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SOFT MACHINES LAB

PI: Carmel Majidi · cmajidi@andrew.cmu.edu

Department of Mechanical Engineering · Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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PUBLICATIONS
INTERNAL
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

[20] Z. Chen, C. Majidi, M. Haataja, D. J. Srolovitz, ``Tunable Helical Ribbons," Applied Physics Letters 98 011906 (2010). [link]

[19] C. Majidi, Y.-L. Park (co-first author), R. Kramer, P. Berard, R. J. Wood, ``Hyperelastic pressure sensing with a liquid-embedded elastomer," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 20 125029 (2010). [link]

[18] C. Majidi, R. J. Wood, ``Tunable elastic stiffness with micro-confined magnetorheological domains at low magnetic field," Applied Physics Letters 97 164104 (2010). [link]

[17] C. Majidi, M. Haataja, D. J. Srolovitz, ``Analysis and design principles for shear-mode piezoelectric energy harvesting with ZnO nanoribbons," Smart Materials and Structures 19 055027 (2010). [link]

[16] C. Majidi, G. G. Adams, ``Adhesion and delamination boundary conditions for elastic plates with arbitrary contact shape," Mechanics Research Communications 37 214-218 (2010). [link]

[15] R. Kramer, C. Majidi, R. J. Wood, ``Shear-mode Contact Splitting for a Microtextured Elastomer Film," Advanced Materials 22 3700-3703 (2010). [link]

[14] C. Majidi, Z. Chen, D. J. Srolovitz, M. Haataja, "Spontaneous Bending of Piezoelectric Nanoribbons: Mechanics, Polarization, and Space Charge Coupling," Journal of the Mechanics & Physics of Solids 58 73-85 (2010). [link]

[13] C. Majidi, K.-T. Wan, "Adhesion between Thin Cylindrical Shells with Parallel Axes," Journal of Applied Mechanics 77 041013 (2010). [link]

[12] C. Majidi, G. G. Adams, "A Simplified Formulation of Adhesion Problems with Elastic Plates," Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 465 2217-2230 (2009). [link]

[11] C. Majidi, "Shear Adhesion between an Elastica and a Rigid Flat Surface," Mechanics Research Communications 36 369-372 (2009). [link]

[10] C. Majidi, R. S. Fearing, "Adhesion of an elastic plate to a sphere," Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 464 1309-1317 (2008). [link]

[9] J. Lee, C. Majidi, B. Schubert, R. S. Fearing, "Sliding-induced adhesion of stiff polymer microfiber arrays. I. Macroscale behavior," Journal of the Royal Society Interface 5 835-844 (2008). [link]

[8] B. Schubert , J. Lee, C. Majidi, R. S. Fearing, "Sliding-induced adhesion of stiff polymer microfiber arrays. II. Microscale behavior," Journal of the Royal Society Interface 5 845-853 (2008). [link]

[7] C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, R. S. Fearing, "Analysis of Shaft-Loaded Membrane Delamination Using Stationary Principles," Mathematics & Mechanics of Solids 13 3-22 (2008). [link]

[6] C. Majidi, "Remarks on formulating an adhesion problem using Euler's elastica," Mechanics Research Communications 34 85-90 (2007). [link]

[5] A. M. Peattie, C. Majidi, A. Corder, R. J. Full, "Ancestrally high elastic modulus of gecko setal beta-keratin," Journal of the Royal Society Interface 4 1071-1076 (2007). [link]

[4] B. Schubert, C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, S. Baek, B. Bush, R. Maboudian, R. S. Fearing, "Towards Friction and Adhesion from High Modulus Microfiber Arrays," Journal of Adhesion Science & Technology 21 1297-1315 (2007). [link]

[3] C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, Y. Maeno, B. Schubert, S. Baek, B. Bush, R. Maboudian, N. Gravish, M. Wilkinson, K. Autumn, R. S. Fearing "High Friction from a Stiff Polymer using Micro-Fiber Arrays," Physical Review Letters 97 076103 (2006). [link]

[2] C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, R. S. Fearing, "Attachment of fiber array adhesive through side contact," Journal of Applied Physics 98 103521 (2005). [link]

[1] K. Autumn, C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, A. Dittmore, R. Fearing, "Effective elastic modulus of isolated gecko setal arrays," Journal of Experimental Biology 209 3558-3568 (2006). [link]



CONFERENCES

[17] Z. Chen, C. Majidi, M. Haataja, D. J. Srolovitz, "Engineering Shapes in Nanotechnology: Helicity on Demand," TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA (2011).

