Sambeeta Das
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Sambeeta ‘Sam’ Das is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Before joining the University of Delaware, Dr. Das was a postdoctoral researcher for three years at the University of Pennsylvania. She was part of the GRASP Lab where she worked on microrobotic control and application of microrobots in biological systems. She earned her Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University in 2016 and her doctoral research was on directing micro and nanomotors and their applications in lab-on-a chip devices. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned her Masters with distinction from the University of London and her Bachelors in Physics from Presidency College, India. She is the recipient of multiple awards including a graduate fellowship from the Pennsylvania State University, the overseas research award fellowship from the government of United Kingdom, and the Science and Engineering Excellence Fellowship from the University of London.
EDUCATION
PhD, Pennsylvania State University, USA
MSc, University of London, UK
BSc, Presidency College, India
FACULTY EXPERTISE
Biomechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Materials Engineering
Nanotechnology
RESEARCH AREAS
Biomechanical Engineering
Clean Energy & Environment
Nanotechnology
Robotics & Controls
Current Team Members
Postdoctoral Trainees
David Rivas Ramadan Abouomar
Graduate Students
Zain Aslam
Ph.D. Mechanical EngineeringAshika Shyam Singh
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Max Sokolich
B.S. Mechanical EngineeringMarc Whoolley
B.S. Biomedical EngineeringMarc de Lecea
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Former Team Members
Undergraduate
- Austin Maaddi – (09/2019-02/2020) – B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Chaewoon Kim – (Fall 2019) – B.S. Mechanical Engineering