This laboratory integrates nanotechnology and biomimetics to develop new smart materials and devices for structural and medical applications. The laboratory includes a nanotube synthesis lab, a processing lab for nanoscale materials, and a smart structures and devices lab. Research in the labs focuses on building structural neural systems using continuous piezoceramic and carbon nanotube neurons and electronic logic circuits for structural health monitoring, carbon nanotube array biosensors for cancer diagnostics, active catheters for diagnostics and surgery, reinforcing polymers using carbon nanotubes and nanofibers, and developing wet and dry carbon nanofiber hybrid actuators to control large structures. His contribution to the book is dedicated to the memory of his parents, Jeanne and Joseph.