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Michael Bartlett

Assistant Professor
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318D Goodwin Hall
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
MC: 0238
mbartlett@vt.edu
(540) 231-4882

Research Interests: Soft materials, mechanics, and structures

  • Soft multifunctional materials & adhesives
  • Soft robotics & electronics
  • Adaptive materials

Thrust Area Specialty: Design Materials & Manufacturing

  • Ph.D., Polymer Science & Engineering, – University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013
  • B.S.E., Materials Science & Engineering, – University of Michigan, 2008
  • Assistant Professor 2016 – 2020 – Iowa State University
  • Postdoctoral Fellow 2015 – 2016 – Carnegie Mellon University
  • Senior Research Engineer 2013 – 2014 – Corporate Research Laboratory, 3M Corporation
  • DARPA Director’s Fellowship (2020)
  • Adhesion Society Early Career Scientist Award (2020)
  • DARPA Young Faculty Award (2018)
  • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2017)
  • Outstanding Faculty Award- ISU Engineering Student Council (Student nominated) (2017)
  • Alan Gent Distinguished Student Award – Adhesion Society (2013)
  • Frank J. Padden Jr. Award (Finalist) – American Physical Society (2013)

See Dr. Bartlett's publications and research on Google Scholar.