Bio
Dr. Aravelli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T). She earned Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami and West Virginia University, respectively. Previously, she served as a Research Scientist and an Adjunct Faculty at Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Aravelli's extensive research and industrial experience encompass diverse areas of engineering, including sensors, robotics, building energy systems modeling, engine emissions, structural health monitoring, microfluidics, optimization, and AI. She has authored a book, over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers and contributes as a reviewer for over 10 journals. Her research has received funding from DOE, DOD, NSF, and private industry, in the areas of nuclear waste management and engineering applications. Dr. Aravelli also teaches multiple mechanical engineering courses and mentors STEM students.
Research Interests
Multi-disciplinary and applied engineering, optimization and AI, wearable robotics for human performance augmentation, acoustic sensing for structural health and aerospace applications, ground vehicle propulsion systems-emissions measurement and modeling, microbioreactor design and flow optimization, thermal management in micro-electronics, nuclear waste management.
External URL
https://www.ncat.edu/coe/departments/me/index.php
Recent Publications
- Tiantian Huang, Denan Xu, Hang Zhang, Ou Bai, Aparna Aravelli, Xiaoxiao Zhou, Bin Han (2022). (A lightweight flexible semi-cylindrical valve for seamless integration in soft robots based on the giant electrorheological fluid). 347, pp. 113905. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.
- Natalia Bourguignon, Daniel Chamorro, P\'erez-Sosa, Camilo, Aparna Aravelli, Elisa Bravo, Maximiliano Perez, Santiago Miriuka, Betiana Lerner, Shekhar Bhansali (2022). (Micro and milli-chamber bioreactors for human induced pluripotent stem cell culture: Model and experimental validation). 187, pp. 108660. Biochemical Engineering Journal.
- P\'erez-Sosa, Camilo, Pe\~naherrera-Pazmi\~no, Ana Bel\'en, Gustavo Rosero, Natalia Bourguignon, Aparna Aravelli, Shekhar Bhansali, P\'erez, Maximiliano Sebastian, Betiana Lerner (2022). (Novel reproducible manufacturing and reversible sealing method for microfluidic devices). (5) 13, pp. 650. Micromachines.
- Caique Lara, Julie Villamil, Anthony Abrahao, Aparna Aravelli, Guilherme Daldegan, Sharif Sarker, Daniel Martinez, Dwayne McDaniel (2021). (Development of an Innovative Inspection Tool for Superheater Tubes in Fossil Fuel Power Plants). (7) 79, Materials Evaluation.
- Julie Villamil, Caique Lara, Anthony Abrahao, Aparna Aravelli, Guilherme Daldegan, Sharif Sarker, Dwayne McDaniel (2021). (Development of a Pipe Crawler Inspection Tool for Fossil Energy Power Plants).
- Moaed Abd, Rudy Paul, Aparna Aravelli, Ou Bai, Leonel Lagos, Maohua Lin, Erik Engeberg (2021). (Hierarchical tactile sensation integration from prosthetic fingertips enables multi-texture surface recognition). (13) 21, pp. 4324. Sensors.
- Maulin Raval, Shubhendu Bhardwaj, Aparna Aravelli, Jaya Dofe, Hardik Gohel (2021). (Smart energy optimization for massive IoT using artificial intelligence). 13, pp. 100354. Internet of Things.
- Aparna Aravelli, Ou Bai, Erik Engeberg, Leonel Lagos, Rick Demmer (2018). (Human fatigue quantification and assessment of robotic manipulators in glove box operations). 119, pp. 1351--1353. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society.
- Manuel Losada, Aparna Aravelli (2018). (IMU integration into Sensor suite for Inspection of H-Canyon).
- Aparna Aravelli, D McDaniel, A Abrahao, A Awwad, C Davila (2016). (Thermal Measurement and Modeling of Nuclear Waste in the Double Shell Tanks at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site Using Miniature Sensors). pp. 11--13. International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS).
- Aparna Aravelli, Singiresu Rao (2013). (Energy optimization in chiller plants: A novel formulation and solution using a hybrid optimization technique). (10) 45, pp. 1187--1203. Engineering Optimization.
- Aparna Aravelli, Singiresu Rao, Hari Adluru (2013). (Multiobjective design optimization of microchannel cooling system using high performance thermal vias in LTCC substrates). (1) 10, pp. 40--47. Journal of microelectronics and electronic packaging.
- Brendon Cintas, Dwayne McDaniel, Aparna Aravelli, Shervin Tashakori, Desmond Sinnott, Michael Poirier (Evaluation of Pipeline Flushing Requirements for High-Level Waste at Hanford and Savannah River-22128).
- Aparna Aravelli, Leonel Lagos, Ou Bai, Christopher Nataros, Christopher Garcia, Rodrigo Ramon (Exoskeleton Technology for Nuclear Waste Sites-Making Workers Safer and More Productive-21380).
- Michael Thompson, Dwayne McDaniel, Aparna Aravelli, Bruce Wiersma (Structural Health Monitoring Technologies for Wear and Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Waste Transfer Systems-21263).
