The Office of Naval Research has awarded Caterina Lamuta, a University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, funding through the 2023 Young Investigator Program to conduct innovative scientific research that will benefit science and technology for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Caterina Lamuta was among the Discovery and Innovation Awards winners announced by the Office of the Vice Present for Research.

Caterina Lamuta was named an Early Career Scholar of the Year by the Office of the Vice Present for Research.

A new project from Caterina Lamuta, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Iowa, will seek to determine if low-cost geopolymers, ceramic materials similar to cement, can be used to develop computer components for data storage or that impact speed improvements.

Caterina Lamuta, assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, is creating artificial muscles based on tentacle-like limbs.