Caterina Lamuta

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Research Engineer

Caterina Lamuta is associate professor of mechanical engineering and an associate research engineer at IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering.

Caterina Lamuta works with a student in her lab

Research interests:

  • Artificial muscle design
  • Modeling, fabrication, simulation, and characterization of smart materials and bio-inspired systems
  • Artificial camouflage
  • Mechanical and electro-mechanical characterization of materials at different length scales

Current students:

  • Parth Kotak
  • Thilina Weerakkody
  • Shakib Mahmudul Alam
  • Sean Maxson
  • Rabiu Mamman
Caterina Lamuta
caterina-lamuta@uiowa.edu
(319) 467-0332
Smart Multifunctional Material Systems (SMMS) Lab
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy, 2017
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy, 2013
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy, 2011