Advanced Manufacturing for Soft Bioelectronics (Liu Lab / Inter²EngrLAB) - FULL

Our competitive Research Intensives program places high-achieving high school students in professional working labs alongside distinguished faculty, graduate and undergraduate students.

Research Intensive in the Advanced Manufacturing for Soft Bioelectronics (Liu Lab / Inter²EngrLAB)

Traditional electronics are rigid, while the human body is soft and flexible. In the Liu Lab, we develop bioelectronics—devices that match the softness of biological tissue to enable seamless integration with the body. These technologies have the potential to transform health monitoring, disease treatment, and human–machine interaction through innovative, stretchable, and skin-like systems.

Our program offers hands-on experience in interdisciplinary projects that combine hardware and software, such as self-aligning control systems for microfabrication, touch-screen interfaces for electronic devices, wireless communication and charging for soft electronics, and microfluidic systems for drug delivery. Learn more.

The Liu lab can host 2 students.

Program Overview

During this program, high school students will assist UMass faculty and graduate students in research labs while learning about research methodologies and contributing to ongoing research studies. Each student will create and present a research poster to faculty, fellow students, friends and family at a poster session at the end of the program.

Students will come away with an introduction to the field of Engineering, firsthand experience with university-level research, and an understanding of opportunities that exist for undergraduate students at a major R1 university such as UMass Amherst.

Applications

For all Research Intensives applications: In your statement of interest, please include 3 lab choices from our list of available labs along with a brief explanation of your interest in each one.

This course is offered at the UMass Amherst campus as a residential program. Local students may apply to attend as a commuter.