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![Professor Wei Xue](../../../../_images/news/2023-24/4-17-24-wei-xue-finding-new-ways.jpg)
Finding new ways to use functional materials
Engineers need to develop an understanding of materials—their limitations and their potential to be used in new ways. Professor Wei Xue does just that.
![soft robotics](../../../../_images/mechanical/news/soft-robotics.jpg)
Rowan University to develop new soft robotics educational modules
Professors Mitja Trkov and Wei Xue are developing soft robotics courses for undergraduate students.
![Rowan University's Dr. Chen Shen is exploring the concepts behind origami to reshape sound.](../../../../_images/mechanical/news/origami-chen.shen.jpg)
Origami could change the shape of acoustics engineering
Rowan University's Dr. Chen Shen has received a $199,999 grant from the NSF to use the concepts behind origami to control sound.
![Rowan University's Dr. Behrad Koohbor is examining foams on a microscopic level.](../../../../_images/mechanical/news/rowan-behrad-koohbor-1200x628.png)
Under pressure, these foams get even stronger
Rowan University's Dr. Behrad Koohbor is examining foams on a microscopic level.
![Ørsted's Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island. Photo credit: Ørsted](../../../../_images/mechanical/news/block-island-five-turbines-600x899-1.jpg)
Rowan researchers investigate wind power projects
Research teams have received grants from green energy company Ørsted to study processes related to wind power.