Vashisth Research Lab

Composite Materials &

Manufacturing Lab

Prof. Aniruddh Vashisth

Mechanical Engineering Department

University of Washington, Seattle

What we do:

We do inter-disciplinary research on the interface of mechanics and material science. Broadly our research involves the following:

Fabrication, material characterization, and analysis of sustainable composites
Molecular dynamics simulations of polymers and nanofillers augmented by machine learning
Advanced manufacturing of materials using high energetics such as radio frequency and plasma

Google Scholar and Researchgate pages

About Aniruddh Vashisth:

I am an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. I received my PhD and MS in Engineering Sciences and Mechanics from Pennsylvania State University, working with Dr. Charles Bakis and Dr. Adri van Duin, and finished my undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Prior to starting my tenure-track position, I have been a postdoc at Texas A&M University, where I worked with Dr. Micah Green and Dr. Mohammad Naraghi.

You can reach me at vashisth at uw dot edu or on landline (206) 543-5710. I am located in Room 210 in Mechanical Engineering Building (MEB), 3900 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195.

Please do check out the Research webpages on this website to learn more about what we do!

Projectile hitting a toughened composite at 850 m/s