


Principal Investigator: Dr. Shima Shahab
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: 330 Norris Hall
Lab: 110 Norris Hall
Email: shima.shahab@vt.edu
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
Jiaxin Xi
Ph.D., 8/20-present Office: 305 Norris Hall

Ceren Cengiz
Ph.D., 8/22-present Office: 309 Norris Hall


Moustafa Sayed Ahmed
Ph.D., 1/21-present
Office: 305 Norris Hall
Hrishikesh Kulkarni
Ph.D., 1/23-present Office: 305 Norris Hall


Eric Hoffmann
NSF REU researcher
Office: 309 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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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