Principal Investigator
Dr. Arvind Agarwal
Principal Investigator. Distinguished University Professor and Chair
Research Interests
Plasma and Cold Spray based Additive Manufacturing; Surface Engineering; Spark Plasma Sintering; Boron Nitride Nanotube and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites and Coatings; Graphene Foam; Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics; Nanomechanics and Nanotribology; Nanomechanics of Bio and Soft Materials
Email: agarwala@fiu.edu
Office: EC3474
Phone Number: (305) 348-1701
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Tanaji Paul
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Cold Spray, Ultrasonic Casting, Nanomechanics, Composites, Metallic Glass, Spark Plasma Sintering; Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Email: tpaul@fiu.edu
Office: EC2659
Dr. Ambreen Nisar
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Ultra High Temperature Ceramics; CNT Reinforced Composites; Functionally Graded Ceramics; Surface Engineering
Email: anisar@fiu.edu
Office: EC2656
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Lihua Lou
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests
Fabrication and environmental/biomedical applications of electrospinning nanofiber or nanofiber/functional matters composites; Nano-mechanics of functional materials
Email: llou@fiu.edu
Office: EC2656
Dr. Sohail Mohammed
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests
Fatigue & Fracture, Material Characterization, CNT Reinforced Composites, Lightweight Materials, Powder Metallurgy, Welding & Joining, Heterogeneous & Hybrid Composites, Solid Mechanics
Email: smohamme@fiu.edu
Office: EC2655
Dr. Sarvesha Rajashekara
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests
Micro-mechanical testing, in situ microstructure evolution, X-ray micro-tomography, Mg alloys, Electron microscopy, deformation behavior of metallic materials
Email: srajashe@fiu.edu
Office: EC2655
Dr. Luiza Benedetti
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests
2D nanoplatelets, high-performance thermoplastics and thermosets, nanocomposites foams, materials characterization
Email: lbenedet@fiu.edu
Office: EC2655
Doctoral Students
Tyler Dolmetsch
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Nanomechanics and In-situ Mechanics of Advanced Materials
Email: tdolm001@fiu.edu
Office: EC3180
Riddhi Joshi
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Predicting thermos-mechanical properties of advanced coatings through microstructure-based finite element analysis
Email: rjosh009@fiu.edu
Office: EC3180
Giuseppe Bianco
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to material sciences and manufacturing
Email: Gbian007@fiu.edu
Office: EC3180
Abhijith Sukumaran
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Tribology, metal coatings, implant tribology, aerospace coatings, composite materials, bio lubricants
Email: asuku002@fiu.edu
Denny John
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Cold Spray, Plasma Spray, Spark Plasma Sintering
Email: djohn286@fiu.edu
Blanca Palacios
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical properties of Advanced Materials, Mechatronics systems applied to material sciences
Email: bpala021@fiu.edu
Omar Ali Blandon
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Industrial and experimental research, advanced materials behavior and applications, polymeric materials, nanofibers, process and product development/scalability under experimental and industrial conditions
Email: oblan021@fiu.edu
Kazue Orikasa Lopez
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Integration of 2D materials and polymers to create composites that exhibit improved mechanical and electrical properties to develop aerospace technologies
Freeze-drying processing of ultra-high temperature ceramics. Mechanical characterization of ultra-soft materials and biomaterials
Email: korik001@fiu.edu
Anil Lama
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Cold Spray, Additive Manufacturing, Plasma spray, Tribology
Email: alama043@fiu.edu
Master Students
Brandon Aguiar
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Ultrasonic Treatment on Aluminum and High Speed imaging
Email: bagui020@fiu.edu
Office: EC3180
Priscila Oliveira
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Addition of 2D nanomaterials in polymer matrices to improve polymer properties such as electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance for the automotive and aerospace industries
Email: poliv032@fiu.edu
Jorge Carreno
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Corrosion inhibition.
Email: jcarr269@fiu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Katrina Rodriguez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interest:
Corrosion of Additively Manufactured Parts
Email: krodr393@fiu.edu
Gia Garino
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interest:
Ultra High Temperature Ceramics and aerospace coatings
Email: ggari005@fiu.edu
Matty Sey
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interest:
Nano indentation of mechanical properties.
Email: msey002@fiu.edu
Courtesy Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Cheng Zhang
Courtesy Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests
Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs); Graphene Foam (GrF) and Ceramics-GrF Composites; Spark Plasma Sintering, Plasma Spray and Cold Spray
Email: chenzhan@fiu.edu
Outreach & Research Coordinator
Beatriz Morillo
ColRAD: Cold Spray and Rapid Deposition Research Coordinator
CELL-MET Coordinator at FIU
Email: bmorillo@fiu.edu
Phone number: 305-348-9945