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Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

Alfred Fritz Assistant Professor

Professor Joseph Andrews is jointly appointed in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He leads the Laboratory for Printed Electronics and Sensors (LPES). The focus of LPES is developing new printed electronic devices for interdisciplinary sensing applications. Novel electronic sensors are needed to usher in the coming age of more personalized medicine, data-driven diagnostics, and the “Internet of Things”. The inherit low-cost and flexibility associated with the fabrication technique motivates the use of printing for electronic sensors. The lab takes a holistic approach to the invention and design of electronic sensors with multiple layers of emphasis including ink development, print-process control design, and sensor validation. The impact of the work in LPES will manifest itself in many areas including biomedical research, harsh environment sensing, “smart” objects, and wearable devices.

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Contact

2025, Mechanical Engineering Bldg
1513 University Ave
Madison, WI

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Professor Joseph Andrews, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • PhD 2019, Duke University
  • BS 2015, University of South Carolina Honors College

  • Printed and flexible electronics
  • Electronically transduced biosensors
  • Print process control systems
  • Electronics from nanomaterials
  • Sensor design and validation
  • Distributed sensing arrays

Joint Departmental Appointments

  • 2024 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alfred Fritz Professorship
  • 2020 Duke University, ECE Department Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award
  • 2018 MIT, Lemelson Student Prize Finalist (Nominated)
  • 2018 NIH F31, Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellowship Award
  • 2017 Duke ECE Graduate Student Workshop, 1st Place Research Poster
  • 2017 IEEE Sensors Conference, Scotland, 1st Place Student Paper
  • 2017 Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, 2nd Place iMatSci Student Pitch Award
  • 2017 Kristina M. Johnson Fellowship
  • 2017 NSF, NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
  • 2015 Duke University, James B. Duke Fellowship
  • 2015 University of South Carolina Discovery Day, 1st Place Research Poster
  • 2015 Who’s Who among American Colleges and Universities, Listed
  • 2015 University of South Carolina, Outstanding Senior Award
  • 2014 German Research Scholarship, DAAD-Rise Scholarship Awar
  • 2014 University of South Carolina, Magellan Research Scholarship
  • 2014 Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Honors Fraternity
  • 2011 University of South Carolina, Coopers Scholar
  • 2011 University of South Carolina, Electrical Engineering Departmental Scholarship

