Biomimetic Tissue InterfacEs

(bio-TIE) Lab

Creating biomimetic interfaces that match and eventually exceed the biomechanical performance of natural interfaces.

Research Impact (April 2026)

Citations: 4,910 | h-index: 38 | i10-index: 71 | 123 publications

Associate Professor | Biomechanical Engineering, TU Delft | Biomimetics Biomaterials Bioengineering

2025 Award: NWO Take-off Grant by the Dutch Research Council

Nature inspires new materials

Our paper has been featured on the back cover of Advanced Engineering Materials. Check the paper here

Researchers Delve Further Into 3D Printing Mechanical Metamaterials - 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive ManufacturingResearchers from the Netherlands and Italy have recently published their findings on complex 3D printing research in Multi-material 3D printed mechanical metamaterials: Rational design of elastic properties through spatial distribution...

TU Delft Examines Innovative 3D Printable Metamaterials with Applications in Soft Robotics - 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive ManufacturingA group of materials scientists from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have been working on a project that introduces the interesting concept of 3D printable “action-at-a-distance” metamaterials, which...

Sara is going to earn her PhD on solid transitions between hard and soft materialsIn the next five years, lecturer-researcher Sara Panahkhahi will focus on the connections between hard and soft materials. She was recently awarded a PhD scholarship by NWO and from now on will dedicate as much time as possible to teaching and researching. This means conducting research on hard-soft interfaces. For example, take your mobile phone charger and reflect on the transition from the soft cord to the hard shell that it disappears into. These are the type of vulnerable connections that are at stake. We see them in many places and many disciplines: in robot fingers, implants and exoskeletons, but also in cars and aeroplanes.

TU Delft ontwerpt beademingsmachine die iedereen na kan maken Apparaat kan met onderdelen worden gebouwd die in elke groothandel beschikbaar zijn.

Articles published by MRS Bulletin featuring our paper on the multi-material mechanical metamaterials

Computer modeling applies multi-materials for 3D-printed metamaterial designThis method tunes two mechanical properties of the metamaterial independently.

AI in 3D printing: accelerating new material discovery and qualification In the second edition of 3D Printing Industry’s series on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 3D printing, interviewees tell us how the technology is helping step up the process of identifying, optimizin

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