Group

Principal Investigator

Postdoctoral Fellows

Graduate Researchers (scroll down for Ph.D./M.S. alumni)

  • Mason Rollans (Ph.D. student, 8/26-present)
  • Udbhav Vishwakarma (Ph.D. student, 8/25-present) 
  • Mosa Almutahhar (Ph.D. student, 8/24-present) 
  • Darren Lie (Ph.D. student, 8/24-present)
  • Nima Etemadi (Ph.D. student, 5/24-present)
  • Joe Shedleski (Ph.D. student, 8/23-present)
  • Kevin Dix (Ph.D. student, 5/22-present)

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*POLIMI (Italy) graduate co-advised with Profs. Prof. R. Ardito and A. Corigliano. 

**USP (Brazil) graduates co-advised with Prof. Dr. Carlos De Marqui Jr. at USP. 

Visiting Scholars (Professors/Postdocs/Students)

Undergraduate Researchers

  • Yian Huang (5/25-present)
  • Sohan Paul (1/26-5/26, 8/26-present)

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  • James Millington (8/24-12/25; 5/26-8/26)  
  • Mika Enderich (1/26-5/26)
  • Charles Brubaker (11/25-5/26)
  • Ali Lotfi (11/25-5/26)
  • Sonali Pradhan (2/24-5/24)
  • Alex Feng (1/24-5/25)
  • Brian Liang (1/23-5/23)
  • Daniel Webber (6/22-12/22)
  • Jingchu Chen (5/22-12/22)
  • Jacob Brody (1/21-12/21)
  • Natasha Najmi (1/21-5/21; 8/22-12/22)
  • Michael Ibrahim (1/20-5/20)
  • Mark Saad (1/20-5/20)
  • Young Ko (8/19-12/19)
  • Mark Saad (1/19-5/19)
  • Alex Kemenov (1/18-12/18)
  • Nathaniel Stowe (1/18-5/18)
  • Paul Yavarow (1/17-8/17)
  • Yiwei Xia (1/16-8/16)
  • Fahad Vora (1/16-8/16)
  • Oliver Wellstein (1/16-8/16)
  • Seung Yoon Lee (1/15-12/15)
  • Jin Sol Kim (8/14-12/14)
  • Brian Ferri (5/14-12/14)
  • Matthew Fronk (1/14-5/14)
  • Pratik Jain (1/13-9/13)

K12 Teachers & Students

  • Kimberly Ford (6/22-7/22)
  • Simone Marshall (6/22-7/22)
  • Shameria Smith (6/22-7/22)
  • Nick Gong (5/18-6/18)
  • Karl Lee (5/17-6/17)
  • Karina Scott (6/16-7/16)
  • Dr. Nate Brady (5/16-6/16)
  • Liam Oweida (5/16-6/16)
  • Dr. Ken Gafford (6/15-7/15)

