People

Laboratory Director:

Dr. Nader Jalili

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Clemson University

 

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Current Students:

Current PhD Students

Sohrab Eslami

Research: Modelling and Image-based Control of Nanomanipulators.

Note: He has moved to Northeastern University

EDG: Dec 2010

Graduated Students

Year 2009

PhD Students

Reza Saeidpourazar

Research: Microcantilever-based Manipulation

Graduated: May 2009

 

Master Students

Ivan Siles

Research: Adaptive Control of a Robot Manipulator

Graduated: August 2009

Anand Raju

Research: Tire Nitrogen Filling

Graduated: August 2009

Siddharth S Aphale

Research: Adaptive Control of an Automated
Nanofibre Fabrication Unit

Graduated: August 2009

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Parikshit Mehta

Research: Vibration of thin plates with piezoelectric actuators: Theory and Experiment

Graduated: December 2009

Undergraduate Student

Foderarp Greg Arndt

Research: Structural Vibration Control using Nanomaterials

Graduated: May 2009

 


Year 2008

PhD students

Saeid Bashash

Research: Piezoelectric-based Manipulation, Vibration Control and Positioning.

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Graduated : Dec 2008

Amin Salehi-Khojin

Research: On New Applications and Sensitivity Enhancement of Cantilever-based Sensing Systems.

 

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.

Graduated : May 2008

Mahmoud Reza Hosseini

Research: A Comprehensive Multiphysics, Multiscale Modeling Framework for Carbon Nanotube Fabrication Process by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Current Position: Research Scientist, Tetramer Technologies Inc., Pendelton, SC

Graduated : August 2008

Master Students

Calvin Bradley

Research: : Biological Species Detection
via Microcantilever-based Mass Sensing

Graduated : May 2008

Kushan Vora

Research: Dynamic Modeling and Hysteresis
Compensation Techniques for Magnetostrictive Materials

Graduated : December 2008


Year:2007

PhD Student

Dr. S. Nima Mahmoodi

Research : Nonlinear Vibration and Frequency Response Analysis of Nanomechanical Cantilever Beams

Current Position:Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg VA.

Graduated : August 2007

Master Students

Prakash Venkataraman

Research: Experimental Investigation of Tire Nitrogen Filling on Vehicle Fuel Economy

Graduated : December 2007

Sudeep Chavare

Research: Self-sensing Switched Stiffness Vibration Control of a Piezoelectrically-driven Cantilever Beam

Graduated : August 2007

Mana Afshari

Research: Biological Species Detection via Microcantilever-based Mass Sensing

Graduated :August 2007

Esvar C. Subramaniam

Research: Design and Development of an in-house Scanning Tunnelling Microscope System

Graduated :May 2007

 

Undergraduate

Daniel Eils

Research:Nanomechanical Cantilever Biosensors

Graduated : Dec 2007

 


Year: 2006

Master Students

Miheer Gurjar

Research: An Adaptive Self-sensing Strategy for Ultrasmall Mass Detection using Piezoelectrically-driven Microcantilevers

Graduated : December 2006

Vikrant Bhadbhade

Research: Coupled Flexural-Torsional Vibrations of A Cantilever Beam Gyroscope with Application to Rocking Mass Gyroscopes

Graduated :December 2006

Sandeep Hiremath

Research: Development of an Automated Electrospinning Process for Nanofiber-based Electronic-Textile Fabrication

Graduated :: December 2006

Virgile Ayglon

Research: Development of An Objective/Subjective Assessment Tool for Vehicle Nibble Vibrations

Graduated :August 2006

Undergraduate

Sabrina Laul

Research:Enhancing Wound Healing through Carbon Nanotube-Based Materials

Graduated : May 2006

Joshua Eichman

Research: Experimental Investigation and Control of Rocking Mass Gyroscopes

Graduated : May 2006


Years: 2004-2006

Himanshu Rajoria

Research: Passive Vibration Damping Enhancement and Applications using Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy Reinforced Composites

Graduated : May 2005

Saeid Bashash

Research: Nonlinear Modeling and Control of Piezoelectrically-driven Nanostagers with Application to Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy

Graduated : December 2005

Karthik Laxminarayana

Research: Towards Control-based Manufacturing of Nanotube Materials with Application to Smart Structures

Graduated : August 2004


Vinod Cherian

Research: Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Testing of Suspension and Steering Subsystems for Steering Nibble Characterization

Graduated : December 2005

Arun Ramaratnam

Research: : Semi-Active Vibration Control using Piezoelectric-based Switched Stiffness

Graduated : August 2004

 

 

Undergraduate Student

Marisa L Kikendall

Research: Development of Carbon Nanotube-Based Electronic Textiles

Graduated : December 2005


Years: 2002-2003

Mohsen Dadfarnia

Research: Lyapunov-Based Piezoelectric Control of Hybrid Flexible Structures

Graduated : August 2003

Matt Grier

Research: Adaptive-Passive Vibration Control of Flexible Beams using Piezoelectric Materials and Electrical Shunt Networks

Graduated : August 2003

David Knowles

Research: Structural Vibration Control using Active Resonator Absorber: Modeling and Control Implementation

Graduated : May 2003

Rafi Vahe Derkhorenian

Research: Nonlinear Adaptive Vibration Control of Linear Time Invariant Uncertain Mechanical Systems Experiencing Unknown Harmonic Disturbances

Graduated : May 2002


Year 2001

Undergraduate Student

Matt Grier

Research: Experimental Study of Active Resonator Absorber Control Schemes

Graduated : December 2001


Group Photos

2007

In SSNEMS Lab 1:(Standing from right to left) Dr. N Jalili, Amin, Reza S, Siddharth, Calvin, Yosouf, Kushan, Nima, Saied, Dr. Daqaq (Sitting from left to right) Daniel, Thiago, Tugba.

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