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Kunal MasaniaPrincipal Investigator
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About Kunal
The lab is headed by Kunal Masania (CV) and was founded in Jan 2020. Kunal obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering on the fracture mechanics of multi-scale composites from Imperial College London, UK in 2010. In 2011 he joined the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, to develop innovative manufacturing of new high-performance materials at industrial scale. In 2015 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, he turned focus to the development of hierarchical structured materials with inspiration from the natural world using additive manufacturing. His work has been recognised by various prizes such as the MaP Career Seed Award from the ETH Foundation, JEC Innovation Award and nominated best Academic/Research Team in the 3D printing industry awards. |
Vinay DamodaranPost Doctoral Reseacher
Liquid Crystal Polymers
Topology and lamination optimisation Multi-physics modeling |
Caroline HourietPhD candidate
Liquid Crystal Polymers
Bioinspiration Free-form Manufacturing |
Satya AmmuPhD candidate
Functional materials
4D printing |
Muhamad AmaniPhD candidate
Topology Optimization
Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence |
Hao WangVisiting PhD candidate
Bio-inspired composite material
Freeze casting 3D printing |
Ji Cheng
PhD candidate
Discrete lattice structures
Robotics Machine learning |
Mark Ablonczy
Researcher
Fungi materials
Living materials Self-healing materials |
Ranjan GaurMSc student
Liquid Crystal Polymers
Laminate optimisation Topology optimization |
Shashank AminMSc student
Topology Optimization
Stress Line AM |
Berend van LeengoedMSc student
Liquid Crystal Polymers
Topology Optimization Permeability Testing |
Kevin KrugerMSc student
Bio-Inspired
Natural Composite Direct Ink Writing |
Sungi HanMSc student
Stress aligned AM
Long fibre plastics Large scale AM, Robotic AM |
Boris Ulyanov
MSc student
Liquid crystal polymers
Biomimetics Composites |
Sowrabh Shetty
MSc student
Natural composites
Bio-inspired |
Stefano Morese
MSc student- Erasmus exchange
Smart materials
4D-printing Self-healing materials |
Linde Spoelstra
MSc student
Topology otpimisation
Bio-based composites 3D printing |
Mihai Fetecau
BSc honours student
Topology otpimisation
Bio-inspired composites Additive manufacturing |
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Motivated to join us?
We continually seek talented, motivated people that are keen to be a part of our research team. A willingness to hang out near the coffee machine and/ or being left-handed is a plus! Researchers at all levels are invited by contacting us.
We continually seek talented, motivated people that are keen to be a part of our research team. A willingness to hang out near the coffee machine and/ or being left-handed is a plus! Researchers at all levels are invited by contacting us.
Alumni
Chiara MascoloLead Materials Engineer, NematX, CH
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Camille DaganaudPackaging Materials Performance, Nestlé, CH
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Joana KaneMechanical Engineering Master Student, University of Patras, GR
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Nick Faber
Structural Engineer, Lightyear, NL
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Lars Nilsen
Head of Integral Planning Cell (IPC) Helicopter Type-Unrelated Equipment, NL
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