Textile-based devices

We apply fiber and textile fabrication methods to wearable sensors. Beyond wearables, textiles are a route to large-format wall coverings, geotextiles, and new kinds of device packaging for flexible electronics.

Islam, Mohammad S, Sushmita Challa, M H Yacin, Sruthi S Vankayala, Nathan Song, Danming Wei, Jasmin Beharic, and Cindy K Harnett. 2023. "Thermally driven MEMS fiber-grippers." Journal of Micro and Bio Robotics, August. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-023-00161-w.
Song, Nathan, Danming Wei, and Cindy K Harnett. 2023. "Powering Wire-Mesh Circuits through MEMS Fiber-Grippers." In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220225.
Kimmer, Christopher J, Michael Seokyoung Han, and Cindy K Harnett. 2023. "Strained Elastic Surfaces with Adjustable-Modulus Edges (SESAMEs) for Soft Robotic Actuation." In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 7352–58. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160299.
Harnett, Cindy. 2022. Semiconducting materials with surrounding radial PN diodes. 11,515,433, issued November 29, 2022.
Lin, Ji-Tzuoh, Christopher Newquist, and CK Harnett. 2022. "Multitouch Pressure Sensing with Soft Optical Time-of-Flight Sensors." IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 71 (January): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2022.3141159.
Wei, Danming, Sushmita Challa, Mohammad S Islam, Jasmin Beharic, Cindy K Harnett, and Dan O Popa. 2022. "Multi-Robot Collaboration for Electronic Textile Fabrication." In 2022 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 1–6. IEEE.
Islam, MS, S Challa, MH Yassin, SS Vankayala, J Beharic, and CK Harnett. 2022. "MEMS Bimorph Fiber-Gripping Actuators." In 2022 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 1–6. IEEE.
Bupe, Paul, Douglas J Jackson, and CK Harnett. 2022. "Electronically Reconfigurable Virtual Joints by Shape Memory Alloy-Induced Buckling of Curved Sheets." In Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2022, 598–604. IEEE.
Challa, Sushmita, M Shafquatul Islam, Danming Wei, Jasmin Beharic, Dan O Popa, and CK Harnett. 2021. “Functional Fiber Junctions for Circuit Routing in E-Textiles: Deterministic Alignment of MEMS Layout With Fabric Structure.” In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, 85079:V002T08A009. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2021-63887.
Harnett, Cindy. 2020. Anisotropic conductive threads for electrical connections in soft electronics. 10,612,172, issued April 7, 2020.
Lin, Ji-Tzuoh, and CK Harnett. 2020. "Absolute Length Sensor Based on Time of Flight in Stretchable Optical Fibers." IEEE Sensors Letters 4 (10): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2020.3028332.
Challa, Sushmita, and Cindy Harnett. 2020. "Packaging Electronics on Textiles: Identifying Fiber Junctions for Automated Placement." In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, 84263:V002T09A004. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Harnett, C K. 2019. “Making Soft Optical Sensors More Wearable.” Presented at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 4.
Harnett, C. K. 2019. “Tuning the Response of Strain-Sensing Threads for Robotic Materials.” Presented at the 2019 Society for Engineering Science Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 15.
Harnett, C K. 2019. "Fiber-Supported Microstructures." Presented at the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility Annual Meeting, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 12.
Islam, Shafquatul. 2019. “Integrating Bioinspired Strain-Engineered MEMS Actuators with Breathable Fabric Carriers.” Presented at the 1st International Conference on Nature-Inspired Surface Engineering (NISE), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, June 11.
Harnett, C K. 2019. "Soft Sensor and Actuator Components." Presented at the E-Textile Spring Break Exhibit and Workshop, Wassaic, NY, April 11.
Challa, Sushmita, Canisha Ternival, Shafquatul Islam, Jasmin Beharic, and Cindy K Harnett. 2019. "Transferring Microelectromechanical Devices to Breathable Fabric Carriers with Strain-Engineered Grippers." MRS Advances, February, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2019.6.
Campbell, M., P. Singh, K. Kate, and C. K. Harnett. 2019. "Controlling Thermoplastic Elastomer Optical Properties by Mechanical Processing." MRS Advances, January, 1–7.
Welch, Karla Conn, Cindy Harnett, and Yi-Ching Lee. 2019. "A review on measuring affect with practical sensors to monitor driver behavior." Safety 5 (4): 72.
Harnett, C. K. 2018. "Controlling Thermoplastic Elastomer Optical Properties by Mechanical Processing." Talk presented at the Fall Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 25.
"Soft Electromagnetic Actuators." 2018. Poster presented at the Fall Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 25.
"Transferring Microelectromechanical Devices to Breathable Fabric Carriers with Strain-Engineered Grippers." 2018. Poster presented at the Fall Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 25.
"Integrating Optically Actuated Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers into Textiles." 2018. Poster presented at the Fall Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 25.
Ceron, Steven, Cohen, Itai, Shepherd, Robert F., Pikul, James H., and C. K. Harnett. 2018. "Fiber Embroidery of Self-Sensing Soft Actuators." Biomimetics 3 (3): 24–37. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics3030024.
Doerger, S. R., and C. K. Harnett. 2018. "Force-Amplified Soft Electromagnetic Actuators." Actuators 7 (4): 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/act7040076.
Harnett, Cindy K., Huichan Zhao, and Robert F. Shepherd. 2017. "Stretchable Optical Fibers: Threads for Strain-Sensitive Textiles." Advanced Materials Technologies, July, 170087 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700087.
Harnett, C. K. 2017. "Tobiko: A Contact Array for Self-Configuring, Surface-Powered Sensors." In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1:2024–28. Denver, CO: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025504.
Kimmer, C. J., and C. K. Harnett. 2016. "Combining Strings and Fibers with Additive Manufacturing Designs." In Proceedings of ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, V004T05A014. Charlotte, NC. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2016-59569.
Harnett, Cindy, Huichan Zhao, and Robert Shepherd. n.d. Stretchable optical fibers for strain-sensitive textiles. App 16/965,444.
Harnett, Cindy K, Jasmin Beharic, Canisha Ternival, Sushmita Challa, and Mohammad Shafquatul Islam. n.d. Microgrippers for Transferring Devices to Fibrous Surfaces. App 16/983,405.
Harnett, Cindy. n.d. Self-configuring contact arrays for interfacing with electric circuits and fabric carriers. App 17/052,608.