Nikhil Ashok receives Best Poster award

Aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Nikhil Ashok received an award for the Best Poster at the 2^nd Annual Birck Symposium at Purdue University for his poster entitled “Bio-Inspired Electronic Skin for Morphing Wings.” 

“My research centers on the design and fabrication of multifunctional aerospace structures, specifically focusing on a bio-inspired electronic skin for morphing wings,” Ashok said. “Using advanced microfabrication techniques, I have developed a strain-sensing skin that achieves optimal performance through dynamic switching, mimicking the human nervous system. This ultra-thin and lightweight electronic skin can be conformally attached to aircraft wings, addressing challenges associated with closed-loop morphing.”

Ashok received his Bachelor of Technology degree in 2014 from the College of Engineering Trivandrum. In 2017, he earned a Master of Engineering degree in automotive engineering from the University of Michigan. He is currently working toward a doctorate at Illinois. His adviser is Xin Ning.