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Financial support from the following agencies is greatly acknowledged: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Department of Defense-Army Research Office (DOD-ARO) Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) Virginia Commonwealth University Presidential Research Quest Fund (PERQ) Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering startup grant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":239,"date":"2018-03-05T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:27:49","slug":"videos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"
For more videos, please visit our Lab’s YouTube channel, AFMl at VCU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For more videos, please visit our Lab’s YouTube channel, AFMl at VCU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27,"date":"2014-10-02T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2021-09-06T19:11:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T19:11:27","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":" Welcome to the homepage of Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory (AFML) at the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University!<\/p>\n Our lab specializes in the synthesis and characterization of advanced materials for engineering applications.<\/p>\n Recent News<\/strong><\/p>\n June 27, 2020: Our lab has now a Twitter account! Follow us @afmlatvcu<\/a> to learn about our recent discoveries.<\/p>\n June 21, 2019: Our lab, in collaboration with VSU as PI, received an equipment grant from the Department of Defense-Army for purchasing an X-ray CT machine.<\/p>\n November 8, 2018: Our lab received the Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) grant.<\/p>\n June 14, 2018: Our lab received the VCU Presidential Research Quest Fund (PERQ).<\/p>\n May 11, 2018: Mehran, the first Ph.D. student in our lab, received his degree and graduated. Congratulations, Mehran!<\/p>\n June 13, 2017: Mehran received the VCU Faculty of Graduate Studies Dissertation Scholarship! Congratulations!<\/p>\n November 14, 2016: We got the cover of today’s Applied Physics Letters issue:<\/p>\n http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/content\/aip\/journal\/apl\/109\/20<\/a><\/p>\n June 15, 2016: Our lab’s YouTube channel is now set up: Group Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n AFML Members – 2014<\/p>\n AFML Members – 2015<\/p>\n AFML Members – 2016<\/p>\n AFML Members – 2017<\/p>\n AFML Members – 2018<\/p>\n AFML Members – 2019<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to the homepage of Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory (AFML) at the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University! Our lab specializes in the synthesis and characterization of advanced materials for engineering applications. Recent News June 27, 2020: Our lab has now a Twitter account! Follow us @afmlatvcu to learn about our recent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":293,"date":"2014-09-23T01:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T05:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:15:18","slug":"sample-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/sample-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":" Superhard Materials<\/strong> Superhydrophobic Materials<\/strong> <\/p>\n Nanoprobes for Metal Detection and Adsorption<\/strong><\/p>\n The focus of this research is to design and fabricate nanocomposites with surface engineering for detection, and then removal of heavy metal ions from solutions. With the advent of technology and growing the number of industries, the high concentration of heavy metals in water resources and biological environments has raised concerns. Therefore, our group is developing new sensors, which are able to detect the trace amounts of metal ions in solution by fluorescence turn-off or turn-on mechanism. The fluorescent functionalizing ligands, which mainly graft on iron oxide-silica nanocomposites, possess active sites to coordinate to the metal ions. Depending on the bonding energy of the ligand-metal, selective and sensitive detection of the ion is possible. Moreover, the coordinated ions to the nanocomposite surface could be easily be removed from water by using an external magnet. Therefore, this technique addresses a clean, facile, low cost, sensitive, and selective approach to help solving one of the important environmental concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Superhard Materials Our goal is to make metallic superhard materials, in both bulk and thin film conditions, to suit various engineering applications such as cutting tools, forming dies, aerospace components, etc. These materials, mostly transition-metal borides, promise to demonstrate extremely high hardness and other mechanical properties needed for these challenging applications. Superhydrophobic Materials The objective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":16,"date":"2014-09-22T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T01:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:26:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:26:52","slug":"contsct-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/contsct-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":" Our