News

Research

• IEEE Spectrum, Future Airplanes Will Fly on Twistable Wings
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The Power of Oneness
• Scientific American, Flexible, Bio-Inspired Machines are the Future of Engineering
• Scientific American, The Fluid Future of Shape-Shifting Technology
• Michigan Daily, May 2017: Professor Lauded for Airplane Wings that Change Shape
• University of Michigan Record, March 2017: Kota to Receive 2017 University Distinguished Innovator Award
• Compliant Design, April 2015: Elasto-Fluidic Soft Robots (three and 1/2 minute video)
• Compliant Design, April 2015: Soft Robot on the Move (16-second video)
• University of Michigan Engineering, October 2014: Engineering with Elasticity (less than four-minute video)

Technology and Public Policy

• Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2019: Innovation Should Be Made in the U.S.A. (requires subscription)
• Market Watch, August 3, 2019: What the Democrats Should Say about Economic Growth
• Simon Johnson, Economic Growth and the US Presidential Election, Project Syndicate, July 2019
• ASEE PRISM Last Word: How to Rebuild U.S. Manufacturing
• SME Smart Manufacturing (Interview Oct 2018): Why the U.S needs a bold, long-term Innovation Strategy
• Harvard Business Review, Oct 23, 2018: How the U.S Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate
• Detroit News, August 2018: Michigan’s Surprising Leadership on College Affordability
• The HILL, Jan 2018: America is outsourcing Innovation and we need to bring it back