Introduction
Brittany's research group focuses on novel composite materials for additive manufacturing to order to achieve new advances in magnetic elastomer smart materials. These materials achieve remote contactless motion for soft robotic applications inside the human body or inside/outside a vessel. Earlier in her career, Brittany focused on creating and investigating novel nanoscale materials for energy efficient electronics that last longer on a single battery charge. In addition to extensive national and international collaborations, she utilized a number of national laboratory facilities across the US to complete this research, with a particular focus on characterizing materials by powerful synchrotron (high energy x-ray) radiation techniques. As a postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory (US Department of Energy) she utilized oxide molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) in the Center for Nanoscale Materials to craft new materials using the single atomic layer control of MBE. Brittany also carried out work at the Institut de Ciencia de Materials at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, while living in Barcelona, Spain, and has circumnavigated the globe with Semester at Sea, Institute for Shipboard Education, where she took liberal arts courses on the ship and visited 11 different countries. In addition to engineering, she is passionate about intercultural learning both at home and abroad. Brittany is a native of the Twin Cities, having grown up in Southwest Minneapolis.
Classes
- EGED 613 - Materials Science & Engineering for Educators
- ENGR 296 - Engineering Peace
- ENGR 361 - Engineering Materials
- ENGR 415 - Smart Materials
- ENGR 480/481 - (Peru) Senior Design Clinic (Advisor)
- ETLS 771 - Materials Engineering
- ETLS 776 - Materials Design & Development
- HONR 480 - Unpacking the Study Abroad Experience