Principal Investigator: Dr. Shima Shahab
Mary V. Jones Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, 2015
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M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, 2013
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B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerman, Iran, 2004
Office in Blacksburg: 330 Norris Hall
Office in Arlington: Room 5-008, Virginia Tech Research Center (VTRC)
Lab in Blacksburg: 110 Norris Hall
Email: shima.shahab@vt.edu
Selected Honors and Awards
2023 Mary V. Jones Faculty Fellow.
2023 Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award, ASME.
2023 Rising Star Collection, featuring notable APL papers by emerging investigators.
2023 Faculty Fellow Award, College of Engineering.
2022 NSF CAREER Award.
2021 Engineering Faculty Organization Award.
2020 ICTAS Junior Faculty Award.
2019 ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award of the year.
2017 Engineering Organization Advisor Award (Student Engineers’ Council).
2015 Second-place winner in the Student Paper Competition of the ASME TCVS.
2015 SPIE/ASME Best Student Paper Award finalist.
2015 Invited participant for Virginia Tech Future Faculty Program.
2014 Invited participant for GE's annual Networking Event, NY.
2013 Leo Beranek Student Medal.
2012 Anne Robinson Clough Conference Award.
Graduate Researchers
Ahmed Sallam
Ph.D., 8/19-present Office: 309 Norris Hall
Ahmed Nawaz Janjua
Ph.D., 8/21-present
Office: 305 Norris Hall
Mihir Pewekar
Ph.D., 8/23-present
Office: 309 Norris Hall
Jiaxin Xi
Ph.D., 8/20-present Office: 305 Norris Hall
Ceren Cengiz
Ph.D., 8/22-present Office: 309 Norris Hall
Shannon Brown
MSc., 8/23-present
Office: 5-132 VTRC
Moustafa Sayed Ahmed
Ph.D., 1/21-present
Office: 305 Norris Hall
Hrishikesh Kulkarni
Ph.D., 1/23-present Office: 305 Norris Hall
Mohammed Rasheed
MSc., 1/24-present
Office: 305 Norris Hall
Ph.D. Alumni with Dissertation
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Dr. Vamsi Meesala, completed Ph.D. dissertation on "Nonlinear effects in contactless ultrasound energy transfer systems", 5/18-12/20. Current position: Packaging R&D Engineer at Intel Corporation.
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Dr. Marjan Bakhtiari-Nejad, completed Ph.D. dissertation on "Dynamics of multi-functional acoustic holograms in contactless ultrasonic energy transfer systems", 8/16-8/20. Current position: Research Fellow at FDA, Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability
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Dr. Eric Dupuis, completed Ph.D. dissertation on "Electroelastic modeling and testing of direct contact ultrasonic clothes drying systems", 5/17-5/20. Current position: Mechanical Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Undersea Sensor Group
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Dr. Aarushi Bhargava, completed Ph.D. dissertation on “Dynamics of smart materials in high-intensity focused ultrasound fields”, 8/16-5/20. Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Chicago, School of Medicine
M.S. Alumni with Thesis
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Thomas Winnard, completed M.S. thesis on "Theoretical parametric study of through-wall acoustic energy transfer systems". 8/18-5/21. Current position: Application Engineer at Crystal Instruments.
Postdoc Alumni
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Dr. Bhaben Kalita, Ph.D. from Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. 2021
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Dr. Zhaokuan Lu, Ph.D. from Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech. Current position: Research Scientist at Ningbo Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology. 2020-2021
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Dr. Vamsi Meesala, Ph.D. from Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech. Current position: Packaging R&D Engineer at Intel Corporation. 2021
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Dr. Ayoub Yari Boroujeni, Ph.D. from Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech. Current position: Product Design Engineer at Apple Inc. 2017-2018
Undergraduate and K12 Researchers (present and past members)
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Phoenix Lee, Senior undergraduate, ME
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Neema Ahmadian, Freshman undergraduate, ME
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Shruti Das, Junior undergraduate, ME
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Harsha Chivaluri, Junior undergraduate, ME
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Ahmed Elnahhas, Senior undergraduate, ME
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Ben Ailinger, Senior undergraduate, BEAM
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Lee Jost, Senior undergraduate, BEAM
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Evan Arents, Freshman undergraduate, ME
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Emily Schanz, Junior undergraduate, ME
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Jerry Stieg, Senior undergraduate, ME
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Drew Biddell, Senior undergraduate, ME
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Scott Gong, Senior undergraduate, ME
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Jarrett Smith, Senior undergraduate, Hampton University
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Neema Ahmadian, Blacksburg High School