Principal Investigator

Dhruv-Bhate

Dhruv Bhate (ASU Bio Page)
– Associate Professor, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks,
– Affiliate Faculty, The Biomimicry Center,
– Graduate Faculty in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy

Brief CV
Professional Experience:
2017-present: Associate Professor, ASU
2022-24: Program Chair, BS and PhD in Manufacturing Engineering, ASU
2015-17: Sr. Technologist, Additive Manufacturing, PADT Inc.
2008-15: Process Engineer and Manager, Intel Corporation
2003-04: Bass guitar & vocals, The Blackbirds
2000-01: Engineering Co-Op, Tata Motors
Education:
2008: PhD (Fatigue Modeling), Purdue University
2003: MS (MEMS Adhesion Modeling), University of Colorado at Boulder
2001: BS (Mechanical Engineering), College of Engineering, Pune

PhD Students

Itzel

Itzel Ruby Chavez Martinez (started Fall ’23)

Fulton Fellow 2023

Bee inspired Hair-like materials for particle trapping

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Jordan Yaple (started Fall ’22)

Assembly Module Engineer, Intel Corporation

Specialization in Bee-mediated Pollination as Inspiration for Hair-like materials

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MS Students

Pankaj Mishra

Mechanical simulation of heat pipe radiators

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Undergraduates

Ava Jazwin

Mechanical behavior of 3D-printed bundles

SCALE Student

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Austin Prey

Mechanical behavior of 3D Interwoven structures 

SCALE Scholar

  
Caleb Caleb Yuen

Hair-like materials for surface adhesion

SCALE Scholar

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Cade Cade Clonts

Hair-like materials for thermal management

SCALE Scholar

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Tyler Hayes

Multi-material Additive Manufacturing of Layered Structures

SCALE Scholar

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ZackOkun Zack Okun

Barrett Honors Thesis: Design and Mechanics of Bundles
Parametric design of Hair-like materials

SCALE Scholar

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Alumni (updated 05/2025)

  • Post-Doc
    • Dr. Prince Jeya Lal Lazar (2021) – Associate Professor at Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology – LinkedIn
  • PhD
    • Dr. Tyler Smith (2020-25) – Director at Luminosity Labs – LinkedIn
    • Dr. Irving Ramirez-Chavez (2018-24, direct PhD) – Applications Engineer at Trillion – LinkedIn
    • Dr. Cameron Noe (2019-24) – Lead Additive Manufacturing Engineer at GE Vernova – LinkedIn
    • Dr. Yash Mistry (2020-24) – Senior Researcher at Pani Clean, Inc. – LinkedIn
    • Dr. Mandar Shinde (2018-23) – Packaging Engineer at Intel Corporation – LinkedIn
    • Dr. Paul Paradise (2018-22) – Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – LinkedIn
  •  MS
    • Thesis
      • Athul Rajeev (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Jordan Yaple (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Samuel Temes (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Anushree Saxena (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn 
      • Rajeshree Varma (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Derek Goss (M.S. ’20) – LinkedIn
      • Dhiraj Patil (M.S. ’19) – LinkedIn
      • Raghav Sharma (M.S. ’19) –  LinkedIn
    • Applied Project
      • Morgan Nunez (M.S. ’25) – LinkedIn
      • Aniruddha Talange (M.S. ’24) – LinkedIn
      • Nicholas Giusti (M.S. ’24) – LinkedIn
      • Matthew D’Souza (M.S. ’24) – LinkedIn
      • Elizabeth Evans (M.S. ’24)
      • Mikayla Johnston (M.S. ’22) – LinkedIn
      • Kevin White (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Shawn Clonts (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Sean Lederer (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Antony Romero (M.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Andrew Creasman (M.S. ’20) – LinkedIn
      • Yash Mistry (M.S. ’20) – LinkedIn
      • Varun Agrawal (M.S. ’20) – LinkedIn
      • Bharath Santhanam (M.S. ’19) – LinkedIn
    • Independent Study
      • Zachary Goode (M.S. ’24) – LinkedIn
      • Nicole Van Handel (M.S. ’23) – LinkedIn
      • Afsana Nizamudeen (M.S. ’23) – LinkedIn
  •  Undergraduates
    • Barrett Honors Thesis
      • Alexander Potts (B.S. ’23) – co-advised with Prof. Xiangfan Chen – LinkedIn
      • Sameer Naguib (B.S. ’22) – LinkedIn
      • Nicole Van Handel (B.S. ’22) – co-advised with Prof. Shenghan Guo – LinkedIn
      • Jaime Andreotti (B.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Andrew Fechter (B.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Thao Le (M.S. ’18) –  LinkedIn
      • Ziyad Salti (B.S ’18) – LinkedIn
      • Trevor Eppley (B.S. ’18) –  LinkedIn
    • Independent Study
      • Jacqueline Lehner (B.S. ’26) – LinkedIn
      • Andrew Sarrasin (B.S. ’24) – LinkedIn
      • Austin Suder (B.S. ’23) – LinkedIn
      • Daniel Anderson (B.S. ’20) – LinkedIn
      • Daniel Bruce (B.S. ’21) – LinkedIn
      • Quoc Lam (B.S. ’18) –  LinkedIn

Research Collaborators (Current)

  • Prof. Heather Emady, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University
  • Dr. Cahit Ozturk, Research Technologist and Professional Apiculturist, School of Life Sciences
  • Prof. Clint Penick, Assistant Professor of Entomology & Plant Pathology, at Auburn University
  • Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla, Ransburg Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
  • Prof. Alexander Rattner, Associate Professor, Penn State University
  • Christine Lee, Director, Interwoven Labs, San Diego, CA
  • Prof. Xiangfan Chen, Assistant Professor, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, Arizona State University
  • Prof. Enrique Cuan-Urquizo, Assistant Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
  • Prof. Shenghan Guo, Assistant Professor, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, Arizona State University

Group Photos

November 2024
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November 2023
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November 2021
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November 2019Group_2019Picture credit: Kevin Steverson