Primary Investigator
Lihua Lou, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
Clemson University
219 Fluor Daniel Building, Clemson, 29634-0921
(P) 864-656-5631 | (E): llou@clemson.edu
Current Students
Ashfaqul Hoque Khadem | Graduate Research Assistant
Ashfaqul graduated from the Bangladesh University of Textiles in 2022. Following that, he served as a lecturer at the University of Scholars. In Fall 2024, he began his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University.
Research interest: 1D/2D materials, fiber composites, electrospinning, nanomaterial composites
Research Scholar
Sumit Kolte
Sumit earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mumbai in 2019 and completed his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University in 2024. He is a highly skilled and motivated Mechanical Engineer with a strong academic foundation and two years of professional experience in design, manufacturing, assembly, and quality control.
Research interest: 3D printing, SolidWorks, Simulations
Master Student
Aditya Chauhan
Aditya Chauhan earned his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), India, and is pursuing an M.S. at Clemson University. He specializes in composite materials, inelastic material modeling, and advanced manufacturing processes, with experience in material characterization and microstructural analysis. He completed internships at the Indian Institute of Science and Tata Motors, gaining expertise in composite fabrication, defect analysis, and quality control.
Research interest: Composite materials, material characterization, structural optimization, advanced manufacturing techniques, and defect analysis in precision engineering
Master Student
Siddardha Achanta
Siddardha has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Reva University in 2022. Following that, he worked in L&T Construction Equipment Ltd. for one year in the Hydraulic Division, involving in designing various Hydraulic Systems on AutoCAD and Solidworks. In Spring 2024, Siddardha began his M.S. studies in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University.
Research interest: Design and Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Finite Element Methods using ANSYS, Solidworks, Simulation
Postdoc (Part-time)
Nitin Luhadiya
Dr. Nitin earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Indore, specializing in computational materials science and nanomaterials. He is skilled in classical molecular dynamics, density functional theory, and developing machine-learned interatomic potentials. His research focuses on advancing solid-state hydrogen storage and the electromechanical properties of nanomaterials. With additional expertise in experimental synthesis, he takes a comprehensive approach to materials research, contributing to sustainable energy innovations and publishing extensively in leading journals.
Research interest: Solid-state hydrogen storage, electromechanical properties, functionalized polymer composites, ML/AI in material science
Join Our Team
The NanoBio Mechanics & Manufacturing (NBM²) Lab is seeking the next generation of 1) middle-school and high-school summer scholars, 2) part-time and summer undergraduate researchers, 3) graduate students, and 4) visiting scholars and postdoctoral researchers to join our multidisciplinary team.
Interested candidates, please send a CV to Prof. Lihua Lou.