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Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb | |
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| Alma mater | Università degli Studi di Padova Penn State University |
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| Fields | Micro and Nano Engineering |
| Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology SMART Lab |
| Doctoral advisor | Susan Trolier-McKinstry |
Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb is a mechanical engineer in the field of micro and nano engineering and mechanics of materials. [1] She is the Harris Saunders Jr. Chair and Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] Bassiri-Gharb leads the Smart Materials, Advanced Research and Technology (SMART) Laboratory at Georgia Tech. [2] Her research seeks to characterize and optimize the optical and electric response of interferometric modulator (IMOD) displays. She also investigates novel materials to improve reliability and processing of IMOD.
Bassiri-Gharb obtained her Laurea Degree from the University of Padua in Italy in 2001. [1] She graduated with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2005. [1] [3] Her thesis was entitled Dielectric and Piezoelectric Nonlinearities in Oriented Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)03-PbTiO3 Thin Films [3] .
Bassiri-Gharb is interested in applying ferroelectric and multiferroic materials to micro- and nano- electromechanical systems. [1] [2] She is also interested in using these materials to develop novel sensors and actuators for the fields of environmental energy harvesting, tunable photonic crystals, and ultrasonic transducers. [1] [2] Additionally, Bassiri-Gharb researches peizoelectric MEMS devices to manipulate nanoscale materials. [1] [2]
Bassiri-Gharb has sat and sits on several professional committees.