https://www.khajehtourian.com/news daily 0.75 2022-01-29 https://www.khajehtourian.com/news/eml2020 monthly 0.5 2020-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1601222580889-X6FUI5IXTHVYOHBPR3RT/EMLB.png News - New Publication in EML Our paper on phase transformations in substrate-free dissipative multistable metamaterials appears in Extreme Mechanics Letters. Find out more here. https://www.khajehtourian.com/news/news-mrs monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1601220045805-19XU0CGJO38FAK8GLRV3/image-asset.png News - Interview with MRS Bulletin Eva Karatairi of MRS Bulletin highlighted our work on guiding transition waves in multistable mechanical metamaterials. 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I will conduct this research project with Dennis Kochmann at ETHZ. https://www.khajehtourian.com/news/pnas2020 monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1601223013148-WSUJI2JEY23VFLWVKOH6/PNASB.png News - New Publication in PNAS Our paper on guided transition waves in multistable mechanical metamaterials appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Find out more here. https://www.khajehtourian.com/news/romik-khajehtourian-wins-the-most-watched-video-contest monthly 0.5 2020-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1603026137197-CW08CICQOUGSB8NQ8UN6/Romik.jpg News - Romik Khajehtourian wins the most watched video contest Our presentation at the Virtual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science attracted the most viewers within the “Metamaterials & Architected Solids & Manufacturing” category. 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Find out more here. https://www.khajehtourian.com/news/eml2022 monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/2164b042-4455-45c5-941c-2c17ee8796b6/PendB.jpg News - New Publication in Extreme Mechanics Letters Our paper which discusses multistable pendula as mechanical analogs of ferroelectricity appears in Extreme Mechanics Letters. Find out more here. https://www.khajehtourian.com/aboutme daily 0.75 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1599000668155-IHT7BAW266DPGOK3LLAT/rk.jpg About Me - Short Biography I am currently a postdoctoral scientist based in ETH Zurich. A long journey through different fields and disciplines in the East and the West has taken me to this place. I received all of my primary education in Iran, graduated from Alborz High School, received my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (heat and fluids) at USB, and my M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (structures) at the Sharif University of Technology. I received my Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences (in systems, under the supervision of Prof. Mahmoud Hussein in the Phononics Laboratory) as well as a M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado Boulder. In my Ph.D. thesis, I developed on exact and approximate solutions to nonlinear dispersive elastic waves in metamaterials and phononic crystals. During those years, I got recognized with the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award and the research excellence Vise Award of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Currently, I work with Prof. Dennis Kochmann in the Mechanics and Materials Laboratory of Institute for Mechanical Systems, one of the eight institutes in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich. My current research is about a new class of soft dissipative multistable metamaterials, from understanding their dynamics and coming up with efficient tools for modeling them to recognizing their applications. Recently, I have been awarded a highly selective Spark grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation, which aims to fund the development of new scientific approaches, methods, and ideas for applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1601141177488-L3O72BE7Q083MWI76FCP/ethz.jpg About Me - ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering I work with Prof. Dennis Kochmann in the Mechanics and Materials Lab of the Institute of Mechanical Systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1598995630190-DAZIPRSLKVHASKH9X6AY/usb.png About Me - University of Sistan and Baluchestan B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2007 I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree in the area of heat and fluid. Under supervision of Prof. Hossein Ajam, I designed an urban incinerator with energy recovery system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1598995903487-XXAGR9CY74LPEY96G39F/sut.png About Me - Sharif University of Technology M.S. Aerospace Engineering, 2011 I ranked 15 (over 30000 participants) in the national entrance exam and studied Aerospace Engineering in the area of aerospace structures. I did my master’s thesis on contact mechanics of functionally graded coating with Prof. Saeed Adib. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f49ae0c063c1828e5612a29/1598995541686-QEIT91ZR2W57ASQXNXTC/Media.png About Me - University of Colorado Boulder Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 2017 M.S. Applied Mathematics, 2017 I received my Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder, with a focus on aerospace systems, under the supervision of Prof. Mahmoud Hussein in the Phononics Lab. Thesis Title: Nonlinear dispersive elastic waves in solids: Exact, approximate, and numerical solutions. 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