Category: Research Team News
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Visiting Fulbright Scholar Nitya Nand Gosvami Delivers MEAM Seminar at Penn Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (MEAM) at University of Pennsylvania recently welcomed Dr. Nitya N. Gosvami, Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), who delivered a seminar titled “Controlling Friction and Wear via Engineered Surfaces and Advanced Nanomaterials”. The talk took place on October 21 from 10:15-11:15 AM in…
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Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal to start tenure track faculty position at Oklahoma State University
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal, has accepted an offer to join the faculty of the Oklahoma State University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Nautiyal will establish a research program on advanced manufacturing, with a focus on materials processing and interfacial mechanics. He will begin this new role in Fall…
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Dr. Lu Fang successfully defended her thesis
Dr. Lu Fang defended her thesis, on November 14, 2022. Dr. Fang’s defense focused on “Enabling Ultra-Low Viscosity Lubricants Through Fundamental Understanding of ZDDPs Anti-Wear Additives and their Tribofilm Growth Mechanisms”. When asked how she felt having completed this final step in her Ph.D. journey, Fang replied “Time goes by really fast and I really…
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Science as art: sand grain orientation
PhD student, Parker LaMascus, was featured in the Arcadia Exhibitions Instagram. Parker took the image of sand grains using an interferometric microscope and calculated the average major axis of the grains.
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Lu Fang begins internship at ExxonMobil
PhD Candidate, Lu Fang, will investigate grease-lubricated contact operating under the elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime at ExxonMobil Reseach & Engineering.
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Carpick group welcomes four new members
A warm welcome to Mr. Romulo Martins, Mr. Zekun Li, Dr. Cangyu Qu, and Dr. Danny Sánchez!