Electroactive Materials Characterization Lab (EMCLab)


Zoubeida Ounaies

317 Reber Building
University Park, PA 16802

814-867-4443 | zxo100@psu.edu

Laboratory Members

EMC Lab members

Lab Director

Zoubeida Ounaies

Zoubeida Ounaies

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dorothy Quiggle Developmental Professorship
zxo100@engr.psu.edu

Post-doctoral Researchers

Amira Meddeb

Amira Meddeb
amira@meddeb.me

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Ph.D. Students

Hassene Ben Atitallah

Hassene Ben Atitallah
hzb120@psu.edu

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Nirmal Sigamani

Nirmal Sigamani
nxs306@psu.edu

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Md Abdulla Al Masud

Md Abdulla Al Masud
mzm264@psu.edu

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Saad Ahmed

Saad Ahmed
sua187@psu.edu

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Mohamed Aziz Dridi

Mohamed Aziz Dridi
aziz@psu.edu

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Albert Foster

Albert Foster
albertfosteriii10@gmail.com

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Mike Vecchio

Mike Vecchio
mav206@psu.edu

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Visiting Researchers

Undergraduate Researchers

Erika Arrojado

Erika Arrojado
eoa5110@psu.edu

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Sarah Masters

Sarah Masters
srm311@psu.edu


Julia Meyer

Julia Meyer
acp5248@psu.edu


Former Visiting Students

Amal Kadimi

Amal Kadimi
axk51@psu.edu

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Emna Helal

Emna Helal
emna@psu.edu


Ali Khadimallah

Ali Khadimallah
auk28@psu.edu


Alison Cowley

Alison Cowley
acowley90@gmail.com


Mike Melnyk

Mike Melnyk
mjm5506@psu.edu


Former Visiting Faculty

Moez Chafra

Moez Chafra
Chafra_moez@yahoo.fr


Laboratory Alumni

Name Degree/Date Dissertation Title Position Accepted
Payam Khodaparast PhD August 2014 "Dispersion strategies and role of interfacial phenomena in dielectric polymer nanocomposites" Senior Product Development Engineer at 3M (September 2014)
Amira Barhoumi PhD May 2012 "Experimental and Theoretical Design of Nanodielectrics" Post-doctoral Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Sanjay Kalidindi PhD May 2012 "Electric Field alignment of Cellulose based-Polymer Nanocomposites" Research Scientist at Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (August 2012)
Junjia Li M.S. May 2011 "RF Characterization of Patterned Polymer Nanocomposites" Ph.D. program at UT- Austin
Nirmal Sigamani M.S. May 2010 "Thermo-mechanical Characterization of Elastomers" Ph.D. program at EMCL/Penn State University
Sujay Deshmukh PhD May 2009 "Nano-Based Actuators for Space Applications" Research Scientist at Intel Inc.,
Sumanth Banda PhD July 2008 "Electric Field-Driven Manipulation of High Aspect Ratio Nanoparticles in Model Fluids and Polymers" Research Scientist at Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (September 2008)
Sujay Deshmukh M.S. December 2006 "Effect of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) on the Electromechanical Response of a Polyimide Nanocomposite"  
Atheer Almasri M.S. December 2006 "Characterization of DWNT-PVDF Nanocomposites" Ph.D. Student at the Virginia Commonwealth University
Wrutu Parulkar (VCU) M.S.December 2005 "Electromechanical Characterization of PDMS-Based Electroactive Polymers" Materials Researcher; Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Ihab Abdelsayed (VCU) M.S.August 2005 "Characterization of Electrosprayed Polyvinylidene Fluoride and Polyvinylidene Fluoride/CNT Nanocomposites" Ph.D. program at VCU
Sumanth Banda (VCU) M.S. December 2004 "Characterization of Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites" Ph.D. Student at Texas A&M University (see above)