Aravinda Kar

Aravinda Kar

Professor of Optics & Photonics, MMAE, ECE and Physics
CREOL 284
407-823-6921
akar@creol.ucf.edu
Laser-Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Micro-Processing

Biography

Aravinda Kar received his PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a Professor of Optics, MAE (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and MSE (Materials Science and Engineering) at UCF. His research interests are (1) Laser-Assisted Manufacturing and Materials Processing, (2) Design and processing of semiconductor materials, laser doping, sensors, detectors, light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells, (3) Laser beam shaping and laser-material interactions, and (4) Thermal and materials science, advanced material properties, biomaterials.

Awards & Honors

  • Fellow, Laser Institute of America (LIA), since 2000
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI), since 2017
  • 2018 First Place Award (Poster Presentation): Eduardo Castillo, IMAPS Society, 2018
  • 2017 First Place Award (Poster Presentation): Eduardo Castillo, ICALEO 2017
  • 2017 First Place Award (Poster Presentation): Eduardo Castillo, IMAPS Society 2017
  • 2005 Elected to the Board of Directors of the Laser Institute of America
  • 2002 TIP (UCF’s Teaching Incentive Program) Award
  • 2001 ICALEO’01 Student Paper Award Competition: Yonggang Li
  • 2000 ICALEO’00 Student Paper Award Competition: Jihua Du
  • 2000 Fifth Annual Tibbetts Award
  • 2000 American Welding Society award Henry Grajon Prize: Jian Xie
  • 1999 First Prize Student Paper Award Competition: Jihua Du
  • 1999 ICALEO’99 Student Paper Award Competition: Franz Josef Kahlen

Research Group

Laser-Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Micro-Processing (LAMMMP) Laboratory, mathematical modeling of process mechanism, synthesis of new materials, advanced manufacturing and process diagnostics; laser-matter interactions, melting, vaporization, plasma effects, solidification and non-equilibrium synthesis of materials; diffusion, laser doping, semiconductor processing, sensors and detectors; laser CVD; laser machining, laser ablation, laser drilling, cutting and welding; process monitoring and diagnostic techniques.

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