lab has been involved in several Senior Design Projects since 2014. These projects include:<\/p>\n In addition, the PI has taught several undergraduate and graduate classes of various sizes:<\/p>\n Our lab has been involved in several Senior Design Projects since 2014. These projects include: Super-efficient condiment and detergent storage container Customizable sport mouth guard Wind-resistant umbrella Heating\/cooling backpack Robotic whiteboard eraser Laboratory-scale friction\/wear machine Laboratory-scale thermal conductivity measurement system In addition, the PI has taught several undergraduate and graduate classes of various sizes: Mechanics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":14,"date":"2014-09-22T21:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T01:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:24:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:24:17","slug":"facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":" Major Equipment: <\/strong>The Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory (AFML) is an impressively outfitted, 440 square foot laboratory. The laboratory is well equipped with a wide variety of equipment necessary for the production and analysis of superhard materials. The lab has a single arc-melting furnace (MRF SA-200) for production of ingots from powdered components, 2 tube furnaces (Thermo Scientific Lindberg Blue M), a box furnace, a digital gravity-flow lab oven (Fisher Scientific Isotemp) and a vacuum oven(Fisher Scientific) for materials synthesis. Work requiring controlled environmental conditions can be performed in the lab\u2019s three-port glove box (GermFree LFGB4SS), or bench-top temperature and humidity chamber (Thermotron Sm-1.0-3200). Synthesized samples can be cut with the lab\u2019s diamond and trim saws (Ameritool 4\u201d) and polished with 2 lapping machines (South Bay Technology Model 920). The lab is also equipped with a digital microhardness tester (Buehler Tukon 1202), with both Vickers and Knoop indenters for testing material\u2019s hardness. The indents created by the microhardness tester may be further analyzed using the lab\u2019s optical microscope (Zeiss Axio Scope A1). The lab has additional testing, analysis and storage equipment including a digital high-speed camera (Phantom Miro ex2) for high-speed imaging, a drop shape analyzer (Kruss DSA25) for contact angle measurements, a medical-grade freezer capable of -40 \u00b0C (Accucold VLT650L) for low temperature storage, a water purification system (EMD Millipore; RiOs-DI), an analytical balance (Mettler Toledo MS204S) and a quartz crystal microbalance (CM25) for precise weight measurements and a spin coater (Laurell WS-650Mz-23NPPB) for thin film coatings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facilities:<\/strong> The VCU Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering houses a Nanoindentation hardness tester and a tensile testing machine. Also, the School of Engineering\u2019s facilities include the Nanomaterials Core Characterization facility (NCC). This gives the lab access to X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and another contact angle measurement system. The NCC also offers two scanning electron microscopes and a transmission electron microscope. Additionally, the facility provides resources including complete surface analysis, chemical mapping, depth profiling, elemental speciation, surface roughness analysis, imaging using electron, optical, and x-ray methods, and a wide variety of sample preparation tools. Another resource is the Wright Virginia Microelectronics Center, featuring a 7,500 square-foot, class-1000 cleanroom, divided into two separate facilities, a 4,500 square-foot interdisciplinary cleanroom and a 3,000 square-foot microelectronics materials and device laboratory. This allows access to equipment for sputtering, thin film technology, and photolithography as well as clean room facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Major Equipment: The Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory (AFML) is an impressively outfitted, 440 square foot laboratory. The laboratory is well equipped with a wide variety of equipment necessary for the production and analysis of superhard materials. 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She conducts research on functionalization of nanocomposite materials for introducing new fluorescence probes to detect heavy metal ions in drinking water. She is also conducting another project which focuses on improving superhydrophobic properties of soot-coated surfaces by manipulating surface chemistry of the materials.<\/span><\/p>\n Current position: Senior Scientist at Birla Carbon Dr. Karekin Esmeryan-Post Doctoral Scholar Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Amir Reza Esmaeili (Ph.D. student) M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran (2018) Ashton Bressler (Ph.D. student) Christian Fergusson (M.Sc., graduated in August 2018) Current position: Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Mehran Abolghasemibizaki (Ph.D., graduated in May 2018)<\/p>\n Ph.D.: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2018)<\/p>\n M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology (2011) Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at Washington University<\/p>\n Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Amy Li-Joined as an Intern in May 2018 from GeorgiaTech.