Principal Investigator
Dr. Arvind Agarwal
Email: agarwala@fiu.edu
Office: EC3474
Phone Number: (305) 348-1701
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
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Tanaji Paul
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Cold Spray, Wire Arc 3D printing, Ultrasonic casting, BNNT-composites, Nano-Mechanics, Metallic Glass
Email: tpaul@fiu.edu
Office: EC2659
Dr. Ambreen Nisar
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC), Cold-Spray of Ceramics and Composites, 3D Printing of Ceramics, Advanced Characterization, and Extreme Environments
Email: anisar@fiu.edu
Office: EC2656
Dr. Lihua Lou
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Cardiac Biomechanics, Soft Matter, Electrospinning, Atomic Force Microscopy, Multiscale Mechanics, 0D/1D Nanomaterials, Nanomaterial Composites, and Digital Image Processing.
Email: llou@fiu.edu
Office: EC2656
Research Associate
Tyler Dolmetsch
Research Scientist
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Wire Arc 3D Printing, Cold Spray, Nanomechanics and In-situ Mechanics of Advanced Materials, and BNNT Composites.
Email: tdolmets@fiu.edu
Office: OU121A
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Luiza Benedetti
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests
High-performance polymers, polymer nanocomposites, 2D materials, foams, shape-memory polymers, additive manufacturing, and cold spray of polymers.
Email: lbenedet@fiu.edu
Office: EC2655
Dr. Sohail Mohammed
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, BNNT composites, Fatigue & Fracture, High speed imaging, Nanomechanics, Welding and Joining.
Email: smohamme@fiu.edu
Office: EC2655
Doctoral Students
Giuseppe Bianco
Graduate Research Assistant
FIU Dissertation Year Fellowships (DYF)
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
Thermal spray ( APS & VPS ) , Cold Spray, In-flight particle diagnostics, Additive manufacturing, Extreme environments, Tribology, Aerospace erosion, Composite materials for radiation shielding, Powder metallurgy and spray drying.
Email: asuku002@fiu.edu
Office: OU121B
Denny John
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Thermal Spray (Cold Spray), Powder Engineering for AM, Aluminum Alloy Metallurgy, Indentation Plastometry, Composite Materials, and BNNTs Reinforcements.
Email: djohn286@fiu.edu
Office: OU121B
Blanca Palacios
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Wire Arc Direct Energy Deposition, Metallography, Materials Characterization, Mechanical Properties, Tribology, Corrosion Science, and Mechatronics Systems in Materials Science and Engineering.
Email: bpala021@fiu.edu
Office: OU121B
Omar Ali Blandon
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Personalized nanomedicine, polymer biocompatible nanomaterials, process and product development/scalability under experimental and industrial conditions.
Email: oblan021@fiu.edu
Kazue Orikasa Lopez
Graduate Research Assistant
NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) fellowship
Research Interests
2D Material Nanocomposites, Polymer Nanocomposites, Freeze-Drying Processing, 3D Printing, Mechanical Reinforcements, Thermal Properties, Radiation Shielding Properties
Email: korik001@fiu.edu
Office: EC3232
Anil Lama
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Cold Spray, Friction Stir, Advanced Material Characterization, Lightweight materials
Email: alama043@fiu.edu
Office: OU121B
Brandon Aguiar
Graduate Research Assistant
FIU Presidential Fellowship
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics, Lunar Soil 3D Printing, High-Speed Camera Videography, FEA simulations, and Drone Videography.
Email: bagui020@fiu.edu
Office: EC3180
Arghyadip Ojha
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
2D materials, Nano-mechanics, Anisotropic properties, and AFM.
Email: aojha002@fiu.edu
Office: MME Students Cubicles
Rony Thomas Murickan
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Electrospinning, 3D Printing, 2D Materials, Polymer Nanocomposites, and Shape Memory Polymers.
Email: rmuri011@fiu.edu
Office: MME Students Cubicles
Somnath Somadder
Graduate Research Assistant
FIU Presidential Fellowship
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Multiscale Modeling, Corrosion analysis, Impact Dynamics, Composite Materials, Solid Mechanics
Email: ssoma012@fiu.edu
Office: MME Students Cubicles
Suleiman Muktari
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Cold Spray, Nanocomposites, 2D Materials, and Additive Manufacturing
Email: smukt001@fiu.edu
Office: MME Students Cubicles
Master Students
Jorge Carreno
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Corrosion Behavior of Metals and Alloys Fabricated by Wire Direct Energy Deposition (WDED), Friction Stir Welding (FSW), and Electrochemical Characterization.
Email: jcarr269@fiu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Katrina Rodriguez
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
Corrosion of Additively Manufactured Parts, Additive Manufacturing, and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM).
Email: krodr393@fiu.edu
Gia Garino
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, 3D Printing or Ceramics, Coatings for Extreme Environments, and Wear Behavior of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM).
Email: ggari005@fiu.edu
Aleksander Aleman
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing, Metals, Polymers, Welding processes
Email: aalem025@fiu.edu
Arya Bhadrakumar Nair
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials and Biomaterials
Email: abhad003@fiu.edu
Anthony Gonzalez
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) and Strengthening of Parts Created from WAAM.
Email: agonz1549@fiu.edu
Zachary Rivera
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
High-performance polymer composites, Shape-memory polymers, 2D material foams
Email: zrive017@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
