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Dr. James C. Weaverhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=PV2jwkUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

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Architecture:  
Materials science and architecture (2017) 
M Bechthold, JC Weaver 
Nature Reviews Materials 2 (12), 17082 

Biomedical:
The Inner Complexities of Multimodal Medical Data: Bitmap-Based 3D Printing for Surgical Planning Using Dynamic Physiology
NM Jacobson, J Brusilovsky, R Ducey, NV Stence, AJ Barker, MB Mitchell, L Smith, R  MacCurdy, JC Weaver
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
2023

Design of medical tympanostomy conduits with selective fluid transport properties
H Patel, I Pavlichenko, A Grinthal, CT Zhang, J Alvarenga, MJ Kreder, JC Weaver, Q Ji, CWF Ling, J Choy, Z Li, NL Black, PJM Bispo, JA Lewis, ED Kozin, J Aizenberg, AK Remenschneider
Science Translational Medicine 
15 (690), eadd9779 2023

Frameless neuronavigation with computer vision and real-time tracking for bedside external ventricular drain placement: a cadaveric study (2021)
FC Robertson, MS Raahil, JM Amich, WI Essayed, A Lal, BH Lee, P Calvachi Prieto, J  Tokuda, J C Weaver, R W Kirollos, MW Chen, WB Gormley
Journal of Neurosurgery 1, 1-10 

A geometrically adaptable heart valve replacement (2020) 
SC Hofferberth, MY Saeed, L Tomholt, MC Fernandes, CJ Payne, K Price, GR Marx, JJ Esch, DW Brown, J Brown, PE Hammer, RW Bianco, JC Weaver, ER Edelman, JP Del Nido 
Science Translational Medicine 12 (531) 
 
Pre-procedural fit-testing of TAVR valves using parametric modeling and 3D printing (2019) 
A Hosny, JD Dilley, T Kelil, M Mathur, MN Dean, JC Weaver, B Ripley 
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 13 (1), 21-30 
 
From improved diagnostics to presurgical planning: high-resolution functionally graded multimaterial 3D printing of biomedical tomographic data sets (2018) 
A Hosny, SJ Keating, JD Dilley, B Ripley, T Kelil, S Pieper, D Kolb, C Bader, A-M Pobloth, M Griffin, R Nezafat, G Duda, EA Chiocca, JR Stone, JS Michaelson, MN Dean, N Oxman, JC Weaver 
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 5 (2), 103-113 
 
3D printing and intraoperative neuronavigation tailoring for skull base reconstruction after extended endoscopic endonasal surgery: proof of concept (2018) 
WI Essayed, P Unadkat, A Hosny, S Frisken, MS Rassi, S Mukundan, JC Weaver, O Al-Mefty, AJ Golby, IF Dunn 
Journal of Neurosurgery 130 (1), 248-255 
 
Mechanobiologically optimized 3D titanium-mesh scaffolds enhance bone regeneration in critical segmental defects in sheep (2018) 
AM Pobloth, S Checa, H Razi, A Petersen, JC Weaver, K Schmidt-Bleek, M Windolf, AÁ Tatai, CP Roth, K-D Schaser, GN Duda, P Schwabe 
Science Translational Medicine 10 (423), eaam8828 
 
Determining the lipid specificity of insoluble protein transmembrane domains (2018) 
R Ziblat, JC Weaver, LR Arriaga, S Chong, DA Weitz 
Lab on a Chip 18 (23), 3561-3569 
 
Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function (2017) 
ET Roche, MA Horvath, I Wamala, A Alazmani, SE Song, W Whyte, Z Machaidze, CJ Payne, JC Weaver, G Fishbein, J Kuebler, NV Vasilyev, DJ Mooney, FA Pigula, CJ Walsh 
Science Translational Medicine 9 (373), eaaf3925 
 

Bio-Inspired Materials:
High-throughput segmentation, data visualization, and analysis of sea star skeletal networks
L Tomholt, D Baum, RJ Wood, JC Weaver
Journal of Structural Biology 
215 (2), 107955 2023

