Eric Markvicka

Eric Markvicka.

Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Materials Engineering

W335 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-1617
eric.markvicka@unl.edu
Faculty Profile

Smart Materials and Robotics Laboratory

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Education
  • Ph.D. in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • M.S. in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research Interests
  • Soft robotics
  • Stretchable electronics
  • Multifunctional composites
  • Soft materials

Honors and Awards

2021 NUtech Ventures Emerging Innovator of the Year


Selected Publications † denotes equal contribution
  • Eric J. Markvicka, Ravi Tutika, Michael D Bartlett, and Carmel Majidi. Soft electronic skin for multi-site damage detection and localization. Advanced Functional Materials, page 1900160, 2019
  • Chengfeng Pan, Eric J. Markvicka, Mohammad H Malakooti, Jiajun Yan, Leiming Hu, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski,and Carmel Majidi. A liquid-metal–elastomer nanocomposite for stretchable dielectric materials. Advanced Materials, 31(23):1900663, 2019
  • Eric J. Markvicka†, Michael D. Bartlett†, Xiaonan Huang, and Carmel Majidi. An autonomously electrically self-healing liquid metal–elastomer composite for robust soft-matter robotics and electronics. Nature Materials, 17(7):618–624, 2018 [Significant press coverage, top 1% (#23) of outputs from Nature Materials, top 0.5% of all outputs tracked (8/1/18)]
  • Chengfeng Pan, Kitty Kumar, Jianzhao Li, Eric J. Markvicka, Peter R Herman, and Carmel Majidi. Visually imperceptible liquid-metal circuits for transparent, stretchable electronics with direct laser writing. Advanced Materials, 30(12):1706937, 2018
  • Tong Lu, Eric J. Markvicka, Yichu Jin, and Carmel Majidi. Soft-matter printed circuit board with uv laser micropatterning. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(26):22055–22062, 2017
  • Eric J. Markvicka†, Michael D Bartlett†, and Carmel Majidi. Rapid fabrication of soft, multilayered electronics for wearable biomonitoring. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(46):8496–8504, 2016 [Front Cover ASME DSC Magazine]
  • Michael D Bartlett, Andrew Fassler, Navid Kazem, Eric J. Markvicka, Pratiti Mandal, and Carmel Majidi. Stretchable, high-k dielectric elastomers through liquid-metal inclusions. Advanced Materials, 28(19):3726–3731, 2016 [Back Cover]
  • Eric J. Markvicka, Kearney Lackas, Tom Frederick, Joe Bartels, Shane Farritor, and Dmitry Oleynikov. Gross positioning system for in vivo surgical devices. Journal of Medical Devices, 7(3):030922, 2013
  • Walter Bircher, Eric J. Markvicka, Jack Mondry, Tom Frederick, Joe Bartels, Shane Farritor, and Dmitry Oleynikov. Development of a low-cost inspection arm to map the available workspace within the abdominal cavity. Journal of Medical Devices, 7(3):030918, 2013
  • Joseph Bartels, Thomas Frederick, Eric J. Markvicka, Kearney Lackas, Shane Farritor, and Dmitry Oleynikov. Accelerometer based absolute positioning for a miniature in-vivo surgical robot. Journal of Medical Devices, 7(3):030919, 2013
  • Tom Frederick, Eric J. Markvicka, Joe Bartels, Kearney Lackas, Shane Farritor, and Dmitry Oleynikov. Haptic sensing for use in miniature in-vivo robotic grasping tasks. Journal of Medical Devices, 7(3):030914, 2013
  • Eric J. Markvicka, Jack M Mondry, Shane M Farritor, and Dmitry Oleynikov. Novel pan-tilt stereoscopic camera with auto-focus for less robotic surgery. Journal of Medical Devices, 6(1):017514, 2012
  • Nathan D Otten, Shane M Farritor, Amy C Lehman, Tyler D Wortman, Ryan L McCormick, Eric J. Markvicka, and Dmitry Oleynikov. Miniature in vivo cameras for use in single-incision robotic surgery-biomed 2011. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, 47:165–170, 2010