Students

Ryan Kettle

DSSL Group Photo, February, 2016

Graduate Students

Eric Nolan

Eric Nolan
ecnolan42@students.tntech.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Student
Research Topic: Real-Time State Detection in Highly Dynamic Environments

Nathan Ghattas

Nathan Ghattas
nwghattas42@students.tntech.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Student
Research Topic: Smart Orthopedic Sensors Systems

Brandon Miller

Unknown
bamiller43@students.tntech.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Student
Research Topic: Smart Orthopedic Sensors Systems






















Alumni/Former Students

Graduate Students

Mohsen Safaei

Mohsen Safaei
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, May, 2019
Dissertation: “A Piezoelectric Instrumented Total Knee Replacement for Sensing and Energy Harvesting”

Robert Ponder

Robert Ponder
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May, 2019
Thesis: “Replication of Force Sensing Bearings and Feasibility of Structural Health Monitoring in Total Knee Replacements”

Austin Scheyer

Austin Scheyer
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, June, 2018
Thesis: “An Investigation into the Feasibility of Embedding Piezoelectric Sensors in Additive Manufactured Structures for Impedance Based Structural Health Monitoring”

Ekramul Ehite

Ekramul Ehite
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, April, 2018
Thesis: “Experimental Investigation of Electromechanical Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring in Highly Dynamic Environments”

Ryan Kettle

Ryan Kettle
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, March, 2018
Thesis: “Electromechanical Impedance Based Microsecond State Detection”

Edward Tefft

Edward Tefft
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, February, 2018
Thesis: “A Coupled Electromechanical Model of Piezoelectret Foam in a Multi-layer Stack Configuration”

Brooke Wilson

Brooke Wilson
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May, 2015
Thesis: “Modeling and Experimentation for Evaluation of Piezoelectric Sensors for In-Vivo Monitoring”

Chase Ray

Chase Ray
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May, 2015
Thesis: “Piezoelectret Foam in a Multilayer Stack Configuration for Vibration Energy Harvesting”




























Undergraduate Students

Devin Roland

Devin Roland
NSF REU Student – Summer 2019
Research Topic: 3D Printed Flexible Force Sensors

Sam Worley

Sam Worley
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring 2019
Research Topic: Analysis of Force Transmissibility through Augmented Embedded Sensors in 3D Printed Materials

Nathan Ghattas

Nathan Ghattas
Undergraduate Researcher – Fall 2018
Research Topic: Investigation of Mechanical Boundary Conditions on Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring in a Biomedical Environment

Heather Roberts

Unknown
NSF REU Student – Summer 2018
Research Topic: Embedded Sensors in Flexible, 3D Printed Media

Justin Carlson

Justin Carlson
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring 2018
Research Topic: Analysis of Six Piezoelectric Sensors in 3D Printed Knee Replacement Bearing

Zach Tiberi

Unknown
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring 2018
Research Topic: Analysis of Six Piezoelectric Sensors in 3D Printed Knee Replacement Bearing

Sylvain Dupre

Sylvain Dupre
Visiting French Undergraduate Researcher – Fall 2017
Research Topic: Design, Analysis and Fabrication of an Updated Piezoelectric Force Plate

Robert Ponder

Robert Ponder
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring 2017
Research Topic: Modeling and Prototyping of Artificial Knee Joint for Embedded Piezoelectric Transducers

Elias Hoummadi

Elias Hoummadi
Visiting French Undergraduate Researcher – Fall 2016
Research Topic: Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of a Piezoelectric Force Plate

Bastien Poissenot

Bastien Poissenot
Visiting French Undergraduate Researcher – Fall 2016
Research Topic: Determination of Orthotropic Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Parts for Structural Health Monitoring

Rielly Newton

Rielly Newton
Undergraduate Researcher – Fall 2015
Research Topic: Parametric Study of Piezoelectret Foam

April Parkison

April Parkison
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring & Fall 2015
Research Topic: Feasibility Analysis of Piezoelectric Materials in Knee Replacements

Cesar Contreras

Cesar Contreras
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring 2015
Research Topic: Feasibility Analysis of Piezoelectric Materials in Knee Replacements

Nick Mabe

Nick Mabe
Undergraduate Researcher – Spring 2014
Research Topic: Gait Analysis for Injury Detection using Cell Phone Accelerometer