Principal Investigator
Dr. 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
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
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
