Tag: Igor Bargatin

  • Igor Bargatin expands the options for his nanocardboard

    Penn Today published a piece on PICS Professor Igor Bargatin and his lab’s accomplishments with their “nanocardboard” including the possibilities of lifting the material using only a beam of light. You can read more about the development here.

  • PICS Professor Igor Bargatin Receives 2019 NSF CAREER Award

    ” Igor Bargatin, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. This honor is the NSF’s most prestigious award and aims to support junior faculty members who embody the role of ideal teacher-scholars through the integration of education and…

  • Igor Bargatin Develops Nanocardboard That is Strong yet Bendable

    Working with his team at the University of Pennsylvania, PICS affiliated professor Igor Bargatin, Class of 1965 Term Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, has developed a “nanocardboard.” This nanocardboard is more than 10,000 times stiffer than a solid sheet of aluminum oxide while keeping the same mass, and most impressively, it can recover its…