Alumni with Dissertations/Theses

  • Dr. Ananya Bhardwaj (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Piezoelectric Acoustic Identification Tags with Frequency Multiplexed Energy Harvesting and Backscatter Communication Operation for Underwater Applications”, 4/21-11/24, co-advised with Prof. Karim Sabra). Current position: Acoustic Transducer Engineer at Apple Inc. 
  • Dr. Alan Luo (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Multimodal Vibration Damping of Circular Symmetric Structures Coupled to an Analogous Electrical Network”, 2/21-12/23, co-advised with Prof. Ken Cunefare). Current position: Engineer (Space Electronics Products) at Boeing 
  • Dr. Obaidullah Alfahmi (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Nonlinear Synthetic Impedance Circuits for Vibration Attenuation in Piezoelectric Structures”, 12/20-8/23). Current position: Assistant Professor at King Abdulaziz University 
  • Dr. Mustafa Alshaqaq (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Programmable Piezoelectric Metamaterials Leveraging Synthetic Impedance Circuits”, 1/20-8/23). Current position: Assistant Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
  • Dr. Eetu Kohtanen (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Computational and Experimental Investigation of Human Skull Dynamics”, 8/19-8/23). Current position: Structural Dynamics Engineer at NASA
  • Dr. Michele Rosso* (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Inherent and Intentional Nonlinearities in Advanced Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting”, 2/22-3/23). Current position: Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano
  • Dr. Ahmed Allam completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Acoustic Power Transfer Leveraging Piezoelectricity and Metamaterials”, 1/18-7/21, co-advised with Prof. K. Sabra). Current position: Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at University of Cincinnati
  • Dr. Yiwei Xia (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Dynamics and Topology of Nonlinear and Aperiodic Metastructures“, 1/17-12/20, co-advised with Prof. M. Ruzzene). Current position: Senior Associate (Mechanical Engineering) at Exponent, Inc.
  • Dr. Adriane Moura (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Size-Dependent Dynamics of Flexoelectric and Flexoelectric-Piezoelectric Structures“, 8/15-7/19). Current position: Senior Mechanical Engineer at Applied Research Associates, Inc.
  • Dr. Christopher Sugino (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Dynamics of Mechanical and Electromechanical Locally Resonant Metastructures“, 8/15-7/19, co-advised with Prof. M. Ruzzene). Current position: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Serife Tol (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Structure-borne Elastic Wave Energy Harvesting Enhanced by Metamaterial Concepts“, 8/12-5/17, co-advised with Prof. L. Degertekin). Current position: Associate Professor (tenured) of Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
  • Dr. Ellen Skow (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Harvesting Energy from Acoustic Pressure Fluctuations within Hydraulic Systems via Excitation of Piezoelectric Stacks“, 8/11-5/17, co-advised with Prof. K. Cunefare). Current position: Noise and Vibration Engineer at Apple Inc.
  • Dr. Stephen Leadenham (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Advanced Concepts in Nonlinear Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting: Intentionally Designed, Inherently Present, and Circuit Nonlinearities”, 8/12-8/15). Current position: Mechanical Engineer (Defense Technologies Engineering Division) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Dr. Shima Shahab (completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Vibration Energy Harvesting, Biomimetic Actuation, and Contactless Acoustic Energy Transfer in a Quiescent Fluid Domain”, 5/13-8/15). Current position: Associate Professor (tenured) of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech
  • Dr. Tarcisio Silva (non-GT, completed Ph.D. dissertation at University of Sao Paulo on “Vibration Attenuation in Linear and Nonlinear Flexible Structures via Nonlinear Piezoelectric Shunt Circuits”, 5/13-4/18, internationally co-advised with Prof. C. De Marqui Jr.). Current position: Engineer at Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
  • Dr. Jose Augusto C. Dias (non-GT, completed Ph.D. dissertation at University of Sao Paulo on “Elastic and Aeroelastic Behavior of Electromechanically Coupled Structures with Piezoelectric Nonlinearities”, 5/14-4/19, internationally co-advised with Prof. C. De Marqui Jr.)
  • Sonali Pradhan (completed M.S. with thesis on “Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a Hybrid Piezoelectric-Servomotor Actuated Robotic Fish Employing Soft and Hard Materials“, 5/24-12/25). Current position: Systems Integration Engineer at Rivian 
  • Allen Zhou (completed M.S. with thesis on “An Investigation of Programmable Spatiotemporal Defect and Exceptional Points in Piezoelectric Metamaterials“, 5/22-12/23). Current position: Ph.D. student at Boston University 
  • Renan Thomes (completed M.S. with thesis on “An Investigation of Programmable Spatiotemporal Defect and Exceptional Points in Piezoelectric Metamaterials“, 8/21-12/23). Current position: Engineer at MathWorks 
  • Herit Patel (completed M.S. with thesis on “Bandgap Formation and Tunning in Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel-based Periodic Structures“, 1/20-5/21, co-advised with Prof. Yuhang Hu) Current position: Structural Dynamics Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Mohid Khattak (completed M.S. with thesis on “Multifunctional Piezoelectric Metastructures for Vibration Attenuation and Energy Harvesting“, 1/20-5/21).
  • Bharat Kathpalia (completed M.S. with thesis on “Methods of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Human Body Motions“, 8/16-11/18, co-advised with Dr. I. Stern/GTRI). Current position: Staff Manufacturing Engineer at Rivian
  • Sihong Zhao (completed M.S. with thesis on “Energy Harvesting from Random Vibration of Piezoelectric Cantilevers and Stacks”, 8/11-5/13). Current position: Data Science Team Manager at Air Liquide
  • Algan Samur (completed M.S. with thesis on “Flexible Piezoelectric Composites and Concepts for Bio-Inspired Dynamic Bending-Twisting Actuation”, 8/11-5/13). Current position: Design Engineer at TEI/General Electric Marmara Technology Center
  • Lejun Cen (completed M.S. with thesis on “Fish-like Locomotion Using Flexible Piezoelectric Composites for Untethered Aquatic Robotics”, 8/11-12/12). Current position: Senior Automation Engineer at Schlumberger

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