Some of ongoing research in our lab are:

• Design, implementation, and control of magnetically levitated microrobots

                Pick-and-place of object using our floating micro-robot !!

• Drug delivery and microsurgery in the human body using magnetically driven microrobots
 

• Remote-Controlled Disposable Microrobot to Implement Toxicity-Type Laboratory Experiments: This research aims at developing a novel technology to remotely manipulate biohazardous materials and specimens during implementation of a laboratory experiment using a wireless microrobot.
 

• Cost-effective Prosthetic Leg (structural design, sensory system, and controller)

 

• Non-Destructive Testing using integrated electromagnetic field and eddy current

 

 

 

 

 

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The effect of induced eddy current on the magnetic field that can be detected by our proposed sensor. a) homogeneous material, b) non homogeneous (or cracks) material.
 

• Automatic focusing mechanism for microscopy using electrorestrictive materials
 

• Development of a Novel Electromagnetic Damper for Automotive Suspension

In most dampers, the energy is converted into heat and dissipated without being used; in our electromagnetic dampers, the dissipated energy can be stored as electrical energy. Electromagnetic dampers can function as sensors and actuators simultaneously, they are self-powered, active shock absorbers. Babak Ebrahimi (Ph.D. Candidate)