Nina Sinatra

Manufacturing 50,000+ face shields for frontline health care professionals during the COVID-19 crisis.

Designing soft fiber-reinforced robotic actuators for deep sea manipulation.

Flexible and durable hydraulic devices incorporating a strain-limiting nanofiber layer.

A novel fab approach for multi-modal nanotextiles, including polymer materials and orthogonal solutions.

Image: Karaghen Hudson

Photographic and sculptural collaboration with visual artist Carla Ciuffo.

Image: "Endless Horizontal"

Manufacturing polymer nanofibers using a bioinspired point-of-use system.

Image: Karaghen Hudson

Case studies: Exploring novel nanofiber topologies and designing point-and-shoot model garments.

Photoswitchable binary colloidal monolayers.

Using 3D printing to examine the acoustics of Asian elephant communication.

Using additive manufacturing and robot-controlled deposition to fabricate fibrous ceramic structures.