·      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.