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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
84
Citations
23822
World Ranking
156
National Ranking
78

Materials Science

D-Index
82
Citations
22323
World Ranking
2493
National Ranking
722

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Overview

Carmel Majidi is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and is primarily engaged in the field of engineering. Their research work encompasses a range of specialized areas within engineering, focusing notably on biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, cognitive neuroscience, condensed matter physics, and polymers and plastics.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in prominent journals with topics related to soft electronics, robotics, sensing technologies, and material composites. Recent papers include:

  • "An electrically conductive silver-polyacrylamide-alginate hydrogel composite for soft electronics" (2021, Nature Electronics)
  • "Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable magnetization and integrated multifunctional modules" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "Wearable Soft Technologies for Haptic Sensing and Feedback" (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • "Cutaneous Ionogel Mechanoreceptors for Soft Machines, Physiological Sensing, and Amputee Prostheses" (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • "A self-healing electrically conductive organogel composite" (2023, Nature Electronics)

Frequent research collaborators include Dinesh K. Patel, Lining Yao, Chengfeng Pan, Michael J. Ford, and Mahmoud Tavakoli. These coauthors appear regularly alongside Majidi's work, reflecting ongoing partnerships in areas of material science and robotics.

Majidi's publications have appeared extensively in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Advanced Materials, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. These venues align with their focus on materials science and engineering innovations.

The scientist's main fields of study and associated subfields further clarify the nature of their research interests:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Polymers and Plastics

Key topics addressed in Majidi's work include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

The breadth of these topics reflects a multidisciplinary approach centered on developing new materials and robotic systems with applications in sensing, actuation, and soft machinery. This portfolio positions Carmel Majidi as a contributor to engineering research environments focused on soft materials and robotics integration in biomedical and mechanical contexts.

Best Publications

  • An autonomously electrically self-healing liquid metal-elastomer composite for robust soft-matter robotics and electronics.

    Eric J. Markvicka;Michael D. Bartlett;Xiaonan Huang;Carmel Majidi

  • Untethered soft robotics

    Steven I. Rich;Robert J. Wood;Carmel Majidi

  • High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions

    Michael D. Bartlett;Navid Kazem;Matthew J. Powell-Palm;Xiaonan Huang

  • Hyperelastic pressure sensing with a liquid-embedded elastomer

    Yong-Lae Park;Carmel Majidi;Rebecca Kramer;Phillipe Bérard

  • An electrically conductive silver–polyacrylamide–alginate hydrogel composite for soft electronics

    Yunsik Ohm;Chengfeng Pan;Michael J. Ford;Xiaonan Huang

  • Liquid-Phase Metal Inclusions for a Conductive Polymer Composite

    Andrew Fassler;Carmel Majidi

  • iSkin: Flexible, Stretchable and Visually Customizable On-Body Touch Sensors for Mobile Computing

    Martin Weigel;Tong Lu;Gilles Bailly;Antti Oulasvirta

  • Stretchable, High‐k Dielectric Elastomers through Liquid‐Metal Inclusions

    Michael D. Bartlett;Andrew Fassler;Navid Kazem;Eric J. Markvicka

  • Soft Multifunctional Composites and Emulsions with Liquid Metals

    Navid Kazem;Tess Hellebrekers;Carmel Majidi

  • Effective elastic modulus of isolated gecko setal arrays

    K Autumn;C Majidi;R E Groff;A Dittmore

  • Bio-inspired soft robotics: Material selection, actuation, and design

    Stephen Coyle;Carmel Majidi;Philip LeDuc;K. Jimmy Hsia

  • Methods to pattern liquid metals

    Ishan D. Joshipura;Hudson R. Ayers;Carmel Majidi;Michael D. Dickey

  • Emergence of Liquid Metals in Nanotechnology

    Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh;Jianbo Tang;Torben Daeneke;Anthony P. O'Mullane

  • Liquid-phase gallium-indium alloy electronics with microcontact printing.

    Arya Tabatabai;Andrew Fassler;Claire Usiak;Carmel Majidi

  • Soft-Matter Engineering for Soft Robotics

    Carmel Majidi

  • Masked Deposition of Gallium-Indium Alloys for Liquid-Embedded Elastomer Conductors

    Rebecca K. Kramer;Carmel Majidi;Robert J. Wood;Robert J. Wood

  • A multifunctional shape-morphing elastomer with liquid metal inclusions

    Michael J Ford;Cedric P Ambulo;Teresa A Kent;Eric J Markvicka;Eric J Markvicka

  • EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics

    Mahmoud Tavakoli;Mohammad H Malakooti;Hugo Paisana;Yunsik Ohm

  • A non-differential elastomer curvature sensor for softer-than-skin electronics

    C Majidi;R Kramer;R Kramer;R J Wood;R J Wood

  • A self-healing electrically conductive organogel composite

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  • A Liquid-Metal-Elastomer Nanocomposite for Stretchable Dielectric Materials.

    Chengfeng Pan;Eric J Markvicka;Mohammad H Malakooti;Jiajun Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Wood
Robert J. Wood Harvard University
Ronald S. Fearing
Ronald S. Fearing University of California, Berkeley
Yong-Lae Park
Yong-Lae Park Seoul National University
Michael D. Bartlett
Michael D. Bartlett Virginia Tech
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Mahmoud Tavakoli University of Coimbra
Anibal T. de Almeida
Anibal T. de Almeida University of Coimbra
Radhika Nagpal
Radhika Nagpal Princeton University
Metin Sitti
Metin Sitti Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Michael D. Dickey
Michael D. Dickey North Carolina State University

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