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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 an ERC Consolidator Grant, MaP Career Seed Award from the ETH Foundation, and JEC Innovation Award. |
Our team
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.
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Sarah Schyck
Mycelium materials
Nanoparticle functionalization Advanced microscopy techniques |
Saurav SharmaComputational Solid Mechanics
Electromechanical Coupling Active Metamaterials |
Chintan Jansari
w/ M. Langelaar & C. Ayas (Mech)
Computational Solid Mechanics
Topology Optimisation Additive Manufacturing of Composites |
Sourav Patranabish
w/ L. Jourdin (Biotech)
Liquid Crystal Polymers
Multi-Axis Printing Functional Materials |
Shardul BhusariEngineered Living Materials
3D Bioprinting Mycelium materials |
Winston Lindqwisterw/ M. Lesueur, L. Rocha
Engineered living materials
Multi-scale modelling Surrogate modelling |
Amin Hodaei3D Printing of Functional Systems
DNA-of-Things Materials Chemistry |
PhD Candidates
Muhamad Amaniw/ C. Dransfeld
Topology Optimization
Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence |
Deniz Sayinbasw/ J. Teuwen
Bio-based composites
Additive manufacturing of composites Flax fibre-reinforced materials |
Natalia Sofia Guevara-Sotelow/ J. Teuwen
Living composites
Biomimetic materials Metamaterials |
Zhiyuan Xuw/ S. Teixeira de Freitas (Uni. Lisb.)
Bio-based epoxy adhesive
Biomimetic structures Composites |
Ingo Nettersheim
w/ J. Verdonk (WUR)
Engineered living materials
Bio-based composites Wood additive manufacturing |
Mark AblonczyFunctional mycelium materials
Engineered wood composites Bio-inspired material design |
Christopher Lankhof
w/ C. Dransfeld
Shaping hydrogels
Binder jetting Living materials |
Jasper Groen
w/ R. Grass (ETH)
DNA-of-things
Synthetic biology Bio-inspired materials |
Swaliha Binth Hamzaw/ R. Groves
Optical properties of matter
Optical modelling NDT methods |
Mrinal Chaudhury
w/ C. Carre & C. Weimar (Airbus)
Bio-Based Composites
Eco-Design & Circularity Aerospace Interior Materials |
Alex Luijten
w/ J. Wu
Discrete Metamaterials
Hierarchical Composites Lightweight Structures |
Shanthalakshmi Kilambi
w/ B. Caglar
Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Mathematical Modelling Artificial Intelligence |
Gustavo Asaiw/ J. Morlier & F. Lachaud
Topology optimization
Computational mechanics Eco-design of composites |
Jimmy Chengw/ J. Jovanova
Adaptive structures modelling
Bio-inspired gripper design Embodied intelligence |
Nikon Rooghani-Ochdakanw/ J. Teuwen
Bio-based composites
Recombinant proteins Circular economy |
Valentin Lorenzen da Silvaw/ M. Popescu
Fabrication-Aware Segmentation
CNC-Knitting Membrane Structures |
Chiara BattistelliVisiting PhD
Liquid crystal polymers
Additive Manufacturing Space materials |
Master's Students
Stefan Brunner
Multi-axis printing
Topology optimization Liquid crystal polymers |
Radha Dave
Deployable Structures
Additive Manufacturing Structural Kinematics |
Matas VenckauskasBioprinting
Mycelium Materials Engineering Design |
David Canosa YbarraTopology Optimization
Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites Additive Manufacturing |
Leonard BesseDielectrics
Additive Manufacturing Lens Antennas |
Greta Skorupska-RuizMulti-axis printing
Additive manufacturing Mechatronics |
Marco FerrettiElectric Field Alignment
Short Fiber Reinforcement Topology Optimization |
Giulia Leda SpinelliLiquid Crystal Polymers
Space robotics & soft grippers Additive manufacturing |
Alumni
Kathrin Weiland |
Satya Krishna Ammu |
Silvan Schai |
Caroline Houriet |
Vinay Damodaran |
Joseph Morlier
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Poorva Shrivastava |
Harold Rutten |
Wouter van der Sluis |
Lorenzo Impelluso |
David Beaumann
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Evelien Claassen |
Chinmayi Narasimha |
Ioannis Zygouris |
Tanuj Agrawal |
Guillermo Presa |
Boris Ulyanov |
Sander Wildenborg |
Shiyun Rahel Tremp |
Mihai Fetecau
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Kevin Kruger |
Sowrabh Shetty |
Shashank Amin |
Christos Gernotas
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Stefano Morese
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Berend van Leengoed
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Camille Daganaud
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Nick Faber |
Chiara Mascolo |
Joana Kane |
Kimon Plaisier |
Mischa Alexander Trüb
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