Principal Investigator

DR. AADr. Arvind Agarwal
Principal Investigator. Distinguished University Professor and Chair, AMERI Director

Research Interests

Plasma and Cold Spray based Additive Manufacturing; Surface Engineering; Spark Plasma Sintering; Boron Nitride Nanotube and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites and Coatings; Graphene Foam; Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics; Nanomechanics and Nanotribology; Nanomechanics of Bio and Soft Materials

Email: agarwala@fiu.edu
Office: EC3474
Phone Number: (305) 348-1701


Dr. Benjamin Boesl
Co-Principal Investigator. Associate Professor, Associate Chair, and Director of Undergraduate Program of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests

Solid Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics; In Situ Mechanical Testing; High Strain Rate/Dynamic Material Response, and Processing-Structure-Property Relationships.

Email: bboesl@fiu.edu
Office: 
EC3172
Phone Number: 
(305) 348-3028

Research Assistant Professor

CHENG ZHANG Post Doc

Dr. Cheng Zhang
Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs); Graphene Foam (GrF) and Ceramics-GrF Composites; Spark Plasma Sintering, Plasma Spray and Cold Spray.

Email: czhan009@fiu.edu
Office: EC2659


Tanaji Paul

Dr. Tanaji Paul
Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Cold Spray, Ultrasonic Casting, Nanomechanics, Composites, Metallic Glass, Spark Plasma Sintering

Email: tpaul@fiu.edu
Office: EC3232

Doctoral Students


Denny John
Graduate Research Assistant

Research Interests

Additive Manufacturing, Cold Spray, Plasma Spray, Spark Plasma Sintering.

Email: djohn286@fiu.edu


Riddhi Joshi
Graduate Research Assistant

Research Interests

Predicting thermo-mechanical properties of advanced coatings through microstructure-based finite element analysis.

Email: rjosh009@fiu.edu
Office: EC3230

Research Coordinator

Beatriz Morillo
ColRAD: Cold Spray and Rapid Deposition Research Coordinator

Email: bmorillo@fiu.edu
Phone number: 305-348-9945

Webmaster

Nicholas Gonzalez
Webmaster

Email: nsgonzal@fiu.edu