JOIN US!! We are always looking for talented undergraduate and graduate students from Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) backgrounds to join the lab. Read the lab research page to find details about ongoing projects to see what intrigues you, and then email (1) a brief write-up of your research interest and/or experiences and (2) and your resume to anprasad@fiu.edu.  

Updated March 2023

• Congratulations to Alexi Switz for...

• Congratulations to Swastika Bera for completing her MS thesis presentation on March 7 "DEVELOPMENT OF CORN KERNEL-BASED BIOCOMPOSITE FILMS FOR FOOD PACKAGING APPLICATIONS"

• Prasad Lab is ACTIVE at its new location. See some of our YouTube Videos and lab pics on the Media page. Our member profile is COMING SOON!

•  The lab is moving to a new location at Florida International University starting Fall 2022! 

• Congratulation Dr.  Mukesh and Dr. Prasad on  new publications

• Prasad lab in collaboration with Education Director Dr. Bree Oatman from South Dakota Discovery center has been awarded Wokini Challenge Grant FY'23 for "Engineering Design Inspired by Nature: Culturally Integrated Materials Science Education" (July 2022 to June 2024).

• New 2-year Grant from North Central Regional Sun Grant Center "Translating Cellulose-based Biomass to Engineered Biocomposite" starting July 2022.

• MS Student Trupti Mali successfully defended her MS Thesis " Nanomechanical Characterisation and Comparison of Additively Manufactured GRCop-42 alloy". CONGRATULATIONS!! (May 2022)

• MS Student Temitope Borode successfully defended his MS Thesis "Design of Polyaniline  Based Sensor for Real Time Plant Growth Monitoring". CONGRATULATIONS!! (May 2022)

• Welcoming BioX 3D Printer in our lab through grant support from ME Department, Dept of Pharmacy, and SDSU's Division of Research and Economic Development (February 2022).

• Dr. Prasad wins DOD DURIP Defense University Research Equipment Grant! (Fiscal Year 2022). 

• Prasad Lab participated in the Midwest Applied Materials Conference organized by Jerome J Lohr College of Engineering, Nov 2021

• Dr. Prasad wins the prestigious NSF CAREER Award! (Aug 2021).

For earlier news see here