Jae-Won “Jay” Choi, Ph.D.

Director of Advanced Additive Manufacturing Lab (AAML)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
UA Site Director of Center for Tire Research (CenTiRe)
Research interests: Additive manufacturing processes, materials and applications; 3D printing of smart structures and biomedical devices.
Full CV can be found here.
Bipendra Basnet, Ph.D. candidate

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron
Research area: 5-Axis Hybrid Additive Manufacturing System
Shahba Tasmiya Mouna, Ph.D. candidate

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2020
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, 2023
Research area: Wearable Tactile Sensors for Various Applications
Daewoong Park, Ph.D. student

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Korea, 2020
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Korea, 2022
Research areas: 3D-Pritable Solid-State Batteries
Vikram G.C., Ph.D. student

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal, 2023
Research areas: Hybrid Additive Manufacturing System
Khair Ul Wara, Ph.D. student

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Riphah International University, Pakistan, 2025
Research areas: Flexoelectric sensors, Smart Insoles