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PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 09/2019-09/2024
Bartosz Kaczmarski
PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 09/2019-09/2024
My research targets computational modeling of soft active slender structures. Inspired by the remarkable control capabilities of biological marvels such as the elephant trunk or the octopus arm, I developed a reduced-order continuum theory that predicts, in real time, large deformations of slender structures for arbitrary internal activation. Thanks to its high computational efficiency, I am using the model in various simulation settings to guide soft-robotic design, discover new control approaches for soft manipulators, and gain quantitative insight into the biomechanics of slender biological structures.
Education
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2021
B.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2019