
Status Affiliate Faculty
Home Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Phone 333-8552
Email saif@illinois.edu
Address
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Biography
Education
B.S., civil engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 1984
M.S., civil engineering, Washington State University, 1987
Ph.D., theoretical & applied mechanics, Cornell University, 1993
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Honors
2020: Engineering Science Medal, Society of Engineering Science
2018: Warner T. Koiter Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2016: Member, International Advisory Board, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016-
2012-2016: Member, Board of Directors, Society of Engineering Science
2016: President, Society of Engineering Science
2009: College of Engineering Outstanding Advisors list
2006: MechSE Alumni Effective Teaching Award
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Research
Research Interests:
Biohybrid robots, engineered living systems
Biomechanics: cellular mechanics and mechanotransduction, cancer metastasis, neuro mechanics
Deformation mechanisms of nanoscale materials
Mechanics of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS)
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2013
- Cha, C. Y.; Antoniadou, E.; Lee, M.; Jeong, J. H.; Ahmed, W. W.; Saif, T. A.; Boppart, S. A.; Kong, H., Tailoring Hydrogel Adhesion to Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates Using Polysaccharide Glue. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2013, 52, (27), 6949-6952, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302925
2012
- Ahmed, W. W.; Li, T. C.; Rubakhin, S. S.; Chiba, A.; Sweedler, J. V.; Saif, T. A., Mechanical Tension Modulates Local and Global Vesicle Dynamics in Neurons. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2012, 5, (2), 155-164.
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2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
- Illinois team develops first-of-its-kind in-vitro 3D neural tissue model
- Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves
- Beckman researchers to receive $400k to explore how exercise may aid cognition
- 9 projects with Beckman researchers receive funding from the Cancer Center
2014