  • Candan, S., Barton, V., Yang, H., López-Cámara, C., Fortugno, P., Wiggers, H., Eriten, M., Andrews, J., Notbohm, J., & Franck, C. (2025). Design of a Simple and Rugged Soft Polydimethylsiloxane-Carbon Nanotube-Graphene-Based Composite Sensor. Advanced Materials Technologies, n/a(n/a), e70009 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202402126
  • Kachhadiya, J., Romero, J., Kou, S., Wan, Y., Kesari, H., Szalkowski, R., & Andrews, J. (2025). Lightweight Wearable Headband With Flexible Hybrid Electronics for Head-Kinematic Monitoring and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Detection. IEEE Sensors Letters, 9(4), 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2025.3544119
  • Ghimire, S., Zhang, Y., Huang, J., Majumder, E. L., Hartemink, A. E., Graham, E. B., Qafoku, O., Andrews, J., & Freedman, Z. B. (2025). Using mid-infrared spectroscopy to estimate soil microbial properties at the continental scale. Applied Soil Ecology, 211, 106110 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106110
  • Pecunia, V., Petti, L., Andrews, J., Ollearo, R., Gelinck, G. H., Nasrollahi, B., Jailani, J. M., Li, N., Kim, J. H., Ng, T. N., Feng, H., Chen, Z., Guo, Y., Shen, L., Lhuillier, E., Kuo, L., Sangwan, V. K., Hersam, M. C., Fraboni, B., Basiricò, L., Ciavatti, A., Wu, H., Niu, G., Tang, J., Yang, G., Kim, D., Dremann, D., Jurchescu, O. D., Bederak, D., Shulga, A. G., Costa, P., Perinka, N., Lanceros-Mendez, S., Chortos, A., Khuje, S., Yu, J., Ren, S., Mascia, A., Concas, M., Cosseddu, P., Young, R. J., Yokota, T., Somoya, T., Jeon, S. J., Zhao, N., Li, Y., Shukla, D., Wu, S., Zhu, Y., Takei, K., Huang, Y., Spiece, J., Gehring, P., Persaud, K., Llobet, E., Krik, S., Vasquez, S., Costa Angeli, M. A., Lugli, P., Fabbri, B., Spagnoli, E., Rossi, A., Occhipinti, L. G., Tang, C., Yi, W., Ravenscroft, D., Kandukuri, T. R., Abideen, Z. U., Azimi, Z., Tricoli, A., Rivadeneyra, A., Rojas, S., Gaiardo, A., Valt, M., Galstyan, V., Zappa, D., Comini, E., Noël, V., Mattana, G., Piro, B., Strand, E., Bihar, E., Whiting, G. L., Shkodra, B., Petrelli, M., Moro, G., Raucci, A., Miglione, A., Cinti, S., Casson, A. J., Wang, Z., Bird, D., Batchelor, J. C., Xing, L., Johnson, L. S., Alwattar, A. A., Kyndiah, A., Viola, F. A., Caironi, M., Albarghouthi, F. M., Smith, B. N., Franklin, A. D., Pal, A., Banerjee, K., Johnson, Z. T., Claussen, J. C., Moudgil, A., & Leong, W. L. (2024). Roadmap on printable electronic materials for next-generation sensors. Nano Futures, 8(3), 032001 https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-1984/ad36ff
  • Albarghouthi, F. M., Semeniak, D., Khanani, I., Doherty, J. L., Smith, B. N., Salfity, M., MacFarlane, Q., Karappur, A., Noyce, S. G., Williams, N. X., Joh, D. Y., Andrews, J., Chilkoti, A., & Franklin, A. D. (2024). Addressing Signal Drift and Screening for Detection of Biomarkers with Carbon Nanotube Transistors. ACS Nano, 18(7), 5698-5711 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c11679
  • Schnittker, K., Bahrami, Z., & Andrews, J. (2024). Controlling Poly(3-hexythiophene) Hierarchical Polymer/SWCNT Nanohybrid Shish-Kebab Morphologies in Marginal Solvents. Crystals, 14(12), 1065.
  • Nag, A., Ozioko, O., Kim, W. S., & Andrews, J. (2024). Guest Editorial Special Issue on Self-Powered Sensors and Wearable Electronic Systems. IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, 3(4), 118-119 https://doi.org/10.1109/JFLEX.2024.3408001
  • Chen, K., Biswas, A., Cai, S., Huang, J., & Andrews, J. (2024). Inkjet Printed Potentiometric Sensors for Nitrate Detection Directly in Soil enabled by a Hydrophilic Passivation Layer (Adv. Mater. Technol. 17/2024). Advanced Materials Technologies, 9(17), 2470075 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202470075
  • Tursunniyaz, M., Ramesh, A. P., Cardwell, B., & Andrews, J. (2024). Multiparametric Measurement of Fluid Properties Utilizing Fringing Field Capacitance Sensing. IEEE Sensors Letters, 8(4), 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2024.3376963
  • Bahrami, Z., Schnittker, K., Adi, W., Beisenova, A., Yesilkoy, F., Thompson, D., & Andrews, J. (2024). Solution Processable Phototransistors with Ultra-High Responsivity Enabled by Hierarchical Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Carbon Nanotube Composites. Advanced Optical Materials, 12(30), 2401269 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401269

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  • ECE 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • ME 299 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 576 - Printed and Flexible Electronics: Manufacturing, Devices, and Applications (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • ME 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2025)
  • ME 576 - Printed and Flexible Electronics: Manufacturing, Devices, and Applications (Spring 2025)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • BME 799 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • ECE 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2024)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • ME 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2024)
  • ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2024)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • ECE 376 - Electrical and Electronic Circuits (Spring 2024)
  • ECE 491 - Senior Design Project (Spring 2024)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2024)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • ME 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2023)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • ME 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2023)
  • ME 368 - Engineering Measurements and Instrumentation (Fall 2023)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)