Sochol, Ryan D.

Associate Professor
Fischell Institute Fellow

Mechanical Engineering
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Maryland Robotics Center
The Institute for Systems Research
Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices

2147 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088

rsochol@umd.edu

301-405-6928

Website(s):
The Bioinspired Advanced Manufacturing (BAM) Laboratory

BACKGROUND

Prof. Sochol’s Bioinspired Advanced Manufacturing (BAM) Laboratory creates micro/nanoscale additive manufacturing (or “3D printing”) strategies to solve mechanically and physically complex engineering challenges, with a focus on biomedical applications (including those enabled by soft robotics). Dr. Sochol is an affiliate faculty member of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering, a Fischell Institute Fellow of the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, an executive committee member of the Maryland Robotics Center, and an affiliate of the Institute for Systems Research. Dr. Sochol currently serves as Co-President of the Mid-Atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance (MAMNA).

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2011)
M.S., University of California, Berkeley (2009)
B.S., Northwestern University (2006)

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

NIH Fellow within the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Director/Founder of the Micro Mechanical Methods for Biology (M³B) Laboratory Program within the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center at the University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow within the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo