Multiphysics Modeling and Design Optimization Laboratory
Turaj Ashuri, PhD, Associate Professor
Prof. Ashuri joined Kennesaw State University in the Fall 2020. Before joining Kennesaw State, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Dallas and Arkansas Tech University. He is a senior member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and AIAA Technical Committee in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Committee. His training and education include:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 2014.
PhD in Aerospace Engineering: Delft University of Technology, 2012.
MSc in Aerospace Engineering: Sharif University of Technology, 2005.
BSc in Mechanical Engineering: Tehran Azad University, 1999.
Profiles: Google Scholar ResearchGate
Graduate Students
Jeremy Banta is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics. He is working on the Development of Computer Vision Tools for Soft Hand Prosthesis.
Undergraduate Students
Noah Clark is an Undergraduate Researcher from the Department of Computer Science. He is working on a Machine Learning Approach for Simulating the Airborne Transmission of Infectious Diseases.
Graduate Alumni
Kennesaw State University
Yvanne Komenan: "Finite Element Modeling of a Soft Robotic Prosthesis," 2021.
Arkansas Tech University
Nahid Tushar: "Numerical Study of the Next Generation Soft Robots,'' 2020.
Senior Foua: "Design of Intelligent Mechanical Systems using AI," 2020.
Mounika Bandela: "Image Identification using Enhanced Transfer Learning," 2019.
Subhanjan Bista: ''Computational Design of Wind Farms using Analytical Derivatives,'' 2019.
Jim Sewell: "Aeroelastic Design and Optimization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," 2018.
Valentine Okonkwo, "Increasing the Stability and Convergence of Extremum Seeking Controls Algorithm," 2017.
Undergraduate Alumni
Kennesaw State University
Axle Wiley: "Stair Climbing Soft Robot for Disabled and Senior People," 2021.
Arkansas Tech University
William Carpenter: "Controls of a Soft Robotic Prosthetic Hand for Autonomous Grasp based on Machine Learning Methods", 2020.
Hayden Knowles: "Identifying Low-performing Students using Machine Learning Techniques", 2020.
Joshua Warren: "Improving Graduation and Retention Rates of Low-performing Students using Artificial Intelligence", 2020.
Ethan Eyes: "Additive Manufacturing Methods for Soft Robotic Prosthetic Hands", 2019.
Bipul Simkhada: "Controls of a Soft Robotic Hand using Machine Learning Techniques", 2019.
Michael Anderson, "Finite Element Modeling of Fluidic Elastomers," 2019.
Trevor Pinkston, "Design of Soft Robotic Hands," 2018.
Jeremy Symonds, "Numerical Modeling of Stochastic Fluids using Probability Density Functions," 2018.
Ian Wahlquist, "Controls of Soft Robotic Hands," 2018.
Ty Reasoner, "Manufacturing of Soft Robots," 2018.
Eduardo Mayen, "Optimal Controls of Renewable Energy Systems," 2018.
Mary Moran, "Soft Robotic Hands for people with Amputee," 2018.
Levi Otts, "Modeling and Optimization of Braided Composite Materials," 2017.
Andrea Bratton, "A Stochastic Interpolation Technique for High-Fluctuating Field Variables," 2017.