Amrinder S. Nain,  Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow

NanoRobotics Laboratory

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

Carnegie Mellon University

 

 

Research Themes

With the ever increasing tools available for probing and manipulating matter at nanoscale, we are witnessing a paradigm shift in research and education in otherwise traditional engineering programs. In these exciting times we are seeing a growing need for synergistic effort between fundamental science and technological prowess to develop next generation marvels. While micro scale engineering is fairly well established, at the nanoscale, we still need to address fundamental challenges of fabricating and manipulating individual and high density array of nanostructures with exactly defined dimensions and properties, which can then be assembled into higher order fully-functional real-life devices. This requires pioneering and establishing manufacturing protocols incorporating phenomena at nanoscale. The developed nanomanufacturing environment will then allow accurate and deterministic material characterization for engineering properties; a prerequisite for successful integration into real-life devices.

 

   Micro/nanofiber Manufacturing Environment

 

   Mechanical and Material Characterization of Polymeric Nanofibers

 

   Study of Cellular Dynamics

 

   Tissue Engineering Scaffolding

 

Personal Interest (art work): In a Nutshell !

 

Contact Information:

          Telephone
    412-268-5212
 
          Fax
    412-268-5229
 
           Postal address
          1201 Hamburg Hall
                    Institute for Complex Engineered Systems 
                    Carnegie Mellon University
          Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
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