Asif Istiak is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Systems Engineering with concentration in Mechanical Engineering. He has joined 4M lab in Spring 2023. He has been investigating the mechanical properties of cartilage via experiments and FE simulation.
He attended Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and pursued B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. He worked briefly in two local industries where he was assigned to design and maintain boiler. Then he completed MS from Mechanical Design and System Engineering department at Andong National University, South Korea where he worked on several projects in various labs. His research focused on the shape memory polymer reinforced composite adhesive for hybrid structures. His work has been presented in 8 conferences.
His aim is to continue his career in research and academia. He likes to play soccer and cook in his spare time. For more information about Asif’s publication, works and classes, please visit https://asif-istiak.github.io/
Md Saiful Islam will strat his PhD program beginning Fall 2024. He completed his MS in Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as well. He completed his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) in his home country, Bangladesh. Before, joining the 4M@ULL lab, he worked for AUDI as a service advisor in Bangladesh where he gained industrial exposure to recent advancements in automotive technologies.
Saiful is working on soft tissue biomechanics. His current work involves the development of a fibril-reinforced computational model of articular cartilage. His goal is to investigate the multi-structural mechanical properties of healthy and degraded cartilage to find the root cause of osteoarthritis.