science
Professor of the Practice
Mechanical Engineering
novel polymer electrolytes for batteries, liquid crystal polymers, composite materials, materials…