Nuzhet Nihaar

Research at Rochester Institute of Technology

I am a Materials Science and Microsystems Engineer, also interested in Biomedical Engineering. I hope to learn a lot and be a successful member of the MBS laboratory with valuable accomplishments here! I always strive to do my best in everything I do.

Academic Background

Ph.D. in Microsystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (2018-Expected 05/2024).
M.S in Materials Science Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (2016-2018).
B.E in Materials Science Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India (2009-2015).

Industry Background

Associate software engineer, Accenture, India (2015-2016).

In progress projects

Nasir A., N.N. ; Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V.H..; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Separation of microparticles and cells in low frequency alternating current insulator-based electrokinetic systems.

Submitted projects

Nasir A., N.N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Development of a DC-biased AC stimulated device for the electrokinetic separation of bacterial and yeast cells, submitted to Biosensors, 2024, I.F. 5.4
Nasir A., N.N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Manipulating the insulating post arrangement in DC-biased AC-iEK devices to improve microparticle separations, submitted to Analyst, 2024, I.F. 4.2

Published journal articles

Nasir A., N.N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Assessing the Discriminatory Capabilities of iEK Devices under DC and DC-Biased AC Stimulation Potentials, Micromachines, 14(12):2239, 2023, I.F. 3.4 link
Nasir A., N.N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Ernst, O.D.; Perez-Gonzalez, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Fine-Tuning the Characteristic of the Applied Potential To Improve AC-iEK Separations of Microparticles, Analytical Chemistry, 2023. I.F. 7.4 link
Lomeli-Martin, A.; Nasir A., N.N.; Abhyankar, V.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.; Electropatterning - Contemporary developments for selective particle arrangments employing electrokinetics, Electrophoresis, 2023. link
Hsu, M-C; Mansouri, M; Nasir A., N.N.; Joshi, M, I; Ahmed, A; Borkholder, A, D; Abhyankar, V,V; A Miniaturized 3D-Printed Pressure Regulator (μPR) for Microfluidic Cell Culture Applications, bioRxiv (2022). link
Ahmed, A; Joshi, M, I; Mansouri, M; Nasir A., N.N.; Hsu, M-C; Gaborski, R, T; Abhyankar, V,V; Engineering fiber anisotropy within natural collagen hydrogels, American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 320.6 (2021): C1112-C1124. link
Forouzandeh, F; Nasir A., N.N.; Zhu, X; Bazard, P; Goyal, K; Walton, JP; Frisina, RD; Borkholder, DA; A wirelessly controlled scalable 3D-printed microsystem for drug delivery. Pharmaceuticals. 2021 Jun 4;14(6):538.link
Forouzandeh, F; Nasir A., N.N.; Hsu, M-C; Walton, J,P; Frisina, RD; Borkholder, A,D; A 3D-printed modular microreservoir for drug delivery. Micromachines, 2020, 11(7), p.648.link
Vasudevan, N; Nasir A., N.N.; Pavithra, B; Aravindhan, A; Shanmugavel, B,P; Effect of Ni addition on the densification of TiC: a comparative study of conventional and microwave sintering. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2020, 87, p.105165.link
Forouzandeh, F; Zhu, X; Nasir A., N.N.; Walton, J,P; Frisina, RD; Borkholder, A,D; A modular microreservoir for active implantable drug delivery. BioRxiv, 2019, p.762716.link
Nasir A., N.N.; Fan, W; Schrlau, M; Santhanam, K,S,V; A New Graphene Quantum Dot Sensor for Estimating an Antibiotic Concentration. MRS Advances, 2018, 3(15-16), pp.825-830.link
Santhanam, K,S; Nasir A., N.N. ; Greenhouse gas sensors fabricated with new materials for climatic usage: A review. ChemEngineering, 2018 2(3), p.38.link

Awards

Outstanding service award for international students, RIT (2023).
Best Oral presentation award in RIT Graduate Showcase, RIT (2023).
Best Graduate student award in Materials Science department, RIT (2018).
Outstanding service award for international students, RIT (2018).

Conference Presentations

Poster presentation on A Miniaturized 3D-Printed Pressure Regulator (μPR) for Microfluidic Cell Culture Applications, BMES,(2021).

Hobbies

I enjoy amdiring flowers and I recently became a Plant-Mama, now taking care of 5 plants, each of them named after Greek alphabets.

I love the warm weather and I enjoy going for walks on a bright sunny day.

I am a foodie and love eating different cultural food.

Reading books and watching movies are my other hobbies.

I believe in miracles and Angels, I know I live admidst many!