Hiring

• The FASt Lab is looking for PhD StudentsNovember 16, 2023
  The Fluids and Adaptive Structures Lab (FASt) at the University of Florida is currently looking to hire PhD students interested in the adaptive structures, embedded smart materials, and fluid-structure interactions. Potential projects are in the area of 1) Bio-inspired Underwater Robotics and 2) Morphological Computation of Aeroelastic Structures.

Lab News

Oct. 10, 2023 – Miguel successfully defending his Master’s Thesis titled “Stiffness Variation of a Bio-inspired Propulsor due to Localized In-plane Forcing”. Congrats Miguel!

Sept. 13, 2023 – A great showing at the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference in Austin, TX!

• Isabel won the best paper award in the Bio-inspired Systems track for her SMASIS 2022 paper “The Role of Compliance in Generating Traveling Waves on a Bio-Inspired Flexible Propulsor”
• Shan presented her first conference presentation!
• Nebula came in 3rd place in the student hardware competition!

Aug. 24, 2023 – Isabel passed her qualifying exam titled “Soft Swimming Robots with Multi-Functional Artificial Muscles”. Congrats on becoming a PhD Candidate, Isabel!

Lab Events

PhD Students

Isabel Hess Education: MS, University of Florida, 2022 BS,  University of Florida, 2019 Joined FASt Lab: Fall 2021

Shan He Education:  MS, University of Florida, 2022 BS,  University of Florida, 2020 Joined FASt Lab: Spring 2022

Masters Students

Miguel Perilla Education:  BSs, Mechanical Engineering & Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2018 Specialization in Water Resources, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, 2011 BS, Civil Engineering, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, 2009  Joined FASt Lab: Fall 2022

Undergraduate Researchers

Lab Alumni