2025: Dr. Lichade (PI) and Dr. Tarunraj Singh (Co-PI) received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, titled “Roll-to-Roll Assisted Polymerization (RRP) Process for Printing Large-scale Micropatterned Surfaces with Multifunctional Properties”. Congratulations!
2025: Dr. Lichade gave birth to a Daughter, Trishya.
2025: Bhargav Chowdary Ghattamaneni graduated this spring and will join our group as a Ph.D. student. Congratulations and Welcome!
2025: Umar El-Amin graduated this spring and will join General Motors. Congratulations to Umar!
2025: Congratulations to Kaushali, who has successfully defended her Master’s thesis and will join Tesla!
2025: Dilasha received the MAE Zimmer Scholarship for Summer 2025 to work with Dr. Lichade. Congratulations!
2025: Umar and Uma presented a poster at the 2025 UB Celebration of Academic Excellence based on the results of the project funded by UB's URCA program.
2025: Uma received the SME Education Foundation Scholarship for her work on understanding fluid dynamics in polymerization-based additive manufacturing. Congratulations!
2025: Dr. Lichade co-organized a symposium on Advanced Manufacturing of Functional Devices and Bioinspired Structures at the ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2026).
2025: Gayasuddin gave a talk on "Rapid Fabrication of Mesoscale Structures Using Nozzle-Assisted Continuous Printing" at RAPID + TCT 2025.
2025: Ms. Dilasha Thapa joined our group as an Undergraduate Researcher. Welcome!
2025: Gayasuddin got 3rd place in the MAE Graduate Poster Competition. Congratulations!
2025: Umar joined our group as an Undergraduate Researcher. Welcome!
2025: Dr. Lichade has won an award from the UB Research and Creative Activities (URCA) for Undergraduates Program. We are now hiring an undergraduate Research Assistant!
2024: Mr. Mohammed Gayasuddin Shaik joined our group as a Ph.D. Student, Welcome!
2024: Dr. Lichade is invited to give a talk on Advanced Manufacturing of Functional Materials and Structures at the IDETC-CIE 2024. She will also co-chair the "Design for Additive Manufacturing" Session.
2024: Dr. Lichade has co-organized a special issue on "Nature-Inspired 3D Printing: Engineering Tomorrow’s Functional Structures and Material" in Biomimetics.
2024: Dr. Lichade co-organized a symposium on Advanced Manufacturing of Functional Devices and Bioinspired Structures at the ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2025).
2024: Mr. Bhargav Chowdary Ghattamaneni joined our group as a master's student for project. Welcome!
2024: Uma received the MAE Zimmer Scholarship for Summer 2024 to work with Dr. Lichade. Congratulations!
2024: Ms. Uma Bhattacharjee joined our group as Undergraduate Researcher. Welcome!
2024: Nikhil got a position in Kennametal Inc.. Congratulations!
2024: Ms. Kaushali Aich joined our group as a master's student for thesis. Welcome!
2024: Ms. Sai Hamsitha Reddy Guvvala joined our group as a Ph.D. Student, Welcome!
2023: Dr. Lichade was invited to give a talk in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Research Orientation at UB.
2023: Dr. Lichade organized a special Issue on “Recent Advances in Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Platform in North America and Europe” in Micromachines.
2023: Dr. Lichade opened a new graduate course on Additive Manufacturing “MAE 502 “Introduction to Additive Manufacturing,” for the Fall of 2023.