A National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship Program at The Ohio State University

The production of polymer and ceramic microdevices for biomedical and transportation/ environmental applications is an area of rapid technology growth and presents significant career opportunities for Ph.D. students. New micro/nano-manufacturing techniques are needed that can be combined with advances at the frontier of molecular engineering .

 

Dante Guerra

Interested in improving the mechanical properties of composite materials through the addition of multifunctional nanoparticles

Sarah Bentil

Interested in enhancing the biocompatibility of neural prosthetic devices

Jesse Guerra

Interested in improving the performance of nano-enhanced long fiber reinforced polymeric composites through advances in manufacturability.

Eusebio Cabrera

Interested in micro injection molding with a main focus on processing conditions on part quality: feature size, aspect ratio, and surface quality.

 

       
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