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Science Outreach at Illini Women’s Basketball Camp!

Prof. Hutchens and a team of students introduced basketball players to polymers, mechanical testing, and design through an outreach activity ...

Invited Speaker at DYFP 2018

Prof. Hutchens gave an invited talk at the 2018 International Conference on Deformation, Yield, and Fracture of Polymers (DYFP). Her ...

APS March Meeting 2018

Prof. Hutchens and Matt Milner gave talks within an APS session entitled "Extreme Deformation of Polymers and Soft Matter I: ...

GAMES Camp 2017

Shelby and Matt repeated the 'Sole Solution' elastomer foam making and testing activity at this year's UIUC GAMES Camp (June ...

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Steven Yang and Davin Bahk presented some of their latest work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Thursday, April 27 ...

Prof. Hutchens gives departmental seminar at the University of Iowa

As part of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department's departmental seminar series, Prof. Hutchens gave a talk on injection-initiated fracture, ...

Matt Milner and Prof. Hutchens speak at APS March Meeting

Matt gave a talk entitled "Void Collapse as a Platform for Observing the Effects of Strain Stiffening on Creasing," sharing ...

Prof. Hutchens receives 2017 CAREER award

The CAREER award is the NSF's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve ...

ME 300 Poster Session

Prof. Hutchens ME 300 students, with majors in disciplines ranging from Mechanical Engineering to Aerospace to Bioengineering presented the results ...

GAMES Camp 2016

Prof. Hutchens and Matt Milner revived the 'Sole Solution' design activity at this year's week-long GBAM (Girls Building Awesome Machines) ...