TVIM: Thermoactive Variable Impedance Module Evaluating Shear-Mode Capabilities of Polycaprolactone

TVIM: Thermoactive Variable Impedance Module Evaluating Shear-Mode Capabilities of Polycaprolactone

A thermoactive variable impedance module using phase-transition polycaprolactone to tune shear stiffness via embedded thermoelectric actuation.

📄 IEEE Access (2023)

What I did:

Designed and characterized thermo-active impedance modulation
Built experimental rigs and quantified force/displacement behavior
Connected design decisions to control implications

Estimating Stiffness and Damping of a Novel Variable Impedance Actuator Based on Adjusting Viscoelastic Properties of Thermoresponsive Polycaprolactone in Harmonic Motions, Scientific Reports (2025). DOI

Citation

Exley, T., Wijesundara, R., Wang, S., Moridani, A., Nilforooshan, T., Jafari, A.
TVIM: Thermoactive Variable Impedance Module Evaluating Shear-Mode Capabilities of Polycaprolactone.
IEEE Access, 2023.