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Blesson Isaac, Ph.D.

Research Engineer

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Biography:

Dr. Blesson Isaac is a Research Engineer at Mechanical Systems Design & Control department in Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho, USA. He was a post-doctoral associate at INL during 2019-2021. He graduated with Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA in 2018. His research interests are automation and control systems and characterization of electrospun materials for various applications and electrospinning methods for the manufacturing of nanofibers. Design of Experiment tool is used for analyzing non-linear interactions of parameters in desired responses of electrospun materials. He has expertise in CREO/ Pro-Engineer and SolidWorks modeling, analysis and drafting based on research objectives. He has worked in MATLAB for various control system analysis. He has skills in applying different languages like python, C++ in various mechatronic applications involving Raspberry Pi and Arduino.  He was a research assistant at University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI), Fort Worth, TX for 3 years and 6 months until December 2018. Also, he was a manufacturing intern in medical manufacturing devices at Boston Scientific, Indiana during 2013-2015. He completed M.B.A and M.S. in Engineering from Prairie View A&M University, TX, USA during 2009-2013. He also had Masters in Technology from Anna University, Chennai, India.

Education:

Ph.D Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas

M.S. Science in Mechanical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University

M.S. Business Administration in Management, Prairie View A&M University

M.S. Technology in Footwear Science, Anna University

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Institution of Engineers (India)

Publications:

Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of Aligned Electrospun Fibers. Journal: Fibers-MDPI. Published on 6 January 2021.


Anisotropic Characterizations of Electro spun Pan Nanofiber Mats using Design of Experiments. Journal: Nanomaterials-MDPI. Published on 17 November 2020.


“Variability of Mechanical and Dielectric Properties in Testing Electrospun PAN Nanofiber Mat,” at the proceedings of American Society for Composites, September 24-26, 2018, Seattle, WA, USA.


“Electrospinning Approach for the Improvement of Mechanical and Shielding Properties of Nanofiber Mats,” at the proceedings of American Society for Composites, October 23-25, 2017, Purdue University, Indiana, USA.


“Haptic Interface Technique in Large-Scale Virtual Environment,” Computer–Aided Design and Applications, 12(5), pp. 601-607, 2015.


“Development of Nanoscale Virtual Reality Simulations for the Teaching of Nanotechnology” in the Computers in Education Journal, vol. 4 No.1 January-March 2013, USA.


“Development of Nanoscale Virtual Reality Simulations for the Teaching of Nanotechnology” at the proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 10-13, 2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA.


“Development of Virtual Sculpting System with Haptics in PowerWall 3-D Virtual Environment” at the proceedings of the ASME IMECE, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, USA.

Presentations:

​Poster Presentation at 2nd Annual STEAM Research Symposium, Spring 2011, PVAMU, Texas, USA.


Poster Presentation at Pathways Research Symposium, Fall 2011, TAMU, Texas, USA.


Poster Presentation at 3rd Annual STEAM Research Symposium, Spring 2012, PVAMU, Texas, USA.

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