University of British Columbia
Tissaphern Mirfakhrai
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Tissaphern Mirfakhrai is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University in Stanford, CA. He is a 2009 recipient of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Postdoctoral Fellowship (NSERC PDF). He received his Ph.D. in Prof. John D. Madden’s Molecular Mechatronics Laboratory at the University of British Columbia. Having ranked second in the Iranian nationwide university entrance examinations, he received his B. Sc. in electrical engineering, from Sharif University of Technology. He received his M.A.Sc. in engineering from Simon Fraser University in 2002.
The main focus of his research is the application of carbon nanotubes as artificial muscles, physics and chemistry of nanotubes and conducting polymer actuators. His other research interests include electrochemical energy storage devices, and force-feedback robotics using artificial muscles.
E-mail: tissa-at-ece.ubc.ca
