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Certificates of Recognition for Research and Outreach

  • Hrishikesh is selected to receive the 2024 IMECE NSF Travel Award. Congrats! 

  • MInDS attends annual International Symposium of Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound Conference (ISTU) in Taipei, Taiwan, with three poster presentations.

  • MInDS's paper was selected for Emerging Leaders in Smart Materials and Structures, featuring notable Smart Materials and Structures papers by emerging investigators.

  • Ceren is awarded the Carroll F. Hartlove Mechanical Engineering Scholarship and the Mary V. Jones ME Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!

  • MInDS attends Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Conference (FUN24) in Toronto, Canada, with one poster presentation.

  • Jiaxin is awarded third place in the ICAST 2024 competition for her poster presentation on "Focused Ultrasound Actuated Shape Memory Polymers for Biomedical Devices", Congratulations!

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar as distinguished panelist at ICAST 2024, Panel on “Smart structures across decades & future perspectives”.

  • MInDS attends ICAST 2024 Conference in Atlanta with eight technical presentations and posters.

  • Shannon successfully presents her MS thesis on "Hydroacoustic Parametric Study of Pile Driving-Induced Anthropogenic Sound", Congratulations!

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology.

  • Ahmed accepts an offer to join Meta as an Ultrasound Research Scientist in Meta Platforms and Insight Global. Congrats and best of luck! 

  • Ahmed successfully defends his Ph.D. dissertation on "Multi-functional Holographic Acoustic Lenses for Modulating Low-to High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound". Congratulations Dr. Ahmed Sallam!

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar to the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California.

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2024

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar to biomedical ultrasound group at Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (I3M), Valencia, Spain.

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar at Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany.

  • MInDS's paper was selected for Rising Stars Collection, featuring notable APL papers by emerging investigators.

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar at Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Brunel University London.

  • MInDS is awarded the Virginia Tech Engineering Faculty Organization (EFO) Seed Investment Grant.

  • Dr. Shahab gives a seminar at Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford.

  • Dr. Shahab has been named Mary Virginia Jones Faculty Fellow by Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

  • Dr. Shahab receives the ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award.

  • Dr. Shahab receives the 2023 Dean's Award for Faculty Fellow in recognition of extraordinary performance in research.

  • MInDS attends IEEE IUS23 Conference with one technical presentation.

  • Dr. Shahab gives an invited talk at Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa).

  • MInDS attends the third International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2023) with one technical presentation.

  • MInDS attends the 2023 Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Conference with one technical presentation.

  • MInDS paper is featured as an Editor's Pick in Applied Physics Letters. 

  • Eric, MInDS NSF REU researcher, attends the 2023 Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) with one poster presentation.

  • MInDS attends the 2023 Smart Structures/NDE Conference with four technical presentations.

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2023

  • Eric, MInDS NSF REU researcher, is selected to receive the 2022 IMECE NSF Award. Congrats! 

  • MInDS Lab made it to the College of Engineering public relations for the American Society for Engineering Education newsletter.

  • Dr. Shahab has been awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

  • MInDS is featured in Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Woodruff Weekly Digest.

  • Dr. Shahab receives NSF CAREER Award.

  • MInDS attends the 2022 Smart Structures/NDE Conference (virtual) with three technical presentations.

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2022

2021

  • MInDS is awarded the Virginia Tech Engineering Faculty Organization (EFO) Seed Investment Grant.

  • MInDS paper is featured in Applied Physics Letters and published in AIP Scilight (Scilights showcase the most interesting research across the physical sciences published in AIP Publishing Journals). Congratulations to Ahmed Sallam for this recognition!

  • MInDS is awarded NSF INTERN DCL Supplemental Grant.

  • Thomas successfully presents his MS thesis on "Theoretical parametric study of through-wall acoustic energy transfer systems". Congratulations!

  • Vamsi accepts an offer to join Intel Corporation as a Packaging R&D Engineer. Congrats and best of luck! 

  • MInDS is awarded an EAGER NSF Grant titled "EAGER: Understanding and Leveraging Nonlinear Effects in Acoustic Holograms".

  • Neema attends the 2021 Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) with one virtual poster presentation. 

  • MInDS attends the 2021 Smart Structures/NDE Conference (virtual) with four technical presentations.

  • MInDS attends the Second International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2021, virtual) with two technical presentations.

  • Ahmed becomes one of the 6 finalists for the 2021 SPIE Best Student Paper Award. Congrats and best of luck!

