Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell

Faculty member of the Advanced Composites Materials & Textile Research Lab (ACMTRL)

Research interests: Advanced manufacturing processes; brain-machine interface; biomedical design and manufacturing; manufacturing for custom healthcare; soft and hard tissue cutting mechanics.

Ph.D. and Postdoctoral training at University of Michigan with Dr. Albert J. Shih

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Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, Francis College of Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

M.S. in Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2020)

• Research Assistant in Ion-Channel Regulation, Particle Inhalation in Murine Models

• Co-op in upstream process Sf-9 cell culture development in gene therapy for Huntington Disease

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Piscataway, NJ (2017)

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Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA (2024)

Projects: Brain-Mimicking Phantom Material Creation, Inchworm-Type Inserter for Brain Machine Interfaces

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Please contact Dr. Lei Chen at Lei_Chen@uml.edu with resumes and statement of interest.

B.S. student in Industrial Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA 

Projects: Brain-Mimicking Phantom Material Creation, 3D-custom automatic extrusion, Automatic Carbon Fiber Assembly

B.S Student in Mechanical Engineering

Interest: Material Science, Mechanical Design, Automotive

Projects: Hybrid Manufacturing

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/muhammadomernaveed

B.S Student in Mechanical Engineering

Projects: Hybrid Manufacturing

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yukisaikachi/ 

B.S Student in Mechanical Engineering

Projects: Vibration-assisted insertion of neural interfaces

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-silvia/ 

PROPEL Program Summer 2024

Goes to Dracut High School (Junior)

Projects: Microwire for brain insertion, force dynamics upon insertion. 

Interested in the field of natural science

PROPEL Program Summer 2024

Goes to Dracut High School (Class of 2025) in Dracut, MA

Projects: Microwire assembly sharpening, buckling dynamics

Interested in cardiology and the in field of medicine

PROPEL Program Summer 2023

Goes to Lowell High School (Class of 2025) in Lowell, MA 

Projects: Carbon Fiber Bundling Sharpening, Phantom Development for Brain Tissue Surrogate

Interested in the field of natural science

PROPEL Program Summer 2023

Lowell High School student (expected June 2024) Lowell, MA 

Projects involved: Carbon Fiber Bundling Sharpening for In Vivo, Phantom Development for Brain Tissue Surrogate

Career of Interest: Pharmacist 

B.S student in Computer Science, UMass Lowell

Interest: Software Programming, Machine Learning

Project: Carbon Fiber Assembly Machine

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/palak-sharma-5a5013222

B.S. student in Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA (2024)

Currently works at Pramand LLC 

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Continues education at The University of British Columbia

Major: mechanical engineering. Minor: computer science. 

Interests: automotive engineering. 

Projects: Hybrid Additive Manufacturing with In Situ Machining.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhein-ferdous-96b31a1b0/

Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, Francis College of Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA (2023-2024)

Masters Certificate in Technological Entrepreneurship, UMass Lowell, MA (2017)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA (1996)

Collaborative technical leader with 25 years experience in aerospace, medical, military, automotive, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and capital equipment. Projects range from early R&D prototypes to high volume production assemblies. Mechanical design experience includes design and analysis of plastics, sheet-metal, weldments, and machined parts. Machine shop experience includes CAM (including G-code editing), CNC milling, turning, and TIG welding.

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M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering (Expected May 2025), UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

Projects: Tip-sharpening machine for axis symmetric micro electrode bundles, hardware integration and optimization

Interests: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-kittel-b3447029a

Starting Master's study in Bioengineering at Tufts Univ. in Fall 2023.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Graduated December 2022), UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

Projects involved: 3D Printing, Finite Element Simulation, Biomedical Manufacturing

Interest:  Software Programming, Basketball, Aerospace

Worked in the lab as undergraduate research assistant 01/2022 - 12/2022

M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell (2022)

Currently Employed as a Mechanical Engineer III at Millipore Sigma

Technical Degree in Automotive and Diesel Technology Nashville Auto Diesel College

Certified Master Automotive Technician and Advanced Specialist

Linked in Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-landry-8774a5219/ 

Worked in the lab as undergraduate research assistant 01/2022 - 08/2022 and then as Master directed studies student 09/2022 - 12/2022

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Expected 2024), UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, JNTUH, India (2022)

Projects involved: Carbon fiber MEA assembly machine

Worked in the lab as Master directed studies student 09/2022 - 12/2022

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Expected 2024), UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

B.T. in Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India (2022)

Projects involved: Carbon fiber MEA assembly machine

Worked in the lab as Master directed studies student 09/2022 - 12/2022

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering (Expected 2024), UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

Projects involved: Benchtop fabrication of microwire-based microelectrode arrays

Worked in the lab as undergraduate research assistant 05/2021 - 12/2021

M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering (Expected May 2024), UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

B.S. student in Mechanical Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

Projects: Tissue Mimicking Phantom Creation and Testing

Cutting Mechanics on brain mimicking tissue

M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering , UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

B.S. student in Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace minor, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA 

Projects: Model design, fabrication, and static testing of 3D printed models 

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Projects: Software Development, Numerical Methods, Data post-processing.

Interests- Software Engineering, Data science

Linkedin Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-young88/