A damage-tolerant, dual-scale, single-crystalline microlattice in the knobby starfish, Protoreaster nodosus (2022)
H Chen, Z Jia, Z Deng, L Chen, EM Peterman, JC Weaver, L Li 
Science 
375 (658), 647-652

Mechanical and hydrodynamic analyses of helical strake-like ridges in a glass sponge (2021)
MC Fernandes, M Saadat, P Cauchy-Dubois, C Inamura, T Sirota, G Milliron, H Haj-Hariri, K Bertoldi, JC Weaver
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 
18 (182), 20210559

Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges (2020) 
MC Fernandes, J Aizenberg, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Nature Materials, 1-5 
 
The structural origins of brittle star arm kinematics: An integrated tomographic, additive manufacturing, and parametric modeling-based approach (2020) 
L Tomholt, LJ Friesen, D Berdichevsky, MC Fernandes, C Pierre, RJ Wood, JC Weaver 
Journal of Structural Biology, 107481 
 
Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales (2019)
M Connors, T Yang, A Hosny, Z Deng, F Yazdandoost, H Massaadi, D Eernisse, R Mirzaeifar, MN Dean, JC Weaver, C Ortiz, L Li 
Nature communications 10 (1), 1-13 

Amplifying strength, toughness, and auxeticity via wavy sutural tessellation in plant seedcoats (2018) 
C Gao, BPJ Hasseldine, L Li, JC Weaver, Y Li 
Advanced Materials 30 (36), 1800579 
 
Hydrodynamic properties of biomimetic shark skin: Effect of denticle size and swimming speed (2018) 
AG Domel, G Domel, JC Weaver, M Saadat, K Bertoldi, GV Lauder 
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 13 (5), 056014 
 
Shark skin-inspired designs that improve aerodynamic performance (2018) 
AG Domel, M Saadat, JC Weaver, H Haj-Hariri, K Bertoldi, GV Lauder 
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15 (139), 20170828 
 
Uncovering nature's design strategies through parametric modeling, multi‐material 3D printing, and mechanical testing (2017) 
S Frølich, JC Weaver, MN Dean, H Birkedal 
Advanced Engineering Materials 19 (6), e201600848 
 
Honeycomb actuators inspired by the unfolding of ice plant seed capsules (2016) 
L Guiducci, K Razghandi, L Bertinetti, S Turcaud, M Rüggeberg, JC Weaver, P Fratzl, I Burgert, JWC Dunlop 
PloS One 11 (11), e0163506 
 
Engineering the mechanics of heterogeneous soft crystals (2016) 
H Cho, JC Weaver, E Pöselt, PJ in't Veld, MC Boyce, GC Rutledge 
Advanced Functional Materials 26 (38), 6938-6949 
 
Structure, biomimetics, and fluid dynamics of fish skin surfaces (2016) 
GV Lauder, DK Wainwright, AG Domel, JC Weaver, L Wen, K Bertoldi 
Physical Review Fluids 1 (6), 060502 
 
Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps (2016) 
KC Park, P Kim, A Grinthal, N He, D Fox, JC Weaver, J Aizenberg 
Nature 531 (7592), 78 
 
Characterization of a mechanically tunable gyroid Pphotonic crystal inspired by the butterfly Parides sesostris (2016) 
C Pouya, JTB Overvelde, M Kolle, J Aizenberg, K Bertoldi, JC Weaver, P Vukusic 
Advanced Optical Materials 4 (1), 99-105 
 
Hydrodynamic function of biomimetic shark skin: effect of denticle pattern and spacing (2015) 
L Wen, JC Weaver, PJM Thornycroft, GV Lauder 
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 10 (6), 066010 
 
Multi-scale thermal stability of a hard thermoplastic protein-based material (2015) 
V Latza, PA Guerette, D Ding, S Amini, A Kumar, I Schmidt, S Keating, N Oxman, JC Weaver, P Fratzl, A Miserez, A Masic 
Nature Communications 6, 8313 
 
