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.