Principal Investigator

Andreas A. Polycarpou

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
James J. Cain ’51 Chair Professor

Email: apolycarpou@tamu.edu

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Tribology, nanotechnology, microtribology related to miniature systems, magnetic storage, surface characterization, friction/vibration interaction, system dynamics and modeling, and experimental design and instrumentation.

Post-Doctoral

Ph.D. Students

Ahmad Shakil

I joined the research group as a Ph.D student in 2017. I did my BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). My research interests include nanotribology, thin film mechanics, head-disk interfaces and electronic packaging. I am currently working on nanotribological behavior of head-disk interfaces at elevated temperatures.

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Kian Bashandeh

I am a Ph.D. student of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. I joined Dr. Polycarpou’s group in January 2018. I received my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Isfahan in September 2016. My prior research was micro-mechanics study of behavior of polymer concrete under compressive loading. Currently I am working on 3-body abrasive wear behavior of ATSP coating submerged in water containing abrasive silica sands for the application of tilting-pad thrust bearings.

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Ayesha Asif

I joined Professor Polycarpou’s research group in Spring 2019 as a PhD student. I earned my bachelor’s in mechanical engineering in 2018 from Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I have had the opportunity to pursue a variety of projects. Currently, I am involved in research regarding the effects of water-based lubricants on friction and wear reduction in Ferrous materials. These are environmentally friendly additives for application in the oil and gas industry. My research interests also include nano-indentation behavior of polymeric coatings and the effect of substrate.

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Vasilis Tsigkis

I joined the research group as a PhD student in Fall 2019. I received my BS and MS from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Cyprus. My research interests include advanced polymeric coatings and high temperature superalloys as bearing components for space-related applications.

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Ahmad Amiri

I joined Microtribodynamics research group as a PhD student in Spring 2020. My work focuses on the fabrication of miscellaneous advanced materials and their electrochemical and mechanical properties in different stretchable, bendable and structural energy storage devices, such as multi-functional batteries and supercapacitors. Besides, I am working on Kirigami-based structure and the carbon overcoats of magnetic hard disks.

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