<\/p>\n Connor J. Robertson-Joined May 2017 from VMI as an undergrad intern.<\/p>\n Allan Roberts-Joined the lab as an undergrad in May 2016.<\/p>\n Logan Waters-Joined as an undergrad intern from VMI in May 2016, currently a gradiate student at VCU.<\/p>\n Thomas Ryan Beaver-Joined as an undergrad in May 2015.<\/p>\n Andree Cochran-Joined as an undergrad in May 2015.<\/p>\n Saswat Mishra-Joined the lab as an undergrad in November 2014, Currently a graduate student at GeorgiaTech.<\/p>\n Mohini Ved-Joined as an undergrad in September 2014, works at Carrier Enterprise.<\/p>\n Zachary Soulier-Joined as an undergrad in July 2014.<\/p>\n High-School Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Kate Lord-Joined the lab in July 2017 from Maggie Walker High School,\u00a0currently an undergrad at Harvey Mudd College.<\/p>\n Trey Johnson-Joined the lab in July 2017 from Maggie Walker High School,\u00a0currently an undergrad at Iowa State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":10,"date":"2014-09-22T21:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T01:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:29:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:29:18","slug":"useful-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/useful-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":" Dr. Reza Mohammadi![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2018\/05\/IMG_8087.jpg\")
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\nOur goal is to make metallic superhard materials, in both bulk and thin film conditions, to suit various engineering applications such as cutting tools, forming dies, aerospace components, etc. These materials, mostly transition-metal borides, promise to demonstrate extremely high hardness and other mechanical properties needed for these challenging applications.<\/p>\n
\nThe objective of this research is to produce hard, transparent superhydrophobic coatings for practical applications such as satellite dishes, eyeglasses, window panes, etc. We study the wetting of surfaces, made of different polymers, to find the best material that can be used for these applications. Furthermore, our group is focused on the development of inexpensive and robust superhydrophobic materials, which are capable to withstand harsh environmental conditions for potential applications as passive anti-icing systems.<\/p>\n\n
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\nDr. Reza Mohammadi
\nAsociate Professor
\nPost-Doctoral Training: Materials Chemistry, UCLA (2013)
\nPh.D.: Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2008)
\nM.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (1999)
\nB.Sc.: Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Focus: Metal Forming, Shiraz University, Iran (1997)<\/p>\n
\nPhone: +1 (804) 827 – 3997<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2018\/07\/MirPhoto-227x300.jpg\")
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\nPh.D.: Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kashan, Iran (2012)
\n<\/span> M.Sc.: Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kashan, Iran (2008)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nPh.D. Physics, with a minor in wave processes, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2014)
\nM.Sc.: Petroleum Geophysics, Department of Applied Geophysics, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria(2009)
\nB.Sc.: General Geophysics, Department of Applied Geophysics, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria (2007)
\nJoined the lab in June 2015.
\nCurrent position: Faculty at Bulgaria Academy of Physics<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2019\/05\/RezaStudent1-300x224.jpg\")
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\nB.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology (2015)
\nJoined the lab in January 2019.
\nAmir works on the wetting of superhydrophobic materials.<\/p>\n
\nB.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2015)
\nJoined the lab in July 2014.
\nAshton works on the wetting of superhard materials.<\/p>\n
\nB.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2015)
\nJoined the lab in July 2015.
\nChris worked on the wetting of superhydrophobic materials.<\/p>\n![\"IMG_0010\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/rmohammadi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2014\/09\/IMG_00102-225x300.jpg\")
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\nB.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (2008)
\nJoined the lab in August 2014.
\nMehran worked on the wetting of superhydrophobic materials.<\/p>\n
\nDepartment of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
\nCollege of Engineering East Hall, Room E3238
\nVirginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
\n401 West Main Street
\nP.O. Box 843015
\nRichmond, Virginia 23284-3028<\/p>\n