Strong Showing from NewFoS at IMECE
NewFoS had an outstanding presence at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) in Memphis, showcasing the depth and innovation of our work in acoustics, materials science, and intelligent systems.
Farrukh Najmi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, presented “Manipulating Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) in Radio Frequency (RF) SAW Devices with Phononic Crystal Thin Films,” co-authored with Pierre A. Deymier, Keith Runge, Krishna Muralidharan, and Pierre Lucas. His work advances new strategies for controlling RF acoustic devices through phononic crystal thin films.
I-Ting (Andy) Ho, Research Scientist, presented “Defect Detection and Quantification for Structural Materials via Acoustic Geometric Phase Sensing,” co-authored with Keith Runge, Krishna Muralidharan, Araceli Hernández-Granados, Tribikram Kundu, I-Tzu Huang, and Pierre Deymier. As lead author, he highlighted a milestone study validating acoustic geometric phase sensing as a broadband, calibration-free scalar index for defect detection, quantification, and localization in additively manufactured structures—an important step toward real-world structural health monitoring applications.
Wataru Takeda, Postdoctoral Research Associate, presented “Reconfigurable Non-Volatile Acoustic Devices Using Phase Change Materials,” demonstrating how phase change materials can enable reconfigurable, non-volatile acoustic systems and open new possibilities for next-generation mechanical and acoustic technologies.
Kamaljeet Singh, PhD Student, presented “Machine Learning Approaches for Designing 1-D Elastic Superlattices With Non-Conventional Acoustic Waves.” As first author, he showed how machine learning accelerates the discovery and optimization of elastic superlattice designs that support unconventional acoustic wave propagation.
From geometric phase sensing to RF devices, phase-change materials, and AI-driven acoustic design, NewFoS continues to lead at the intersection of mechanics, materials, and computation.
Congratulations to our outstanding team for such a strong showing at IMECE!
Left to right: Farrukh Najmi, Wataru Takeda, I-Ting (Andy) Ho, Kamaljeet Singh, and Howard Yawit.
📸 Photo credit: Howard Yawit.