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     Welcome to the Micro and Nano Mechanics Lab at Iowa State University!

Professor Ashraf Bastawros

Ph.D. Engineering Brown University, Providence, RI 1997
M.S. Applied Mathematics Brown University, Providence, RI 1995
M.S. Mechanical Engineering Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 1991
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 1988

Areas of Research

    • Micro and Nano surface machining

    • Experimental methods to study structure-property relationships

  • Thermo-mechanical characteristics of porous solids and biological materials

  • Mechanics of cellular materials

  • Mechanics of manufacturing processes at the micro/nano scale