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Awards

Shima Shahab

Biography

Shima Shahab is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at Virginia Tech. She completed her Ph.D. and M.S. in
Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Shahab is
the Director of the Multiphysics Intelligent and Dynamical Systems (MInDS)
Laboratory and Associate Director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for Energy
Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS). Her theoretical and
experimental research program focuses on the intersection of smart
materials and dynamical systems for various interdisciplinary applications
such as contactless acoustic energy transfer, microfluidics driven via
ultrasonic, ultrasound responsive drug delivery systems, and piezoelectric
actuation. Dr. Shahab has served as Principal Investigator on research
grants from National Science Foundation, Alpha Foundation and Oakridge
National Laboratory.

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