[16] R. Kramer, Y.-L. Park, C. Majidi, P. Berard, R. J. Wood "Highly Compliant Pressure Sensor Using Conductive Fluid in an Elastomeric Sheet," MRS 2010 Fall Meeting Boston, MA (2010).

[15] C. Majidi, Y.-L. Park, R. Kramer, P. Berard, R. J. Wood "Elastomers Embedded with Liquid Filled Microchannels for Robotics and Sensing," Society of Engineering Science Annual Meeting Ames, IA (2010).

[14] C. Majidi, G. G. Adams, "Adhesion Boundary Conditions for Elastic Plates," The Adhesion Society Annual Meeting Daytona Beach, FL (2010).

[13] J. Shi, S. Muftu, C. Majidi, K. T. Wan, "Adhesion of Compliant Cylinders," The Adhesion Society Annual Meeting Daytona Beach, FL (2010).

[12] C. Majidi, M. Haataja, D. J. Srolovitz, "Design Principles for Nanopiezoelectric Energy Harvesting," MRS 2009 Fall Meeting Boston, MA (2009).

[11] C. Majidi, M. Haataja, D. J. Srolovitz, "Energy Harvesting with Piezoelectric Nanobrushes: Analysis & Design Principles," ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference Memphis, TN (2009).

[10] C. Majidi, K. T. Wan, "Adhesion Between Similar and Dissimilar Thin-Walled Micro-Structures," ASME International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems San Diego, CA (2009).

[9] C. Majidi, G. G. Adams, "A Simplified Formulation of Adhesion Problems with Elastic Plates," Gordon Conference on the Science of Adhesion New London, NH, poster (2009).

[8] C. Majidi, D. J. Srolovitz, M. P. Haataja, "Theoretical Analysis for the Spontaneous Bending of Piezoelectric Nanoribbons," MRS 2008 Fall Meeting Boston, MA, poster (2008).

[7] M. Teodorescu, C. Majidi, H. Rahnejat, R. S. Fearing, "Effect of Surface Roughness on Adhesion and Friction of Microfibers in Side Contact," ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference Miami, FL (2008).

[6] C. Majidi, R. S. Fearing, "Mechanics of a Novel Shear-activated Microfiber Array Adhesive," Proceedings of the MRS 2008 Spring Meeting San Francisco, CA (2008).

[5] C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, S. S. Baek, B. Schubert, R. S. Fearing, "Friction and Adhesion of Micro-Fiber Arrays," Gordon Conference on the Science of Adhesion Tilton, NH, poster (2009).

[4] M. Spenko, M. Cutkosky, C. Majidi, R. S. Fearing, R. E. Groff, K. Autumn, "Foot design and integration for bioinspired climbing robots," Proceedings of SPIE, Unmanned Systems Technology VIII 623019 (2006). [link]

[3] T. Tong, Y. Zhao, L. Delzeit, C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, P. Reddy, A. Majumdar, A. Kashani, M. Meyyappan, "Compressive Properties of Dense Vertically Aligned Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays," Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Integrated Nanosystems Berkeley, CA (2005). [pdf]

[2] C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, R. S. Fearing, "Clumping and Packing of Hair Arrays Manufactured by Nanocasting," Proceedings of the ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Anaheim, CA (2004). [pdf]

[1] M. M. Chen, C. Majidi, D. M. Doolin, S. Glaser, N. Sitar, "Design and construction of a wildfire instrumentation system using networked sensors," Network Embedded Systems Technology Retreat Oakland, CA, poster (2003).