· Projects
o Three-dimensional printing of wood Jan 2022 – Present
§ Published in Science Advances, featured in Nature.
§ Discovered the first-ever additive manufacturing of fire-resistant wood with natural fiber reinforcements.
§ Investigated the effect of heat treatment on the mechanical properties of 3D-printed wood.
o Macroscale Ceramic Origami Structures with Hyperelastic Coating for crack arrest Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
§ Published in Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials.
§ Introduced damage-tolerant behavior to origami ceramic structures through the application of a hyperelastic elastomeric coating.
§ Performed ASTM static and cyclic compression tests using Instron, demonstrating orientation and structure dependent anisotropic mechanical behavior.
§ Verified crack arrest through SEM images and demonstrated tensile damage prevention mechanics using ABAQUS FEA to analyze structure-property relationships.
o Direct ink writing: a 3D printing technology for diverse materials
§ Review article published in Advanced Materials.
o Sustainable valorization of asphaltenes | Alberta Innovates Sep 2021 – Nov 2022
§ Published in Science Advances.
§ 3D simulation of laser heating on a composite substrate using COMSOL to calculate thermal conductivity.
o Algae-derived Nacre-like Dielectric Bionanocomposite with High Loading Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Green Electronics Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
§ Published in ACS Nano.
o High-performance carbon nanotube fiber reinforced composites | Carbon Hub, Rice University Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
§ Manuscript under preparation.
§ Demonstrated new failure modes in carbon nanotube fiber-reinforced composites, leading to 53% higher interfacial shear strength than carbon fiber-reinforced composites.
§ Distinguished the three separate failure modes’ data utilizing Weibull probability plot and detected the anomalies.
o High-Temperature Resistant hBN Coatings on SS and Ti metal coupons | Flowserve Machinery corporation Apr 2023 – Aug 2024
§ Achieved an 80% reduction in electrochemical corrosion rate for stainless steel coupons using hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) coating grown by pulsed laser deposition and chemical synthesis.
o Smart Lost Circulation Material | Aramco Americas Jul 2022 – Dec 2022
§ Developed a shear-expandable structure that prevents the loss of drilling fluids by blocking the crevices.