Principal Investigator
Jagannathan Rajagopalan
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science
Research interests: Synthesis of nanocrystalline materials with tailored microstructures, Mechanics of nanostructured metal and alloy films, MEMS for in situ materials testing, Polymer based micro devices for cell mechanics and biohybrid platforms
CV (pdf)
Contact Engineering Research Center, Rm 357 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-6106, USA Ph: (480) 965-4363, Email: Jagannathan.RajagopalanATasu.eduPhD Students
Rohit Berlia
Research topic: Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials with multimodal architectures.
Paul Rasmussen
Research topic: Synthesis and characterization of shape memory thin films with tailored microstructures.
Masters Students
Santosh Rajarajan
Research topic: Synthesis and characterization of Cu-Co thin films.
Alumni
Dr. Ehsan Izadi (PhD student)
Research topic: Strain rate effects on deformation behavior of nanostructured metals.
Currently at Intel.
Dr. Rohit Sarkar (PhD student)
Research topic: Synthesis and characterization nanocrystalline alloys with tailored microstructures.
Currently at Intel.
Suhas E P (MS student)
Research topic: Elevated temperature mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline titanium films.
Currently pursuing PhD in Johns Hopkins University.
Abhinav Kowdle Prakash (MS student)
Research topic: Fabrication and characterization of PDMS force sensors.
Currently at Sunrun Inc, Irvine.
Timothy Sowers (MS student)
Research topic: Dynamics of PDMS flow in micro channels.
Currently pursuing PhD in Georgia Tech.
Cole Snider, FURI student
Research topic: Effect of sputtering conditions on the microstructure of nanocrystalline metal and alloy films.
Andrea Hall, Barrett Honors and FURI student
Research topic: Strain rate effects on deformation of microstructurally homogeneous and heterogeneous aluminum films
Medical student starting July 2018, Carle Illinois College of Medicine