People
Faculty
Nima Mahmoodi
Director of the NIS lab. and,
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
3015 SERC Building
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
Box 870276
Tuscaloosa, Al 35487, USA
Tel: 1(205)348-5056
Email: nmahmoodi@eng.ua.edu
Graduate Student
Ryan Tracy
Email: ratracy@crimson.ua.edu
Research Area: Application of Vibrations to Antifouling in Water Filters
Gemia Williams
Email: grwilliams3@crimson.ua.edu
Research Area: Robotics and Automation with ROS;
Application of Vibrations to Antifouling iN Water Filters
Saketh Reddy Kontham
Email: skontham@crimson.ua.edu
Research Area: Robotics and Automation with ROS; Application of Reinforcement Learning in Manufacturing
Undergraduate Researchers
Allison Williams
Email: amwilliams37@crimson.ua.edu
Research Area: Robotic and Automation with ROS;
Application of Vibrations to Antifouling in Water Filters
Alumni
PhD:
Anahita Zargarani
Received PhD in August 2021
Research Area: Dynamics of MEMS manipulator for Nanomachining
Ehsan Omidi
Received PhD in December 2015
Research Area: Active control of macro and micro structures
Rachael McCarty
Received PhD in August 2014
Research Area: Nonlinear dynamics of the contact mode AFM
Masters:
Anahita Zargarani
Received M.Sc.
in December 2016
Research Area: Energy harvesting circuits improvement
Gary Frey
Received M.Sc.
in May 2015
Research Area: Wind energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials
Benjamin Carmichael
Received M.Sc. in Dec 2014
Research Area: Biosensing using Atomic Force Microscopy
Logan Wynn
Received M.Sc. in May 2014
Research Area: Wind energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials
Andrew Truitt
Received M.Sc. in May 2013
Research Area: Wind energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials
Julio Proano
M.Sc. Student (2012)
Research Area: Active Vibration control using modified positive position feedback
Undergraduate researchers:
Desiree Ozols
Received B.S in Dec 2023
Research Area: Robotic and Automation with ROS
Elizabeth Gainey
Received B.S in May 2022
Research Area: Application of Vibrations to Antifouling in Water Filters
James Orr
Received B.S in May 2016
Research Area: Atomic Force Microscopy Probes
Isaac Heim
Received B.S in May 2012
Research Area: Vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials
Kyle Burns
Undergraduate researcher (2012-2013)
Research Area: Vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials
Mark Meyer
Undergraduate researcher (2012)
Research Area: Active vibration control using piezoelectric materials
