Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
John J. Lee Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Additional Appointments
- Materials Science
Phone:
(203) 432-9662
Room / Office:
Mason M3
Office Address:
9 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520
About Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
Degrees
- Ph.D., Harvard University
- M.S., University of California, Berkeley
- B.S., Johns Hopkins University
Perspectives
- Soft robotics
- Stretchable electronics
- Responsive material actuators
- Soft material manufacturing
- Soft-bodied control
Selected Awards & Honors
- NSF Alan T. Waterman Award Recipient, 2024
- National Academy of Science (NAS) Kavli Fellow, 2023
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Gilbreth Lectureship Recipient, 2022
- NASA Advisory Council (Technology, Innovation & Engineering Committee) Appointee, 2020
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Recipient, 2019
- ONR Young Investigator (YIP) Award Recipient, 2017
- AFOSR Young Investigator (YIP) Award Recipient, 2016
- NSF Early Career (CAREER) Award Recipient, 2015
- Forbes 30 Under 30 List, 2015
- NASA Early Career (ECF) Award Recipient, 2014
Selected Publications
- Baines, R., Patiballa, S.K., Booth, J., Ramirez, L., Sipple, T., Garcia, A., Fish, F. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2022. Multi-environment robotic transitions through adaptive morphogenesis. Nature, 610(7931), pp.283-289.
- Liu, S., Shah, D.S. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2021. Highly stretchable multilayer electronic circuits using biphasic gallium-indium. Nature Materials, 20(6), pp.851-858.
- Shah, D., Yang, B., Kriegman, S., Levin, M., Bongard, J. and Kramer‐Bottiglio, R., 2021. Shape changing robots: bioinspiration, simulation, and physical realization. Advanced Materials, 33(19), p.2002882.
- Jackson, A., Mentzer, N. and Kramer‐Bottiglio, R., 2021. Increasing gender diversity in engineering using soft robotics. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(1), pp.143-160.
- Buckner, T.L., Bilodeau, R.A., Kim, S.Y. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2020. Roboticizing fabric by integrating functional fibers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(41), pp.25360-25369.
- Booth, J.W., Shah, D., Case, J.C., White, E.L., Yuen, M.C., Cyr-Choiniere, O. and Kramer-Bottiglio, R., 2018. OmniSkins: Robotic skins that turn inanimate objects into multifunctional robots. Science Robotics, 3(22), p.eaat1853.
