Rabina Awal is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Systems Engineering with concentration in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She completed her undergraduate from Tribhuwan University (TU) from her home country, Nepal in Mechanical Engineering. Before joining the 4M@ULL lab, she worked as a faculty in Khwopa College of Engineering and as a Research Assistant at Kathmandu University (KU) in Nepal.
Rabina is working to assess fracture risk using machine learning/deep learning algorithms. Her goal is to develop an ML/DL based assessment tool that can predict fractue risk based on medical image data obatined via CT-scan.
R. Awal, J. B. Hmida, Y. Luo and T. R. Faisal. Study of the significance of parameters and their interaction on assessing femoral fracture risk by quantitative statistical analysis, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Springer, 60 (3): 843-854, 2022
R. Awal and T. R. Faisal. Multiple regression analysis of hip fracture risk assessment via finite element analysis, ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostic and Therapy
R. Awal, and T. R. Faisal. Effect of loading direction and bone density distribution in assessing hip fracture via finite element analysis. ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) 2020, November 16-19, 2020, Portland, OR, USA.
R. Awal, and T. R. Faisal. Variation of stress and associated FRI in femoral neck due to lateral load in different directions simulating fall postures. SB3C 2020 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference, June 17-20, Virtual Meeting.
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 is currently pursuing his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 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.
Guillermo Escoto Rodriguez is an MS student in civil engineering deparment. His work focuses on the design of cellular core for SPD deck, He will conduct both computation and experments to design cellular core for optimized design. This work is funded by LTRC Tire gran.
