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Current Projects

• Study of piezoelectric synthetic jets for aerospace applications
• Developing commercial applications for piezoelectric actuators
• Electromechanical characterization of piezoelectric composites

Education

• B.E. Computer Engineering, Goa University, Goa, India
• M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• Degree sought: Ph.D. Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Posters and Technical Presentations

• Mane, P., Mossi, K., Castro, N., Rostami, A., Bryant, R. (2006) “Piezoelectric Synthetic Jets.” Poster presented at the Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Student Symposium, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., and Bryant, R. (2005) “Pressure loading of piezo composite Unimorphs.” Materials and Devices for Smart Systems II Proceedings 888, Material Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 0888-V01-06.
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., Castro, N., Rostami, A., Bryant, R. (2005)“Cavity Parameter Effects On Piezoelectric Synthetic Jets.” Poster presented at the National Educators Workshop, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., and Bryant, R. (2005) “Synthetic jets with piezoelectric diaphragms.” Proceeding of the SPIE International Society for Optics Engineering, San Diego, California, USA, 5761, 233–243.

Publications

• Mane, P. (2004) “Flow Control in Synthetic Jet type applications using Piezoelectric Actuators.” NASA Technical Report Grant No 04008100.
• Mossi, K., Mane, P., and Bryant, R. (2005) “Velocity profiles for synthetic jets using piezoelectric circular actuators.” 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, AIAA-2005-2341
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., and Bryant, R. (2005) “Synthetic jets with piezoelectric diaphragms.” Proceeding of the SPIE International Society for Optics Engineering, San Diego, California, USA, 5761, 233–243.
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., and Bryant, R. (2005) “Pressure loading of piezo composite Unimorphs.” Materials and Devices for Smart Systems II Proceedings 888, Material Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 0888-V01-06.
• Mossi, K., Castro, N. D., Bryant, R., and Mane, P. (2005) “Boundary condition effects on piezo-synthetic jets.” Integrated Ferroelectrics, 71, 257–266.
• Mossi, K., Bryant, R., and Mane, P. (2005) “Piezoelectric Composites as Bender Actuators.” Integrated Ferroelectrics, 71, 221 – 232.
• Mane, P. (2006) “Investigation into the use of Piezoelectric Actuators into Synthetic Jet and Coanda Valve type applications.” NASA Technical Report Grant No NNL04AA04G.
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., Rostami, A., Bryant, R. and Castro, N. (2006) “Piezoelectric actuators as synthetic jets: Cavity dimension effects.” Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures (accepted).
• Maddox, J., Mane, P., Mossi, K., and Bryant, R. (2006) “Piezoelectric synthetic jets as virtual surfaces.” Actuator, Bremen, Germany (in press).
• Mossi, K., Mouhli, M., Mane, P., Smith, B., and Bryant, R. (2006) “Shape modeling and validation of stressed biased piezoelectric actuators.” Smart Materials and Structures (accepted).
• Mane, P., Mossi, K., and Bryant, R. (2006) “Experimental design and analysis of bimorphs as synthetic jet diaphragms.” ASME Proceedings of IMECE06, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago - Illinois, USA, IMECE2006-14051(accepted).

Research Experience

• Developed physical models using Rapid Prototyping Technology such as Stereolithography Process (SLA), and  Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
• Developed statistical models for piezoelectric synthetic jet actuator design and analysis using regression analysis tools, analysis of variance techniques, design of experiment methods.
• Studied synthetic jets in a wind tunnel for automotive applications by performing flow visualizations experiments.
• Designed, characterized and optimized piezoelectric synthetic jets for aerospace applications using piezoelectric diaphragms to maximize the speed of the jet formed.
• Experimentally studied the electromechanical properties of piezoelectric composites: Bimorph (Piezo Systems Inc., Massachusetts); Lipca (Konkuk University, Korea); Radial Field Diaphragms (NASA LRC, Virginia); Thunder® (Face International Inc., Virginia)

Teaching Experience

• ENGR305 Sensors and Measurements
• EGRM202 Mechanics of Deformables