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Kenan Song

Featured mentor, MORE

Asst Professor, Polytechnic Sch EGR Prgrms

Total mentored projects: 14

Kenan Song is currently an assistant professor with the Polytechnic School (TPS) and graduate faculty in areas of aerospace and mechancial engineering and materials dcience and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE). Song’s research interest includes the processing-structure-property relationships in advanced composite materials (AMCs).

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Kenan Song, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been a faculty mentor in the FURI and MORE programs for five years. Song’s research interests include advanced composite materials and advanced manufacturing. He enjoys including students from a variety of backgrounds in his research and encourages other faculty members to be open to undergraduate and graduate students who may end up being excellent doctoral candidates. Read more

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Summer 2022

Varunkumar Thippanna

Human systems engineering

Micropatterning of Nanoparticles via Multi-Phase Direct Ink Writing (MDIW)

The ability to 3D print micropatterns for the semiconductor industry will help enable heat transfer applications.

Program: MORE

Arunachalam Ramanathan

Materials science and engineering

Short and Aligned Fiber Filament for 3D-Printed, High-Performance Composites

Combining two different materials in a proper ratio will help industries in making durable and cost-effective products.

Program: MORE

Spring 2022

Darius Hampton-Ross

Aerospace engineering

Multiphase 3D Printing with Shape Memory Property for Untethered Actuation

Developing materials with high tensile recovery capabilities will allow for increased durability and reliability of future materials.

Program: FURI

Nathan Fonseca

Engineering (mechanical systems)

3D-Printing Ceramic-Based Solid-State Electrolytes

Tailoring different hierarchies for mechanical dendrite blockage using additive manufacturing will prevent degradation in the solid-state lithium-ion batteries.

Program: FURI

Mohammed Bawareth

Engineering (mechanical engineering systems)

Crosslinked Polyethylene (XLPE) Recycling via Foam Engineering

Understanding crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE)'s morphology, mechanical/thermal properties will help develop a novel gate-to-gate recycling method for electrical cables made of XLPE.

Program: FURI

Fall 2021

Darius Hampton-Ross

Aerospace engineering

Direct Ink Writing of Nanocomposite Polymers for Shape Memory Actuation

Developing multiphase composite 3D printing of polymers for use in mechanical microrobot applications will increase performance and reliability.

Program: FURI

Mohammed Bawareth

Engineering (mechanical engineering systems)

Sustainable Foam Engineering of Crosslinked Polyethylene (XLPE) Thermal Insulation Recycling

Testing and analyzing thermal, mechanical and structural characterization of crosslink polyethelene and thermosets will help design sustainable methods for recycling.

Program: FURI

Summer 2021

Mounika Chowdary Kakarla

Materials science and engineering

Manufacture of 3D Printed Composite Structures via Multiphase Direct Ink Writing

Using a multiphase direct ink writing method to 3D-print composite structures applicable in biomedical scaffolds and soft robotics will improve strength and toughness.

Program: MORE

Spring 2021

Pruthviraj Vala

Mechanical engineering

MXene Particle Synthesis and Their Scalability

Developing scalable synthesis of nanoparticles will improve piezoresistive and wearable technology applications.

Program: MORE

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Varunkumar Thippanna

Human systems engineering

Micropatterning of Nanoparticles via Multi-Phase Direct Ink Writing (MDIW)

The ability to 3D print micropatterns for the semiconductor industry will help enable heat transfer applications.

Program: MORE

Arunachalam Ramanathan

Materials science and engineering

Short and Aligned Fiber Filament for 3D-Printed, High-Performance Composites

Combining two different materials in a proper ratio will help industries in making durable and cost-effective products.

Program: MORE

Fall 2020

Andrew Charles Walsh

Mechanical engineering

Improving the Design Freedom and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fiber

Leveraging short, aligned nano-fibers will reduce carbon fiber's geometric limitations and increase its strength when 3D printed.

Program: FURI

Spring 2020

Dean Spyres

Engineering (mechanical engineering systems)

Improvements on the design of spinneret extruder

Program: GCSP

Fall 2019

Rahul Joseph Franklin

Materials science and engineering

Fabrication of High-performance Carbon Fibers

Developing a template for more consistent graphene distribution will help produce stronger carbon fibers.

Program: MORE

Namrata Kanth

Materials science and engineering

Design, Characterization and Manufacturing of Solid-core/Porous-shell Fiber Structures

Studying the processing-structure-property relationship of porous fibers could improve water treatment efficiency.

Program: MORE

Fall 2018

Rushik Tank

Mechanical engineering

Waste Plastic-based and Biomimetic Multifunctional Coatings

Program: MORE

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