Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb

Harris Saunders, Jr. Chair and Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb joined Georgia Tech in summer 2007 as an assistant professor at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this, she was a senior engineer in the materials and device R&D group of MEMS Research and Innovation Center at QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc. Her work included characterization and optimization of optical and electric response of IMOD displays and research on novel materials for improved processing and reliability of IMOD. Bassiri-Gharb's research interests are in smart and energy-related materials (e.g. ferroelectric and multiferroic materials) and their application to nano- and micro-electromechanical systems. Her research projects integrate novel micro and nanofabrication techniques and processes and study of the fundamental science of these materials at the nanoscale, at the interface of physical and electrochemical phenomena.

nazanin.bassirigharb@me.gatech.edu

404.385.0667

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Love 315

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Micro and Nano Device Engineering
    • Miniaturization & Integration
    • Nanomaterials
    Additional Research:
    Ferroelectronic Materials; Functional Materials; In-Situ Characterization; Piezoelectronic Materials; Multiscale Modeling; Organic Electronics

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    Cyrus Aidun

    Cyrus Aidun

    Cyrus Aidun

    Professor

    Dr. Aidun joined the Woodruff School as a Professor in 2003 after completion of a two-year period as program director at the National Science Foundation. He began at Tech in 1988 as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology. Prior, he was a research Scientist at Battelle Research Laboratories, Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University and Senior Research Consultant at the National Science Foundation's Supercomputer Center at Cornell. 

    Dr. Aidun's research is at the intersection between fundamentals of the physics of complex fluids/thermal transport and applications to engineering and biotransport. He has a diverse research portfolio in fluid mechanics, bioengineering, renewable bioproducts and decarbonization of industrial processes. 

    A major focus has been to understand the physics of blood cell transport and interaction with glycoproteins (e.g., vWF) with applications to cardiovascular diseases.

    cyrus.aidun@me.gatech.edu

    404-894-6645

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    Love Building, Room 320

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Biobased Materials
    • Biochemicals
    • Biorefining
    • Biotechnology
    • Conventional Energy
    • Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics
    • Pulp Paper Packaging & Tissue
    • Sustainable Manufacturing
    Additional Research:
    Computational analysis of cellular blood flow in the cardiovascular system with applications to platelet margination, thrombus formation, and platelet activation in artificial heart valves. Thermal Systems. Chemical Recovery; Papermaking.

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    Seung-Kyum Choi

    Seung-Kyum Choi

    Seung-Kyum Choi

    Associate Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

    Seung-Kyum Choi directly began at Georgia Tech in Fall 2006 as an assistant professor. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a research assistant at Wright State University, conducting research on uncertainty quantification techniques for the analytical certification of complex engineered systems.  

    seungkyum.choi@me.gatech.edu

    404.894.9218

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    MARC 260

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Computational Materials Science
    Additional Research:
    Additive/Advanced Manufacturing; Computer-Aided Engineering; Materials Failure and Reliability; Modeling; Uncertainty Modeling

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    Ting Zhu

    Ting Zhu

    Ting Zhu

    Woodruff Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

    Zhu's research focuses on the modeling and simulation of mechanical behavior of materials at the nano- to macroscale. Some of the scientific questions he is working to answer include understanding how materials fail due to the combined mechanical and chemical effects, what are the atomistic mechanisms governing the brittle to ductile transition in crystals, why the introduction of nano-sized twins can significantly increase the rate sensitivity of nano-crystals, and how domain structures affect the reliability of ferroelectric ceramics and thin films. To address these problems, which involve multiple length and time scales, he has used a variety of modeling techniques, such as molecular dynamics simulation, reaction pathway sampling, and the inter-atomic potential finite-element method. The goal of his research is to make materials modeling predictive enough to help design new materials with improved performance and reliability.

    ting.zhu@me.gatech.edu

    404.894.6597

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    MRDC 4110

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Advanced Composites
    • Materials & Manufacturing
    • Materials and Nanotechnology
    • Micro and Nano Device Engineering
    • Nanomaterials
    • Semiconductors
    Additional Research:
    Ferroelectronic MaterialsMicro and NanomechanicsMultiscale ModelingThin Films 

