Ryan Truby @rltruby
Asst. Professor @NorthwesternU, PI @TrubyLab | Advancing machine intelligence through material design | Prev. @SchmidtFellows @MIT_CSAIL, PhD @hseas Chicago, IL Joined August 2015-
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Professor Ryan Truby (@TrubyLab) developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new actuators provide the performance and mechanical properties required for building robotic musculoskeletal systems. spr.ly/6018fr932
Congrats to Dr. Jina Ko on receiving a 2025 NSF CAREER Award for advancing early disease detection with cutting-edge diagnostics! Read More: bit.ly/3SbKiSW #NSFCAREER #WomenInSTEM
Attach an auxetic structure—that expands when pulled on—to a servo motor and you’ve got a more useful hardy soft robot. asme.org/topics-resourc…
Enormous congratulations, Jennifer!
Happy holidays from the RML :)
A team of @NorthwesternEng students won the highest honors at @NASA's 2024 BIG Idea Challenge for their space-saving metal inflatable system 💡🏆 The Artemis Award recognizes the idea with the best potential to contribute to future moon missions—congrats! spr.ly/6011txLOv
🚀 250+ researchers, policymakers & leaders celebrate launching the @SchmidtFellows & @timeshighered Interdisciplinary Science Rankings at #THEISF🌍 #THEISR recognises universities breaking barriers, fostering collaboration & driving transformative discoveries
Our @NorthwesternU undergrads won the @NASA BIG Idea Challenge! I couldn’t be more proud of the METALS Team and their receiving the Artemis Award. Their technology is *literally* having out of this world impact!
Our @NorthwesternU undergrads won the @NASA BIG Idea Challenge! I couldn’t be more proud of the METALS Team and their receiving the Artemis Award. Their technology is *literally* having out of this world impact!
Join my team at @SchmidtFellows! Our new Science Leadership Program Manager will play a key role in ensuring operational and programmatic excellence and continuous improvement across all aspects of the program. schmidtsciencefellows.org/about/careers/
Join the @NUSynBio Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and work on cutting-edge research with top experts in synthetic biology. Three positions available. Apply now: bit.ly/4fZU5ph #Postdoc #SyntheticBiology #ResearchOpportunity #CareerDevelopment #NorthwesternUniversity
It was so much fun meeting these students and sharing our work with them. A huge thank you to all @TrubyLab members for their thoughtful demos, & Maddie Briggs, @NehaPKamat, @simonaf1ne and @SPInLabNU for partnering with us to show off awesome work from our NU MRSEC!
It was so much fun meeting these students and sharing our work with them. A huge thank you to all @TrubyLab members for their thoughtful demos, & Maddie Briggs, @NehaPKamat, @simonaf1ne and @SPInLabNU for partnering with us to show off awesome work from our NU MRSEC!
If you're at #AIChE2024, swing by Poster 387 and meet Dr. EunBi Oh @EunBiOh3 at TODAY's #FacultyCandidate Poster Session! EunBi joined @TrubyLab as the first member of our team and laid the foundation of our group's incredible community. She is SO ready to launch her own lab!
The DOD is supporting our work in additive manufacturing @NorthwesternEng with a new DURIP! We are grateful to AFOSR for their enormous support! We will be combining robots and precision gantries to make multifunctional material systems. defense.gov/News/Releases/…
How lucky the 2024s are!!!!
Texas A&M is teaming up with @NorthwesternU and the @NSF on a groundbreaking $26M Engineering Research Center! 👏 👍 Read more at tx.ag/HandsERC
Check out our refreshed website, with new and exciting ways to engage with our Fellows, their science, and their interdisciplinary stories. Learn more about our mission and where we are going next! schmidtsciencefellows.org

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