Seminars

Future long-duration space missions will require in-situ, on-demand manufacturing of tools and components. Photopolymer-based processes are attractive for this purpose due to their low energy requirements and volume efficiency. However, photopolymerization generates significant heat, which is difficult to dissipate in...

Multistable structures provide a powerful route for achieving programmable shape morphing, controlled deployment, energy storage, and adaptive mechanical behavior without continuous actuation. My doctoral research focused on developing instability-based fabrication strategies that harness directed mechanical instabilities as a design tool...

Wear in polymer–metal contacts is critical to the performance and stability of many mechanical systems, especially under sliding conditions where friction and material loss arise from the complex interplay of surface topography, contact mechanics, and material response. Accurate wear prediction...