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Dr. Abdullah AlSharhan

Academic

Dr.

Abdullah T. Alsharhan

Assistant Professor

Office Location:
S01E2223

Education

Degree Field Institution Year
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK 2017 - 2021
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2014 - 2016
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Kuwait University 2006 - 2011

Research Interests

Additive Manufacturing, Two-Photon Polymerization/Direct Laser writing, Microfluidics

Selected Publications

Selected Conference Publications

  • (Oral) Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Anthony J. Stair, Ryan R. Utz, Andrew C. Lamont, Michael A. Restaino, Ruben Acevedo, and Ryan D. Sochol, “A 3D Nanoprinted Normally Closed Microfluidic Transistor,” Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2020), Canada.
  • (Oral) Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Timotei Centea, and Satyandra K. Gupta, "Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Thin-Walled Structures Using Non-Planar Extrusion Based Additive Manufacturing." Proceedings of the ASME 2017 12th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference collocated with the JSME/ASME 2017 6th International Conference on Materials and Processing. Volume 2: Additive Manufacturing; Materials. Los Angeles, California, USA. June 4–8, 2017.
  • Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Ruben Acevedo, Anthony J. Stair‡, Ryan R. Utz, Talha Razaulla, Roseanne Warren, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Nanoparticle Sorting via 3D Multi-Tiered Microfluidics,” Proceedings of the 20th Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop (Hilton Head 2020), Hilton Head Island, SC, USA.
  • (Oral) Michael Restaino, Noah Eckman, Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Andrew C. Lamont, Asha Hall, and Ryan D.Sochol, “Direct Laser Writing of Three-Dimensional Graphene-Laden Microstructures Inside Enclosed Microfluidic Channels,” Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (μTAS 2019), Basel, Switzerland.
  • Andrew C. Lamont, Michael Restaino, Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Zhoulin Liu, Daniel X. Hammer, Anant Agrawal, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Direct Laser Writing of Titanium Dioxide-Laden Retinal Cone Phantoms” Proceeding

Selected Journal Publications

  • Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Olivia Young, Xin Xu, Anthony J. Stair, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Integrated 3D Printed Microfluidic Circuitry and Soft Microrobotic Actuators via In Situ Direct Laser Writing,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2021. (JMM Emerging Leaders Special Issue)
  • Andrew C. Lamont, Michael A. Restaino, Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Zhuolin Liu, Daniel X. Hammer, Ryan D. Sochol, and Anant Agrawal*, “Direct Laser Writing of a Titanium Dioxide-Laden Retinal Cone Phantom for Adaptive Optics-Optical Coherence Tomography,” Optical Materials Express, Vol. 10, Issue 11, pp. 2757-2767, 2020.
  • Connor D. Armstrong, Noah Todd, Abdullah T. Alsharhan, David I. Bigio, and Ryan D. Sochol, “A 3D Printed Morphing Nozzle to Control Fiber Orientation During Composite Additive Manufacturing,” Advanced Materials Technologies, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 2000829, 2021. (Featured as a Frontispiece)
  • Joshua D. Hubbard, Kristen M. Edwards, Ruben Acevedo, Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Jennifer Landry, Kejin Wang, Chase Manny, Andrew Montgomery, Saul Schaffer, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Fully 3D Printed Soft Robotics with Embedded Fluidic Logic,” Science Advances, Vol. 7, Issue 29, pp. eabe5257, 2021. (Featured on the Front Cover)
  • Michael Restaino, Noah Eckman, Abdullah T. Alsharhan, Andrew C. Lamont, Jackson Anderson, Dana Weinstein, Asha Hall and Ryan D. Sochol, “In Situ Direct Laser Writing of 3D Graphene-Laden Microstructures,” Advanced Materials Technologies, Vol. 6, Issue 8, pp. 2100222, 2021. (Featured on the Inside Front Cover)

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK Instructor for Office of China Affairs Jul. - Aug. 2018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Research Assistant 2016 - 2017
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Teaching Assistant 2015 - 2016
Kuwait University Teaching Assistant 2011
Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period
     
EQUATE PETROCHEMICALS COMPANY Mechanical Integrity Engineer, Apr. 2011 – Jul. 2014