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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 WangPhD candidate
Bio-inspired composite material
Freeze casting 3D printing |
Lars NilsenMSc student
Ghost Layer Method
Topology Optimization Additive Manufacturing |
Nick FaberMSc student
Stress Aligned AM
Liquid Crystal Polymers 5-axis FDM |
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 |
Alumni
Chiara Mascolo |
Camille Daganaud |
Joana Kane |
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.