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Germany

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Supervising a research group of scientists at the master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral levels• Linked data engineering, materials science, FAIR data, experimental tribology, machine learning, research data management, ontology engineering, and Open Science & Reproducibility• Focused on data-intensive experimental methods, tribotesting and machine learning• Taught lectures in Data Science and Scientific Workflows, and labs in Experimental Tribology,

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Custom machine learning techniques for experimental tribology and material science• Metals tribology and microstructural evolution of critical industrially-relevant components• High-precision wear and friction sensing technologies in tribometer development

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Ontology development for experimentalists• In-situ XRD of copper under tribological loads analyzed via machine learning

Newark, Delaware

• Nanotechnology and Nanotribology: Ultrahigh precision measurements of friction and wear; Bringing nanoscale research into everyday-scale applications; Methods in atomic force microscopy. Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) tribology• Clean Energy: Wind turbine design, modeling, tribology and reliability• Precision Instrumentation: Design and programming of multiscale material testing equipment; in-situ testing of solid and liquid lubricants• Biomedical Engineering: Conductive… Show more • Nanotechnology and Nanotribology: Ultrahigh precision measurements of friction and wear; Bringing nanoscale research into everyday-scale applications; Methods in atomic force microscopy. Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) tribology• Clean Energy: Wind turbine design, modeling, tribology and reliability• Precision Instrumentation: Design and programming of multiscale material testing equipment; in-situ testing of solid and liquid lubricants• Biomedical Engineering: Conductive polymer coatings; biomaterial testing and design; hydrogel tribology• Polymeric Tribomaterials: Testing of industrially-relevant polymer blend films, transfer film analysis • Solid Mechanics: Contact, adhesion and failure of materials Show less

• Assisted instructors of records for a junior-level Materials Engineering class.• Performed tutoring sessions independently or in groups.• Substituted instructors of record in class whenever requested.• Administered and assessed a term project in Materials Engineering.

New Delhi Area, India

Contributed for developing actionable mobile sensing in Smarter Cities – Garbage Collection Management.

Schenectady Ny

• Provided peer tutoring to enhance the understanding of engineering concepts and strengthen homework.• Presented appropriate advice and explanations based on level of experience with engineering program.

Schenectady, Ny

• Topic 1: Effect of head-carrying on cranial deformation and morphology. • Developed MATLAB code that determines radius and thickness from 3D digitizations and then performs stress and strain analysis throughout cranium.• Topic 2: Effect of posterior curvature on the bending strength of maxillary canines in cercopithecoid monkeys. • Conducted 3D digitizations along posterior aspect of maxillary canines in cercopithecoid monkeys using MicroScribe MX to determine the posterior radius of… Show more • Topic 1: Effect of head-carrying on cranial deformation and morphology. • Developed MATLAB code that determines radius and thickness from 3D digitizations and then performs stress and strain analysis throughout cranium.• Topic 2: Effect of posterior curvature on the bending strength of maxillary canines in cercopithecoid monkeys. • Conducted 3D digitizations along posterior aspect of maxillary canines in cercopithecoid monkeys using MicroScribe MX to determine the posterior radius of curvature. • Designed a MATLAB script to synthesize 3D coordinates data and create a Bezier curve fit through them. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Topic: Experimental Tribology, Machine Design, Calibration, Materials Testing Dissertation: A direct experimental link between.

B.S. (Hon.), Mechanical Engineering With Minor In Economics

Activities and Societies: Union College Scholar, Europa House Co-manager, Engineers Without Borders Event Coordinator, Mechanical.