Principal Investigator
Dhruv Bhate (ASU Bio Page)
– Associate Professor, The Polytechnic School,
– Affiliate Faculty, The Biomimicry Center,
– Graduate Faculty in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science & Engineering at the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy
Brief CV Industry Experience: 2015-17: Sr. Technologist (Additive Manufacturing), PADT Inc. 2008-15: Packaging R&D Engineer and Manager, Intel Corporation 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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Cameron Noe (started Spring ’19)
Thesis topic under discussion |
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Mandar Shinde (started Fall ’18)
Fatigue of Additively Manufactured IN 718 (Laser Powder Bed Fusion) |
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Paul Paradise (started Fall ’18)
Process-Structure-Property Relationships for Thin Wall IN 718 Structures in Laser Powder Bed Fusion |
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Irving Edwin Ramirez Chavez (started Fall ’18)
Strain Distribution and Energy Absorption in Cellular Materials |
MS Students
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Raghav Sharma
Cellular Material Selection and Optimization for Mechanical Performance |
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Dhiraj Patil
Increasing Layer Thickness in Laser Powder Bed Fusion with Inconel 718 |
Undergraduates
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Violet Konopka(co-advised with Prof. Clint Penick)
Biomimetic Cellular Materials Design: A study of insect nests |
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Derek Goss
Biomimetic Cellular Materials Design |
Alumni (updated 03/2019)
- MS
- Undergraduates
