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Justin Binder
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Justin Binder is an undergraduate student in the Civil and Environmental Department at Tufts University. His research is focused on the composition and mechanical analysis of deformable magneto-sensitive materials. Such materials are created by mixing magnetically responsive particles, such as iron, with a base material that undergoes large deformations under an applied load. The deformations of the resulting mixture are controllable with an applied magnetic field. Depending on the base material, these materials can be used as an interface between electronic and mechanical systems, micro-pumps, or for biomedical applications. Magneto-sensitive materials studied include silicon rubber and electro-spun silk tubes.

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