Microscale Manufacturing – Rahul Panat, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University – An Overview of Modern Manufacturing and Technology's Important Role
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Rahul Panat, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, provides an overview of his work in microscale additive manufacturing, microelectronics, and much more.
Podcast Points:
- How has 3D printing improved manufacturing?
- What's on the horizon for technological advances for the medical industry and patient care?
- An overview of nanoparticles and applications
Panat received an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and secured his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Panat discusses his work on micro and nanoscale 3D printing using nanoparticles to fabricate devices with new functionality and features. As he explains, their goal is to use this technology to develop new types of biomedical devices or to provide additional functionality to devices already in use.
Dr. Panat's research seeks to enhance fundamental scientific knowledge in an effort to create engineering breakthroughs for critical applications. He discusses printed electronics products and the advanced materials impact factor.
Dr. Panat provides examples of some of the work they are doing currently, such as creating three-dimensional structures that can build microscale needles that are used as brain-computer interfaces. The research Ph.D. goes on to explain how they use their advanced technology in varied ways, for example, they are able to create complex 3D structures with high surface area which can help enhance sensitivity in detecting biomarkers.
Dr. Panat gets into the details on several of his research areas and provides an analysis of their work goals, providing specific examples on structures, density, customization, and material manufacturing improvements.
Dr. Panat explains his background at Intel, in microprocessing. He delves into his work studying micro and nanoscale manufacturing techniques and 3D printing, and his success combining different materials to develop microstructures. Wrapping up, the research expert talks in depth about the practical applications in medicine that can improve patients' lives.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Forget frequently asked questions. |
| 0:02.0 | Common sense, common knowledge, or Google. |
| 0:05.0 | How about advice from a real genius? |
| 0:07.0 | 95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified and licensed. |
| 0:11.0 | 5% go above and beyond. They become very good at what they do, but only 0.1% are real Jesus. |
| 0:18.0 | Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you. He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field, sleep science, |
| 0:25.7 | cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. Here come the geniuses. This is the Finding Genius |
| 0:32.1 | podcast that Richard Jacobs. This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have Rahul Panut, he's an associate professor of mechanical |
| 0:45.4 | engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. We're going to be talking about his |
| 0:48.7 | work, micro scale additive manufacturing, flexible and printed microelectronics, and advanced energy materials. |
| 0:55.8 | So Raul, thanks for coming. |
| 0:56.8 | How you doing? |
| 0:57.8 | Yeah, thank you. |
| 0:58.8 | Thanks Richard for having me on the show. |
| 1:00.8 | Yeah, tell me a bit about your research, so what kind of materials, what kind of materials are you looking into? |
| 1:06.1 | So I work on micro and nanoscale 3D printing using nanoparticles to fabricate devices with newer functionalities and features. |
| 1:17.5 | That's kind of the overarching theme of my research. |
| 1:21.1 | In particular, the focus is on using this technology of micro and nanoscale 3D |
| 1:26.7 | printing to create new types of biomedical devices or giving additional functionalities to |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Richard Jacobs, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Richard Jacobs and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.