As a graduate student at the ATLAS Institute of the University of Colorado Boulder, I began my degree by studying the effects of Merkel disc stimulation on muscle memory and music retention. I also worked with high-voltage piezo-electric actuators, microfluidic devices, and bio-fabrics all to discover what I enjoyed the most out of my plethora of research experiences.

Relevant Publications (Co-Authored)

D. Albin et al., “PhageBox: An Open Source Digital Microfluidic Extension With Applications for Phage Discovery,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2023.3295418.

Purnendu et al., “Electriflow: Soft Electrohydraulic Building Blocks for Prototyping Shape-changing Interfaces,” in Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, June 2021, doi: 10.1145/3461778.3462093.

Purnendu et al., “Electriflow: Augmenting Books With Tangible Animation Using Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators,” in ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Labs, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.1145/3450616.3464523.