dr. A.M. (Amar) Kamat

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

• Founder and CEO, 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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