Research

Dr. Arvind Agarwal
Dr. Arvind Agarwal is a Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL, USA. He also serves as the Director of the School of Biomedical, Materials and Mechanical (SBMME).
Prof. Agarwal’s current research interests include advanced materials processing, cold spray, thermal spray, wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), spark plasma sintering, ultrahigh temperature ceramics, boron nitride nanotube (BNNT), and graphene-reinforced composites and coatings, nanoindentation, and multi-scale mechanics of soft materials. Prof. Agarwal is an elected Fellow of ASM International, the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).