Milad Tatari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Milwaukee WI UNITED STATES
- Mechanical Engineering
Milad Tatari's research interests are the design, analysis and fabrication of unique machines and mechanisms.
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Education, Licensure and Certification
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering, Solid Mechanics
K. N. Toosi University of Technology
2009
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering, Dynamics and Control
University of Tehran
2012
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering, Solid Mechanics
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
2018
Graduate Certificate
Data Analytics
Northeastern University
2020
Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
Northeastern University
2023
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Travel Award
2017
UNR Graduate Student Association
Travel Award
2019
MIE department at Northeastern University
Dean’s Scholarship
2015
University of Nevada, Reno
Graduate Dean’s Scholarship
2018
Northeastern University
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Selected Publications
A Soft Gripper with Rigidity Tunable Elastomer Strips as Ligaments
Soft Robotics2017
Like their natural counterparts, soft bioinspired robots capable of actively tuning their mechanical rigidity can rapidly transition between a broad range of motor tasks—from lifting heavy loads to dexterous manipulation of delicate objects. Reversible rigidity tuning also enables soft robot actuators to reroute their internal loading and alter their mode of deformation in response to intrinsic activation.
Dynamically Tunable Dry Adhesion via Subsurface Stiffness Modulation
Advanced Materials Interfaces2018
Tunable dry adhesion has a range of applications, including transfer printing, climbing robots, and gripping in automated manufacturing processes. Here, a novel concept to achieve dynamically tunable dry adhesion via modulation of the stiffness of subsurface mechanical elements is introduced and demonstrated. A composite post structure, consisting of an elastomer shell and a core with a stiffness that can be tuned via application of electrical voltage, is fabricated.
Adhesion of flat-ended pillars with non-circular contacts
Soft Matter2020
Fibrillar adhesives composed of fibers with non-circular cross-sections and contacts, including squares and rectangles, offer advantages that include a larger real contact area when arranged in arrays and simplicity in fabrication. However, they typically have a lower adhesion strength compared to circular pillars due to a stress concentration at the corner of the non-circular contact.
Bending behavior of biomimetic scale covered beam with tunable stiffness scales
Scientific Reports2020
Biomimetic scales provide a convenient template to tailor the bending stiffness of the underlying slender substrate due to their mutual sliding after engagement. Scale stiffness can therefore directly impact the substrate behavior, opening a potential avenue for substrate stiffness tunability
Bending stiffness tunability of biomimetic scale covered surfaces via scales orientations
International Journal of Solids and Structures2023
Biomimetic fish scale structures on soft substrates can provide tailorable and tunable mechanical stiffness. When distributed over a reference 2D flat substrate, their simultaneous in-plane and out of plane sliding kinematics give rise to highly intricate geometrically dictated nonlinear and asymmetric behavior.
