2011:

• The State News: New robotic fish detect harmful pollutants

• Scientific American blog: Synchronized swimming: Patrolling for pollution with robotic fish

• Dr. Tan and coworkers issued US patent on integrated actuator and sensor structure

• Roy Dong receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

• Dr. Tan invited to speak at Workshop on Future Directions in Applied Mathematics

• Dr. Tan and collaborators receive NSF grant to create "Evolution Park"

• Robotic fish featured on Big Ten Network: MSU Today

2010:

• Roy Dong and Tom Ganley honored with Board of Trustees awards

• Robotic fish exhibit presented at US Science and Engineering Expo

• Dr. Tan receives NSF RAPID grant: Robotic fish to track Gulf oil spill

• Drs. Tan and Xing receive NSF grant on aquatic sensor networks

• Dr. Tan serves as Program Chair of International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011)

• Dr. Tan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure

• Robotic fish featured in 2009 MSU President's Report [Video story]

• Dr. Tan receives MSU Teacher-Scholar Award

• The State News: MSU pushing robot development 

2009:

• Dr. Tan comments on new artificial muscle technology on Discovery News

• MSU press release: Robotic fish to monitor water quality [Video interview]   

• Yang Fang and Dr. Tan receive Best Mechatronics Paper Award

• Zheng Chen and Yang Fang completed PhD studies

• MSU press release: Dr. Tan to lead NSF-funded Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site   [Video interview] 

• Drs. Tan and Iyer are guest editors for IEEE Control Systems Magazine

• SML's research featured as the cover story of ECE Networks

2008:

• Drs. Tan and Khalil receive NSF grant on control of smart materials

• Zheng Chen receives honor for dissertation research

• Dr. Tan and Dawn Hedgepeth advocate for NSF Funding on Capitol Hill

• SML's research featured in WorldWide ElectroActive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter

• Dr. Tan and collaborators receive NSF grant to design high-assurance adaptive systems

• Dr. Tan receives ONR grant to develop novel actuation and sensing materials for highly maneuverable robotic fish

• Dr. Tan appointed Associate Editor of Automatica

• Dr. Tan and collaborators receive NSF grant to develop experimental testbed for digital evolution

2007 and earlier:

• SML's biomimetic robots featured in the State News

• Dr. Tan receives NSF CAREER Award

• Dr. Tan receives educational grant from SPIE