Research

Electrorheological & Magnetorheolgical Fluids

Design & Optimization of Small Cheap Valves for Robotics

Wet Foam Rheology

Tunable stiffness materials

Publications

Ahmed H. Helal ahelal@mit.edu

Ph.D. Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hatsopulos Microfluids Lab

Advisors: Prof. Gareth McKinley
                    Prof. Anette "Peko" Hosoi

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

 
M.S., Liquid Physics & Soft Matter, Ecole Polytechnique, 2009 B.S., Physics & Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, 2007

Research interests:
Rheology of complex fluids and soft matter, Soft Robotics, ER & MR fluids, Bio-inspired design