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2020

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  • Vamsi successfully defends his Ph.D. dissertation on "Nonlinear effects in contactless ultrasound energy transfer systems". Congratulations Dr. Vamsi Meesala!

  • Vamsi is awarded both Manuel Stein and Liviu Librescu Memorial Scholarships. Congrats! 

  • MInDS attends the 2020 Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Conference, with four virtual technical presentations.

  • MInDS attends the 2020 ASME IMECE Conference, with one virtual poster presentation.

  • Ahmed is selected to receive the 2020 IMECE NSF Award. Congrats! 

  • Marjan accepts an offer to join the FDA as a research fellow. Congrats and best of luck! 

  • Marjan successfully defends her Ph.D. dissertation on "Dynamics of multi-functional acoustic holograms in contactless ultrasonic energy transfer systems". Congratulations Dr. Marjan Bakhtiari-Nejad! 

  • Ahmed receives the first-place award of Frank Pao CEHMS Research Competition, for his virtual presentation on "Reflective acoustic holograms for fine manipulation of sound". Congratulations!

  • Eric accepts an offer to join the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Undersea Sensor Group. Congrats and best of luck! 

  • Eric successfully defends his Ph.D. dissertation on "Electroelastic modeling and testing of direct contact ultrasonic clothes drying systems". Congratulations Dr. Eric Dupuis! 

  • Aarushi accepts an offer to join the University of Chicago, School of Medicine as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Congrats and best of luck!

  • Aarushi successfully defends her Ph.D. dissertation on “Dynamics of smart materials in high-intensity focused ultrasound fields”. Congratulations Dr. Aarushi Bhargava! 

  • Dr. Shahab is selected to receive the VT ICTAS Junior Faculty Award titled "Acoustic power delivery for wireless charging of unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles".

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2019

  • MInDS research is featured in VT news, “Multidisciplinary project aims to make mining more efficient, safer”.

  • Aarushi is awarded The Amir Chand and Dewki Bai Batra Scholarship. Congrats!

  • Vamsi successfully presents his Ph.D. dissertation proposal on “Nonlinear effects in contactless ultrasound energy transfer systems”. Congrats!

  • MInDS attends 2019 ASME IMECE Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah with one poster presentation and a technical presentation.

  • MInDS in collaboration with Mining Engineering Department is awarded Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Grant (2019-2022) titled "Collecting mine dust particles with liquid-coated vibrating meshes, Phase 2".

  • Vamsi receives 2019 IMECE NSF Travel Award. Congrats!

  • Dr. Shahab is appointed as Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures.  

  • Eric successfully presents his Ph.D. dissertation proposal on “Electroelastic modeling and testing of direct contact ultrasonic clothes drying systems”. Congrats!

  • Aarushi successfully presents her Ph.D. dissertation proposal on “Dynamics of smart materials in high intensity focused ultrasound field”. Congrats!  

  • Marjan successfully presents her Ph.D. dissertation proposal on “Dynamics of multifunctional acoustic holograms in contactless ultrasonic energy transfer systems”. Congrats!

  • MInDS paper becomes the recipient of the 2019 ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award. The award was announced in the EHTC Spring 2019 meeting and will be awarded in ASME SMASIS 2019. Congratulations to Marjan and Ahmed!

  • Aarushi becomes one of the 6 finalists (out of ~50 submissions) for the ASME/SPIE Best Student Paper Award and receives honorable mention for her presentation. Congrats!

  • MInDS attends 2019 SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference (Denver, CO) with two technical papers.

  • MInDS is awarded an industrial based CEHMS NSF/IUCRC grant - Phase 1, for applying high-power acoustic energy transfer systems in distributed automotive sensing.    

  • MInDS research is featured in digital VT ICAT Newsletter; ICAT called Bubble Dance “incredible project.” https://mailchi.mp/vt/icat-november-newsletter.

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2018

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  • MInDS paper is featured as an Editor's Pick in the Journal of Applied Physics. 

  • Eric is awarded Manuel Stein Scholarship. Congrats! 

  • Marjan is awarded Liviu Librescu Memorial Scholarship. Congrats!  

  • MInDS is awarded NSF INTERN DCL Supplemental Funding. Congratulations to Vamsi on being NSF intern!  

  • MInDS attends 2018 ASME IMECE in Pittsburgh, PA with one poster presentation. Vamsi presents his work on electroelastic nonlinearities in ultrasound acoustic energy transfer systems.

  • Dr. Shahab gives an invited Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Seminar at Michigan Tech University, Houghton. 

  • MInDS research is featured in Fall 2018 Virginia Tech Engineering Magazine.

