Carmel Majidi

Postdoctoral Fellow
Princeton Institute for the Science & Technology of Materials

416 Bowen Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ  08544

(609)258-0494 (campus)
cmajidi@princeton.edu

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My research background and interests concern the design and fabrication of novel materials and systems that exploit nanoscale surface effects.  Such efforts are strongly influenced by the following practices and principles:

     Applied Mechanics
     Biomimetics
     Piezoelasticity
     Robotics
     Microfabrication

Presently, I am working with Mikko Haataja (Princeton, MAE) and Dave Srolovitz (Yeshiva, Physics) to develop models that explain the spontaneous bending and helicity of piezoelectric nanoribbons. 

In 2007, I received my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley.  There, I worked in the Biomimetics Millisystems Lab with Ron Fearing and others to develop a novel, microstructured, shear-activated adhesive inspired by the gecko.