dr. A.M. (Amar) Kamat


E-mail:
a.m.kamat rug.nl
Education
- Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, 2016
- M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2011
- B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2008
Employment
- Cofounder and CTO, Sencilia B.V. (a RUG spinoff company), 2021 - present
- Guest Researcher, Advanced Production Engineering, University of Groningen, 2021 - present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Advanced Production Engineering, University of Groningen, 2017 - 2021
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, 2017
- DAAD Research Intern, Polymer Reaction Engineering, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), 2015
- Graduate Technical Intern, Corporate Quality Network, Intel Corporation (Phoenix, USA), 2014
Awards and honors
- Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) Postdoc Prize, University of Groningen, 2020
- NWO Takeoff Phase 1 grant award for project 'VitalSENSE', 2020
- P. B. Breneman Fellowship for academic excellence in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University, 2016
- DAAD RISE Professional Scholarship awarded by the German Federal Foreign Office, 2015
Interests
- Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
- Flexible electronics
- Microsensor development
- Bioinspired sensors
- Analytical and computational modeling (CFD, FEM, ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics)
- Laser-materials processing
- Technology entrepreneurship
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