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Battle Suit Medicine
This SRA is concerned with research that can lead to improved medical and combat casualty care for the Soldier. Of particular interest are nano-enabled materials and devices applicable to far-forward medical treatment. In the nearer term these would find application in field hospitals and on the battlefield. In the longer term, technologies based on the basic research of SRA-2 would be incorporated in the multi-capability battlesuit. These technologies could be activated by: qualified medical personnel (nearby or remotely located, e.g. via suitably protected telemetering), by the Soldier in the field, and even autonomously, with appropriate safeguards including Soldier and medic override capabilities. Examples of SRA-2 research include polymer actuators for imparting rigidity-on-demand e.g., for splinting wounds or preventing adverse movements after head or neck injury, materials and devices to enable controlled release of medications, methods for accelerated diagnostics of adverse medical conditions, and a MEMs-based device to prevent hemorrhagic shock. As shown in the following list, the research in this SRA is divided up among three Themes and seven Research Projects.
Theme 2.1: Nanostructured Actuators: First Principles Prediction to Fabrication
Theme 2.2: Nanostructured Films and Functional Surfaces for Battlefield Medicine
Theme 2.3: Non-invasive Medical Monitoring and Drug Delivery
SRA 02 Researchers
Prof. Saman Amarasinghe, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Prof. Martin Z. Bazant, Department of Mathematics
Prof.
Angela Belcher, Department
of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Michael J. Cima, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Robert E. Cohen, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Karen K. Gleason, Department
of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Paula T. Hammond, Department
of Chemical Engineering
Prof.
Ian W. Hunter, Department
of Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Darrell J. Irvine, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Klavs F. Jensen, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Robert S. Langer, Department
of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Nicola Marzari, Department
of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Timothy M. Swager, Department of Chemistry
Prof. Steven R. Tannenbaum, Department of Biological Engineering
Prof.
Edwin L. (Ned) Thomas, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof.
Todd Thorsen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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