Dr Whiting's research is focused at the intersection of additive manufacturing, novel materials, and functional devices. He uses printing as a method to fabricate unconventional electronic components and systems that can be readily customized, mechanically flexible and conformable, large area, widely distributed, biocompatible, and/or controllably transient. These devices can find application in a broad range of areas, with ongoing projects including: printed and biodegradable sensors for monitoring soil and plant conditions, printing for space applications, wearable devices for human performance monitoring and care related instrumentation, multi-process/multi-material integrated printing of functional objects, and printing for energy devices.
