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Priya Gadiraju (Ph. D. Student)

 

Biographical Sketch

Priya Gadiraju received her B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University (Hyderabad, India) in 2001 and received a Masters in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago in 2003. Her Masters research was in the field of Statistical Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulations. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research is in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). She is currently working towards fabricating conductive fuel based chemical microactuators that are used for projectile steering applications.

 

Degree Pursuing: PhD in Chemical Engineering

                                  Masters in Electrical Engineering

 

Office: 404-894-9908

Home: 404-441-6747

Fax: 404-894-5028

priya.gadiraju@chbe.gatech.edu

 

Projects: (click on the arrows for more information)

 

 

            1. Development of Conductive - fuel - based Chemical Microactuators  à

 

Design, fabrication, and characterization of conductive-fuel-based chemical microactuators used for the steering of moving aerodynamic bodies.

 

            2. Electrodeposited helical coils using excimer laser micromachining  à

 

Fabrication of spiral coils based on laser micromachining and electroplating techniques.

 

 

Publications:

1. Priya D. Gadiraju, Jung-Hwan Park, Jeong Woo Lee, and Mark G. Allen, “Micro-Ablation of Skin by Arc-Discharge Jet Ejection for Transdermal Drug Delivery” In Proc. Transducers 2007: The 14th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, pp.1947-1950, Lyon, France, June 10-14, 2007. (PDF)

2. B.A. English, P. Gadiraju, C.S. Rinehart, A. Glezer, and M.G. Allen, “Gas Generator Actuator Arrays For Flight Control Of Spinning Body Projectiles” Tech. Dig. 19th IEEE Int. Conf. MicroElectro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2006), Istanbul, Turkey, January 2006. (PDF)

 

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