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Michael Bartlett

Assistant Professor
  • Thrust Area Specialty: Design Materials & Manufacturing
Michael Bartlett
313D Goodwin Hall
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
mbartlett@vt.edu
(540) 231-4886

Research Interests:

  • Soft multifunctional materials & adhesives
  • Soft robotics & electronics
  • Adaptive materials
Soft Materials and Structures Lab

See Dr. Bartlett's publications and research on Google Scholar.

  • 2020-Present: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
  • 2016-2020: Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
  • 2015-2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2013-2014: Senior Research Engineer, Corporate Research Laboratory, 3M Corporation
  • NSF CAREER Award (2023)
  • ONR Young Investigator (YIP) Award (2021)
  • Soft Matter Emerging Investigator (2021)
  • ICTAS Junior Faculty Award (2021)
  • DARPA Director’s Fellowship (2020)
  • Adhesion Society Early Career Scientist Award (2020)
  • DARPA Young Faculty Award (2018)
  • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2017)
  • Outstanding Faculty Award- ISU Engineering Student Council (Student nominated) (2017)
  • Alan Gent Distinguished Student Award – Adhesion Society (2013)
  • Frank J. Padden Jr. Award (Finalist) – American Physical Society (2013)
  • Ph.D., Polymer Science & Engineering, – University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013
  • B.S.E., Materials Science & Engineering, – University of Michigan, 2008