John A. Rogers, Director at Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at Northwestern University will give a lecture on "Flexible Electronics for the Human Body" at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences on Xianlin Campus.
Time: 10am, Thursday December 19
Place: Conference Hall, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Abstract:
Over the last decade, a convergence of new concepts in materials science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and advanced manufacturing has led to the emergence of diverse, novel classes of "biocompatible" electronic systems with skin-like physical properties. The results create vast opportunities in diagnostic, therapeutic and/or sensory devices with important, unique capabilities that range from fitness/wellness, to sports performance, clinical healthcare and virtual reality environments. This talk describes the key ideas and presents some of the most recent examples in (1) wireless, battery-free electronic "tattoos" for continuous monitoring of vital signs in neonatal and pediatric intensive care, including active deployments in the most advanced hospitals in the US and clinics in multiple countries in Africa, and (2) programmable vibro-haptic interfaces that support real-time patient feedback and enhanced experiences in virtual reality environments.
Professor John A. Rogers obtained BA and BS degrees in chemistry and in physics from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1989. From MIT, he received SM degrees in physics and in chemistry in 1992 and a PhD degree in physical chemistry in 1995. From 1995 to 1997, Rogers was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard University Society of Fellows. He joined Bell Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff in 1997 and then served as Director of the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department from the end of 2000 to 2002. He then spent thirteen years on the faculty at the University of Illinois, most recently as the Swanlund Chair Professor and Director of the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. In the Fall of 2016, he moved to Northwestern University where he is Director of the recently endowed Querrey-Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics. He has co-authored more than 900 papers and he is co-inventor on more than 100 patents, more than 70 or which are licensed to large companies or to startups that have emerged from his labs – including most recently Sibel Health, Epicore Biosystems, Rhaeos, Neurolux and Wearifi. More than 150 former members of his group are currently in faculty positions, leading groups of their own at top institutions around the world, including MIT, Princeton, Stanford (3x), Dartmouth (2x), Duke, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, University of Southern California, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (3x), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Purdue University, University of California at San Diego, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University (3x) and many others in the US, along with a large collection of universities in Europe and Asia, including TU Delft, ETH, Tsinghua, Fudan, Peking, Nanjing, Seoul National, KAIST, Univ. of Toronto and many others.
Professor Rogers' research has been recognized by many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship (2009), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011), the Smithsonian Award for American Ingenuity in the Physical Sciences (2013), the MRS Medal (2018), the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute (2019), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021), the Monie Ferst Award for research mentorship from Sigma Xi (2021), the James Prize for Science and Technology Integration from the NAS (2022), the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award (2024) and many others. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Inventors and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
