Nikhil Bajaj, PhD Affiliate Faculty

Biography

Nikhil Bajaj received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 2008, 2011, and 2017, respectively. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science in the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering, and has held research assistant positions on several projects in the areas of nonlinear dynamics, control systems, sensing and machine learning, computational design, and heat transfer. Dr. Bajaj has had a research position with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories and has also served as a consulting mechatronics engineer with two startup technology companies in the areas of force sensing in gaming devices and the control of multi-actuator haptics. His research interests include nonlinear dynamical vibration and control systems and the analysis and design of mechatronic systems. These are applied in the context of resilient, learning sensor systems, neuromorphic computing, computer-based decision-making systems, and using dynamics in security. His current efforts are supported by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy-supported CyManII Research Institute, and corporate sponsors.