We are currently working with these talented Illinois folks:

We collaborate with people from Engineering, Agriculture, and Architecture to test the properties of our fibers at various scales and shapes.

 

Matt Turino

Matt Turino is the Farm Manager at the Sustainable Student Farm at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been playing music since he was born. He started dancing a month before that. He has performed so many shows with so many groups that you wouldn't be able to list them all in one breath. In addition to driving the heart of the Lids he also owns a house, builds stuff, and eats his vegetables.
You can find more of his music on Bandcamp.

Yilun Zhou

Yilun Zhou is a doctoral student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 2022. Yilun is interested in applying life cycle analysis (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) to mining and electric vehicles and also leads LCA on bio-graphene sensors. Outside of research, Yilun loves spending time with her two cats, Da Pang and Da Fu, and she also enjoys cooking and baking.

Mark Taylor

With a background in three-dimensional design, Associate Professor Taylor has worked in the fields of interior design, construction management, architecture, and scenic construction for the film industry. His experiences have taken him across the US, Sri Lanka, and Haiti. He was the architectural faculty lead for the University of Illinois Solar Decathlon projects in 2009 and 2011. He typically teaches and architectural design studios in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. His seminar offering challenges students to fully engage in the making process. In 2017 his class “up-cycled” ridged foam insulation to create surfboards.

Lindsay Chaney

Lindsay is a PhD student in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at Northwestern University. After receiving her B.S. in Chemistry from UCLA, she worked at the UCLA-based startup Supermetalix for two years before pursuing her doctorate. In the Hersam Group at Northwestern, she works on scalable and sustainable methods for producing electronic inks and substrates for printed electronic devices. She enjoys rock climbing, cycling, and playing with her cat Cheeks in her free time.