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.