Principal Investigator
Dhruv Bhate (ASU Bio Page)
– Associate Professor, The Polytechnic School,
– 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, Arizona State University
2015-17: Sr. Technologist, Additive Manufacturing, PADT Inc. 2008-15: Process Engineer and Manager, Assembly Technology Development, Intel Corporation
2003-04: Bass guitar and singer-songwriter, 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
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Jordan Yaple (started Fall ’22)
Structural Weaves with Additive Manufacturing |
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Tyler Smith (started Fall ’20)
Fatigue Failure Modeling of Additively Manufactured Metallic Cellular Materials |
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Yash Mistry (started Summer ’20) Bio-inspired Weaves and Branches with Additive Manufacturing |
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Cameron Noe (started Spring ’19)
Integrated Heat Pipes with Laser Powder Bed Fusion |
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Irving Edwin Ramirez Chavez (started Fall ’18)
Deformation and Energy Absorption in Aperiodic Cellular Materials |
MS Students
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Aniruddha Talange (Applied Project)
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Bio-inspired Branching Channels for Fluid Flow |
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Nicole Van Handel (Research Portfolio)
Image Processing and Analysis in the Mechanics of Architected Cellular Materials |
Undergraduates
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Alexander Potts [Barrett Honors Thesis, co-advised with Prof. Xiangfan Chen]
Design and Manufacturing of Hair-Like Structures |
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Zachary Goode
3D Printed Heat Pipes for Thermal Management |
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Andrew Sarrasin [Co-advised with Prof. Heather Emady]
Characterization of particle trapping in hair-like structures |
Alumni (updated 03/2023)
- Post-Doc
- Dr. Prince Jeya Lal Lazar (2021) – Faculty member at Bharath Institute of Higher Ed. & Research – LinkedIn
- PhD
- MS
- Thesis
- Applied Project
- 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
- Afsana Nizamudeen (M.S. ’23) – LinkedIn
- Undergraduates
Research Collaborators (Current)
Academia
- Prof. Clint Penick, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, at Kennesaw State University
- Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla, Ransburg Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
- Christine Lee, Director, Interwoven Labs
- 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
Industry
- Donald Godfrey, Senior Fellow, SLM Solutions, Inc.
- Dr. Alex Grishin, Consulting Engineer at Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies, Inc.
Group Photos
November 2021
November 2019Picture credits: Kevin Steverson