Chiarot received the BASc, MASc, and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto and was a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Rochester. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Binghamton University (State University of New York) in 2011 where he directs the Microfluidics and Multiphase Flow Laboratory. He was promoted to associate professor in 2017.

His research interests include additive manufacturing using electrospray printing and continuous ink jet technology, microfluidics with biology and energy applications, synthetic cells/vesicles, and the fluid mechanics of the brain.

Chiarot has published over 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and he has one issued U.S. patent. Along with his collaborators, his research has been supported by the NSF, ACS, NIH, and industry. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2016.

Dr. Huang received his BA in physics from Cornell University, and his MS and PhD degrees in engineering from Brown University. He received postdoctoral research training at the Biomedical Engineering Department at Tufts University, working on projects of light scattering diagnostic techniques and flow cytometry for diseased tissues and cancerous cells. He has authored numerous research articles and book chapters on image-based velocimetry techniques and nanoscale transport phenomena. His current research interests encompass the field of micro- and nanofluidics, including optical sensing techniques, micro- and nanoscale mass transport, lab-on-a-chip systems for biomedical applications, biologically-inspired microfluidic technologies, adhesion dynamics of cancerous cells and optical manipulations of microorganisms. Dr. Huang is a member of the ASME, the APS and the OSA, and was the topic organizer for the Microfluidics Forum at the ASME IMECE 2009-2011.

At Binghamton University, Scott’s research is at the intersection of heat transfer, energy and additive manufacturing. Scott has received support from the NSF, SRC, NYSERDA and IEEC. Scott is a 2019 NSF CAREER Recipient in the Thermal Transport Processes program.

Prior to joining the faculty at Binghamton University in January 2016, Scott was a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on energy-efficient adsorption refrigeration with Prof. Evelyn Wang, and heat transfer applications of nanomaterials and additive manufacturing with Prof. Anastasios John Hart.

In 2014, Scott received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, working in the area of experimental nanoscale heat transfer with Prof. Jonathan A. Malen. In 2010, Scott was awarded a Steinbrenner Institute Research Fellowship.

Scott spent the summer of 2012 as a visiting researcher at Profs. Junichiro Shiomi and Shigeo Maruyama's laboratory at the University of Tokyo through a joint U.S.-Japan East Asia Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship.

Before returning to academia in the fall of 2009, he worked as a flight and controls engineer at Boeing's Satellite Development Center in Los Angeles.

Scott graduated from Princeton University in 2006 with a BSE in mechanical and aerospace engineering and a certificate in robotics and intelligent systems, and from Cornell University with a MEng in mechanical engineering in 2007.

Srikanth Rangarajan is a research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He joined Binghamton University in 2018 as a post-doctoral research associate with Prof. Bahgat Sammakia. He earned his BE in mechanical engineering (2007-2011) from Sri Sairam Engineering College affiliated under Anna University. He began his career as Graduate Engineering Trainee at Wabco India (2011-2012). He joined the master’s program (MS) in thermal engineering at IIT Madras (2012). He then upgraded to doctoral studies at IIT Madras in 2013, in heat transfer, specifically in the thermal management and optimization of phase change material based heat sinks under the guidance of Prof. C. Balaji.

Rangarajan is the inventor of the rotatable heat sink, with a recent patent awarded by the government of India. He has 12 papers published in international journals. He has also presented 6 papers in international conferences. He has authored a book titled “Phase Change Material-Based Heat Sinks – A Multi-Objective Perspective,” His recent research work includes liquid cooling in data centers, three-dimensional integrated circuits, and associated optimization.

Kaiyan Yu received her BS in Intelligent Science and Technology from Nankai University in Tianjin, China in 2010 and her PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ in 2017. She joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Binghamton University in January 2018. Her current research interests include autonomous robotic systems and control, mechatronics, motion planning and control, automation science and engineering with applications to nano/micro particles control and manipulation, Lab-on-a-chip and biomedical systems.

Pu Zhang was appointed as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton University in 2018, where he directs the Composite and Architected Material Group. Before Binghamton, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Manchester in the U.K., earned a PhD (2015) in mechanical engineering at University of Pittsburgh in the U.S., and received BS (2008) and MS (2011) in mechanics from Hunan University in China.

His research focuses on the mechanics and manufacturing of composites and architected materials with tailored micro-structures for exceptional properties. Right now, he is actively working on the manufacturing, characterization, and modelling of novel multifunctional composites and metamaterials, especially those based on liquid metals.

His research employs an integrated theoretical-computational-experimental approach. He has published 30+ refereed articles in mechanics and manufacturing journals, mentored seven PhD and MS students, and held multiple patents or inventions. His research was funded by NSF, IEEC, and industry. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2022.

He has taught five courses of solid mechanics at undergraduate/graduate levels such as Intro to Solid Mechanics, Intro to Finite Element, Elasticity, Plates & Shells, and Mechanics of Composites.

Prof. Hitesh Vora, received MS degree in mechanical Engineering, and Ph.D degree in Materials Science and Engineering from University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA. He joined the department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, as an Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University in Jan 2015. Now he is a Director of Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) and Associate professor at Mechanical Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University.

His research interests additive manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, Multiphysics finite-element modelling (FEM) and simulations of advance manufacturing processes with emphasizing on materials aspects, surface Engineering via additive manufacturing, surface modification and heat treatment.

Prof. Vora published more than 60 papers in different journals and conferences, he is technical guest advisor feature July 2016 issue of JOM - The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) on “Surface Engineering via Additive Manufacturing”. Symposia Organizer - Additive Manufacturing for Surface Engineering of Materials, Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2016. Summer Fellow - 2016 ONR Summer Faculty Research Program at Naval Surface Warfare Center – Corona Division (Norco, CA).