  • MInDS attends 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound (Reston, VA) with one poster presentation. Congratulations to Neema (K-12 researcher) for presenting his research on Targeted Drug Delivery Using Shape Memory Polymers!  

  • MInDS research, "What do bubbles, cells, and dancers have in common?" has been live on VT News and featured as top news in the daily email. Congratulations to Marjan!

  • MInDS attends 2018 BMES Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA) with one poster presentation. Aarushi presents her work on ultrasound actuated shape-memory polymer based drug delivery containers. 

  • MInDS is awarded ICTAS Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grant for a research partnership with Hampton University.

  • MInDS is awarded ICTAS REU Grant focusing on acoustic cell sorting research. 

  • Ahmed, MInDS undergraduate researcher since 2016, is named the top graduating senior in College of Engineering. He has accepted a slot with Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering doctoral program. Congrats and best of luck!  

  • Dr. Shahab is appointed Associate Director of NSF I/UCRC Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS). 

  • MInDS K-12 researcher, Neema Ahmadian, receives the Focused Ultrasound Global Internship Award. Congrats!

  • Aarushi is awarded Liviu Librescu Memorial Scholarship. Congrats!  

  • Ahmed, Ben and Lee attend 2018 Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Edmond, OK, with two technical presentations.

  • MInDS attends 2018 SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference (Denver, CO) with six technical papers.

2017

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  • MInDS research, "Study takes a unique approach to new generation of smart drug delivery carriers," has been live on VT News and featured as top news in the daily email.

  • MInDS is awarded an ORNL Grant for a research focusing on modeling, design, and testing of piezoelectric transducers used in ultrasonic drying. 

  • MInDS is awarded ICTAS Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grant for a research partnership with Hampton University.

  • MInDS is awarded ICTAS REU Grant focusing on acoustic cell sorting research. 

  • Aarushi receives the conference-level Best Student Paper Award (out of 6 symposia) in the 2017 ASME SMASIS Conference and is honored in the conference Pioneer Banquet. This work is in collaboration with MultiSMArt Laboratory (Dr. Mirzaeifar) at Mechanical Engineering Department. Congrats!

  • Dr. Shahab gives an invited talk at the 12th Energy Harvesting Workshop (Falls Church, Va).

  • MInDS in collaboration with Dr. Muhammad Hajj and Mechanical Engineering department is awarded an NSF Grant for "Phase II IUCRC Virginia Tech: Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems". 

  • MInDS attends ASME SMASIS 2017 with one technical paper.

  • MInDS attends STEMABILITY Summer camp; STEMABILITY is a summer camp that aims to help high school students with disabilities to make the transition from high school to college.   

  • MInDS in collaboration with Dr. Rafael Davalos and Dr. Billie Lepczyk from School of Performing Arts is awarded ICAT SEAD Mini Grant focuses on "Dancing motion of bubbles/solid particles in microfluidic channels; through acoustic cell sorting". 

  • MInDS in collaboration with Dr. Sunny Jung is awarded Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Grant (2017-2018) titled "Collecting mine dust particles with liquid-coated vibrating meshes, Phase 1".    

  • MInDS in collaboration with Dr. Muhammad Hajj is awarded an NSF Grant titled "Acoustic energy transfer for wireless charging of low-power sensors, control devices, and communication networks".   

  • Dr. Shahab has received the Student Engineers' Council (SEC) Undergraduate Research Advisor Award.

  • Dr. Shahab gives an invited seminar in Hapmton University.

  • Jerry and Ahmed attend 2017 Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Memphis, TN, with two technical presentations.

  • MInDS research, "Acoustic cell sorting", supported by Fralin Life Science Institute has been live on VT News.

  • MInDS attends SPIE/NDE 2017 with two technical papers.

  • Ahmed has been selected to receive an ACC Creativity and Innovation Grant, Congrats!

2016

  • MInDS is awarded ICTAS Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grant; this grant is given by Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at VT to build direct faculty-to-faculty research partnerships between MInDS and Hapmton University as a part of HBCUs under-represented college programs. One visiting student from Hampton University and two undergraduate students from MInDS are involved in this research project. 

  • MInDS attends 11th Energy Harvesting Workshop in Arligton, Virginia with a technical presentation.  

  • Omid is awarded a Fall 2016 Graduate Research Development Program (GRDP) award. Congrats!

  • Ahmed is awarded 2016 Fralin Undergraduate Research fellowship. Congrats!

  • Marjan is awarded a Davenport Scholarship for the 2016–2017 academic year. Congrats!

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