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    Shuman Xia

    Shuman  Xia

    Shuman Xia

    Associate Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

    Xia began at Georgia Tech in Fall 2011. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (CALCIT).

    shuman.xia@me.gatech.edu

    404.385.4549

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    MRDC 4103

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Materials and Nanotechnology
    Additional Research:
    micro and nanomechanics; Energy Conversion; Energy Storage; Ferroelectronic Materials; fracture and fatigue

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    Jeffrey Streator

    Jeffrey Streator

    Jeffrey Streator

    Associate Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

    Streator’s research is concerned with the interactions between contacting surfaces, with particular emphasis on the roles played by surface roughness and by intervening liquid films. Much of this research is motivated by problems of adhesion or “stiction” that is prevalent in small-scale devices such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and in the head-disk interface of computer disk drives. As device form factors continue to shrink the role of surface forces, such as liquid surface tension become increasingly dominant as compared to inertial forces. In this regard Streator has been interested in developing models that consider the interplay between liquid-drive capillary stresses and elastic restoring forces. This work has led to models of contact instabilities force generation predictions for both smooth and rough interfaces.

    jeffrey.streator@me.gatech.edu

    404.894.2742

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    MRDC 4206

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Computational Materials Science
    Additional Research:
    Surfaces and Interfaces; MEMS; Thin Films; Tribomaterials

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    Antonia Antoniou

    Antonia  Antoniou

    Antonia Antoniou

    Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

    Antoniou started with the Woodruff School in Fall 2008. Prior, she worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnlogies (CINT) at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    antonia.antoniou@me.gatech.edu

    404.894.6871

    Office Location:
    MRDC 4102

    Additional Research:
    Materials failure and reliability, fracture and fatigue, stress corrosion, and nanostructured materials

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    Richard Neu

    Richard Neu

    Richard Neu

    Professor School of Materials Science and Engineering and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
    Director, Mechanical Properties Characterization Facility
    IMS Initiative Lead, Materials in Extreme Environments

    Neu's research involves the understanding and prediction of the fatigue behavior of materials and closely related topics, typically when the material must resist degradation and failure in harsh environments. Specifically, he has published in areas involving thermomechanical fatigue, fretting fatigue, creep and environmental effects, viscoplastic deformation and damage development, and related constitutive and finite-element modeling with a particular emphasis on the role of the materials microstructure on the physical deformation and degradation processes. He has investigated a broad range of structural materials including steels, titanium alloys, nickel-base superalloys, metal matrix composites, molybdenum alloys, high entropy alloys, medical device materials, and solder alloys used in electronic packaging. His research has widespread applications in aerospace, surface transportation, power generation, machinery components, medical devices, and electronic packaging. His work involves the prediction of the long-term reliability of components operating in extreme environments such as the hot section of a gas turbine system for propulsion or energy generation. His research is funded by some of these industries as well as government funding agencies.

    rick.neu@me.gatech.edu

    404.894.3074

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    MRDC 4104

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    Research Focus Areas:
    • Materials and Nanotechnology
    Additional Research:
    Nanomaterials; micro and nanomechanics; Thermoelectric Materials; fracture and fatigue

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    Itzhak Green

    Itzhak Green

    Itzhak Green

    Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

    Green’s research has been conducted under industrial and government sponsorship. His work broadly supports the field of design, rotordynamics, and tribology. The calculation of stiffness of bolted joints has become standard in classical design textbooks*. In 2006 he received the ASME highest honor, the Machine Design Award. His work on the dynamic behavior of mechanical seals operating in liquid or gas (again award winning) has been implemented into various computer codes which have been acquired by seals manufacturers, users, and research labs. For two decades he taught two continuing education courses: (1) The “Mechanical Engineering Professional Engineering Refresher,” and (2) with colleagues from BHRG, he taught and administered the course “Fluid Sealing Technology.” He served on numerous editorial boards, served on the STLE Board of Directors, and chaired two terms the Executive Committee of the ASME, Tribology Division.

    itzhak.green@me.gatech.edu

    404.894.6779

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    MRDC 4209

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    • Materials and Nanotechnology
    Additional Research:
    Acoustics and Dynamics; Tribomaterials

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