The geometric design and fabrication of actuating cellular structures (2015) 
L Guiducci, JC Weaver, YJM Bréchet, P Fratzl, JWC Dunlop 
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2 (11), 1500011 
 
A highly conspicuous mineralized composite photonic architecture in the translucent shell of the blue-rayed limpet (2015) 
L Li, S Kolle, JC Weaver, C Ortiz, J Aizenberg, M Kolle 
Nature Communications 6, 6322 
 
Tunability and enhancement of mechanical behavior with additively manufactured bio-inspired hierarchical suture interfaces (2014) 
E Lin, Y Li, JC Weaver, C Ortiz, MC Boyce 
Journal of Materials Research 29 (17), 1867-1875 48 
 
Biomimetic shark skin: design, fabrication and hydrodynamic function (2014) 
L Wen, JC Weaver, GV Lauder 
Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (10), 1656-1666 
 

Meta-materials:
Surface texture modulation via buckling in porous inclined mechanical metamaterials (2022)
MC Fernandes, S Mhatre, AE Forte, B Zhao, O Mesa, JC Weaver, M Bechthold, K Bertoldi
Extreme Mechanics Letters 51 (101549)

A fabrication strategy for reconfigurable millimeter‐scale metamaterials (2021)
HD McClintock, N Doshi, A Iniguez‐Rabago, JC Weaver, NT Jafferis, K Jayaram, RJ Wood, JTB Overvelde
Advanced Functional Materials 2103428

Geometric localization in supported elastic struts (2019) 
TCT Michaels, R Kusters, AJ Dear, C Storm, JC Weaver, L Mahadevan 
Proceedings of Royal Society A 
 
Rational design of reconfigurable prismatic architected materials (2017) 
JTB Overvelde, JC Weaver, C Hoberman, K Bertoldi 
Nature 541 (7637), 347 
 
Mechanics of instability-induced pattern transformations in elastomeric porous cylinders (2016) 
F Javid, J Liu, J Shim, JC Weaver, A Shanian, K Bertoldi 
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 96, 1-17 
 
Tensile instability in a thick elastic body (2016) 
JTB Overvelde, DMJ Dykstra, R de Rooij, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Physical Review Letters 117 (9), 094301  
 
Harnessing buckling to design architected materials that exhibit effective negative swelling (2016) 
J Liu, T Gu, S Shan, SH Kang, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Advanced Materials 28 (31), 6619-6624 
 
A three-dimensional actuated origami-inspired transformable metamaterial with multiple degrees of freedom (2016) 
JTB Overvelde, TA De Jong, Y Shevchenko, SA Becerra, GM Whitesides, JC Weaver, C Hoberman, K Bertoldi 
Nature Communications 7, 10929 
 
Dimpled elastic sheets: a new class of non-porous negative Poisson’s ratio materials (2015) 
F Javid, E Smith-Roberge, MC Innes, A Shanian, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Scientific Reports 5, 18373 
 
Harnessing buckling to design tunable locally resonant acoustic metamaterials (2014) 
P Wang, F Casadei, S Shan, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Physical Review Letters 113 (1), 014301  
 
Complex ordered patterns in mechanical instability induced geometrically frustrated triangular cellular structures (2014) 
SH Kang, S Shan, A Košmrlj, WL Noorduin, S Shian, JC Weaver, DR Clarke, K Bertoldi 
Physical Review Letters 112 (9), 098701  
 
3D soft metamaterials with negative Poisson's ratio (2013) 
S Babaee, J Shim, JC Weaver, ER Chen, N Patel, K Bertoldi 
Advanced Materials 25 (36), 5044-5049 
 
Harnessing instabilities for design of soft reconfigurable auxetic/chiral materials (2013) 
J Shim, S Shan, A Košmrlj, SH Kang, ER Chen, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Soft Matter 9 (34), 8198-8202 
 

Robotics:
An Ambidextrous STarfish-Inspired Exploration and Reconnaissance Robot (The ASTER-bot) (2021)
MA Bell, JC Weaver, RJ Wood
Soft Robotics 
 
