The LPES Lab participated in the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), held in Atlanta, Georgia, where faculty and students presented recent research in flexible and printed electronics. Prof. Joseph Andrews delivered an invited presentation on the lab’s latest research activities. Zahra Bahrami and Chenkun Lyu each presented oral …
LPES is proud to announce that Kevin Schnittker has successfully defended his PhD thesis! We are grateful for his time here for the academic endeavors he has made and in guiding and helping our fellow lab members. Congratulations on this wonderful milestone!
Beiyi Wang received the top student paper award at the IEEE FLEPS 2025 conference in Singapore! Beiyi’s work includes the development of a new printable crumpled graphene ink, which was developed in collaboration with Professor Claudia-F. López Cámara’s research group at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Her work showed that the increased surface area provided …
Jeneel achieved the 2nd Best Student Paper Award for his work on a flexible-hybrid electronic headband. The paper, which is a collaboration with Team Wendy and Brown University under the Panther Program, presents a headband that monitors head kinematics and can help detect the risks of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This is a great …
On April 24, our undergraduate research assistants presented their work, “Aerosol Jet Printed Electrochemical Transistors for Neuromorphic Computing Applications.” Strahinja and Haoyi were selected to be a part of the 34 research posters from the ECE department. Their work focuses on implementing neuromorphic devices by aerosol jet printing: a versatile electronic printing technique. They work …
We had the great opportunity to give showcase of the kind of work we do at UW-Madison’s EXPO 2025! Our exhibit presented moisture sensors, an LED circuit workshop, and a make-your-own parachute over the course of 2 days on April 11-12. We had a lovely time introducing new concepts to the visitors
We are thrilled to announce that Zahra Bahrami has recently published an important paper in Advanced Optical Materials. Her research introduces a novel solution-processed hybrid phototransistor that combines semiconducting carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) using an innovative crystallization technique. The device exhibits exceptional sensitivity to low-intensity visible light, achieving a photoresponsivity of 3.53 × …
On November 19, 2024, the LPES Lab participated in the Thoreau Elementary Family Science Night, bringing hands-on science and engineering to the curious minds at Thoreau Elementary School. Through engaging activities like a conductive maze, a flexible printed piano, and a pressure sensor demonstration, our team introduced young scientists to innovative circuit fabrication techniques and …
On October 15, 2024, LPES Laboratory had the privilege of participating in the Wisconsin Science Festival. During the event, we engaged young students by showcasing various scientific concepts and technologies. Our demonstrations included the natural nitrate cycle, an Arduino-based soil moisture sensor, and a cutting-edge soil nitrate monitoring device developed using printed electronics technology. We …
Our paper on using PVDF membranes to enable direct nitrate sensing in soil media has been selected as the cover article for the September issue of Advanced Materials Technologies. Congratulations to Kuan-Yu Chen and all of the co-authors on the work. Check out the full paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admt.202301140