Michael McAlpine

Michael McAlpine
Kuhrmeyer Family Chair Professor, Mechanical EngineeringContact
Mechanical Engineering Room 117 111 Church Street SEMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. 2006, Chemistry, Harvard University
B.S. 2000, Chemistry, Brown University
Professional Background
Kuhrmeyer Family Chair Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2019-Present
Benjamin Mayhugh Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2015-2019
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2008-2015
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 2006-2008
Scientific & Professional Societies
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Biography
Michael C. McAlpine is the Kuhrmeyer Family Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He received a B.S. (2000) in chemistry with honors from Brown University, and a Ph.D. (2006) in chemistry from Harvard University. His research interests are focused on 3D printing functional materials and devices for bioelectronic applications, with recent breakthroughs in 3D printed OLED displays and 3D printed bionic eyes (one of National Geographic’s "12 Innovations that will Revolutionize the Future of Medicine"). He has received several awards for this work, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award.
Lab
3D Printing Functional Materials & Devices - ME 361-363
ME Research Areas
Materials & Mechanics
Biosystems & Bioengineering
ME Impact Areas
Next-Gen Manufacturing
Human Health
Robotics & Mobility
- 3D printing functional materials & devices
- Nanoscale inks
- Biomedical devices
- Bioelectronics
- 3D printed electronics
- Bioprinting
Honors and Awards
- University of Minnesota Excellence in Postdoctoral Advising Award (2021)
- George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research (2018)
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2017)
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - Kavli Frontiers Fellow (2016)
- Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award (2015)
- NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2014)
- Graduate Mentoring Award in Engineering (2013)
- DARPA Young Faculty Award (2012)
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE) - Frontiers of Engineering (2011)
- Technology Review TR35 Young Innovator Under 35 (2010)
- AFOSR Young Investigator Award (2008)
Selected Publications
- X. Ouyang, R. Su, D. W. H. Ng, G. Han, D. R. Pearson, M. C. McAlpine. "3D Printed Skin-Interfaced UV-Visible Hybrid Photodetectors." Adv. Sci. (2022). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201275
- R. Su, S. H. Park, X. Ouyang, S. I. Ahn, M. C. McAlpine. "3D-Printed Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diode Displays." Sci. Adv. 8, eabl8798 (2022). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl8798
- R. Su, J. Wen, Q. Su, M. S. Wiederoder, S. J. Koester, J. R. Uzarski, M. C. McAlpine. "3D printed self-supporting elastomeric structures for multifunctional microfluidics." Sci. Adv. 6, eabc9846 (2020). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc9846
- G. Haghiashtiani, K. Qiu, J. D. Zhingre Sanchez, Z. J. Fuenning, P. Nair, S. E. Ahlberg, P. A. Iaizzo, M. C. McAlpine. "3D Printed Patient-Specific Aortic Root Models with Internal Sensors for Minimally Invasive Applications." Sci. Adv. 6, eabb4641 (2020). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb4641
- Z. Zhu, H. S. Park, M. C. McAlpine. "3D Printed Deformable Sensors." Sci. Adv. 6, eaba5575 (2020). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba5575