Akshay Potnuru
Senior Lecturer of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Education
- Doctoral Degree, University of Texas - Dallas
- Master's Degree, University of Texas - Dallas
- Bachelor's Degree
Biography
Akshay Potnuru has a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Dallas in Mechanical Engineering and is a Lecturer at USC AME for the past 5+ years. He has expertise in and published several research papers in the fields of humanoid robotics in autism rehabilitation; smart materials like Shape Memory Alloys, Piezoelectric, Thermoelectric, Pyroelectric, Conductive polymers, etc.; 3D printing manufacturing with electrical conductivity using composites like thermoplastics (PLA, ABS) and nanocarbon; soft robotic applications using hyperelastic silicone-like musculoskeletal structures; energy harvesting from the human body and NiTi stents.Research Summary
Robotics, Humanoids, 3D printing, Smart Materials, Shape memory alloys, StentsAppointments
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Office
- OHE 500G
- Olin Hall of Engineering
- 3650 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089
Contact Information
- (213) 740-0078
- potnuru@usc.edu