Octopus arm-Inspired tapered soft actuators with suckers for improved grasping (2020) 
Z Xie, AG Domel, N An, C Green, Z Gong, T Wang, EM Knubben, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi, L Wen 
Soft Robotics 
 
Heads or tails? Cranio-caudal mass distribution for robust locomotion with biorobotic appendages composed of 3D-printed soft materials (2019)  
R Siddall, F Schwab, J Michel, JC Weaver, A Jusufi 
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 240-253 
 
Design, fabrication, and characterization of an untethered amphibious sea urchin-inspired robot (2019) 
T Paschal, MA Bell, J Sperry, S Sieniewicz, RJ Wood, JC Weaver 
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 4 (4), 3348-3354  
 
Rotary-actuated folding polyhedrons for midwater investigation of delicate marine organisms (2018) 
ZE Teoh, BT Phillips, KP Becker, G Whittredge, JC Weaver, C Hoberman, DF Gruber, RJ Wood 
Science Robotics 3 (20), 5276 
 
Echinoderm-inspired tube feet for robust robot locomotion and adhesion (2018) 
MA Bell, I Pestovski, W Scott, K Kumar, MK Jawed, DA Paley, C Majidi, JC Weaver, RJ Wood 
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3 (3), 2222-2228  
 
A biologically inspired, functionally graded end effector for soft robotics applications (2017) 
K Kumar, J Liu, C Christianson, M Ali, MT Tolley, J Aizenberg, DE Ingber, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi 
Soft Robotics 4 (4), 317-323  
 
A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish (2017) 
Y Wang, X Yang, Y Chen, DK Wainwright, CP Kenaley, Z Gong, Z Liu, H Liu, J Guan, T Wang, JC Weaver, RJ Wood, L Wen 
Science Robotics 2 (10), eaan8072 
 
A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion (2015) 
NW Bartlett, MT Tolley, JTB Overvelde, JC Weaver, B Mosadegh,K Bertoldi, GM Whitesides, RJ Wood  
Science 349 (6244), 161-165 
 
Responsive materials: A novel design for enhanced machine-augmented composites (2014) 
E Bafekrpour, A Molotnikov, JC Weaver, Y Brechet, Y Estrin 
Scientific Reports 4, 3783 

Platform / Technology Development: 
Touching the stars: Using high-resolution 3D printing to visualize stellar nurseries (2021)
N Imara, JC Forbes, JC Weaver
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 918 (1), L3
Hybrid Living Materials: Digital design and fabrication of 3D multimaterial structures with programmable Bbohybrid surfaces (2019) 
RSH Smith, C Bader, S Sharma, D Kolb, TC Tang, A Hosny, F Moser, JC Weaver, CA Voigt, N Oxman 
Advanced Functional Materials 30 (7), 1907401 
 
Making data matter: Voxel printing for the digital fabrication of data across scales and domains (2018) 
C Bader, D Kolb, JC Weaver, S Sharma, A Hosny, J Costa, N Oxman 
Science Advances 4 (5), eaas8652 
 
Methods and apparatus for 3D printing of point cloud data (2017) 
C Bader, D Kolb, N Oxman, JC Weaver 
US Patent App. 15/628,635 
 
Grown, printed, and biologically augmented: An additively manufactured microfluidic wearable, functionally templated for synthetic microbes (2016) 
C Bader, WG Patrick, D Kolb, SG Hays, S Keating, S Sharma, D Dikovsky, B Belocon, JC Weaver, PA Silver, N Oxman 
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 3 (2), 79-89 
 
Data-driven material modeling with functional advection for 3D printing of materially heterogeneous objects (2016) 
C Bader, D Kolb, JC Weaver, N Oxman 
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 3 (2), 71-79 
 
Additive manufacturing of optically transparent glass (2015) 
J Klein, M Stern, G Franchin, M Kayser, C Inamura, S Dave, JC Weaver, P Houk, P Colombo, M Yang, N Oxman 
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2 (3), 92-105 

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