Research Associate in Design and Testing of Tidal Blades Email jsrihara@ed.ac.uk Location 3.14 Alexander Graham Bell Building Research Institutes Infrastructure and Environment Biography Dr. Jasotharan Sriharan is a Research Associate in Composite Design and Testing at The University of Edinburgh and a member of the MATTERS Group. His research focuses on developing advanced design tools to accelerate material and structural innovation.He is experienced in the design, manufacturing, and testing of architected materials structures. His current research interests include:Inverse design of architected materials and structuresLocal buckling of thin-walled composite structuresMultifunctional cellular materialsMechanics of advanced cellular and sandwich structuresAdditive manufacturing techniques for advanced materials