Sameh Tawfick

For More Information

• Personal website

Education

• Ph.D. ME University of Michigan 2012
• M.S. ME Cairo University, Egypt 2007
• B.M.E. Cairo University, Egypt 2003

Academic Positions

• Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, August 2024 - date
• Visiting Professor, Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, January 2023 - July 2023
• Beaufort Visiting Fellow, St. John's College, University of Cambridge, January 2023 - July 2023
• Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, August 2020 - August 2024
• Part-time Faculty, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technologies, University of Illinois, June 2019 - date
• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, August 2013 - August 2020
• Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 2013 - August 2013

Research Interests

• Actuators and Robotic Mechanisms
• Carbon Nanomaterials: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene
• Additive Manufacturing of Polymeric and Composite Materials
• Data-Driven Manufacturing and Machine Learning
• Nanomechanics and Nanomanufacturing
• Solid Mechanics and Materials

Chapters in Books

• Hart, A.J., S.J. Park, M. De Volder, S. Tawfick, and E.R. Meshot, “Principles and Methods for Integration of Carbon Nanotubes in Miniaturized Systems” in "Microelectronics to Nanoelectronics: Materials, Devices & Manufacturability" Editor: Anupama B. Kaul, CRC Press 2013.

Selected Articles in Journals

• Li, C., and S. Tawfick "Self-assembly of Lamellae by Elastocapillarity in the Presence of Gravity: Experiments and Modeling" Journal of Applied Mechanics 92 (2), 021004, 2025.
• Tsai, S., Q. Wang, O. Hur, M.D. Bartlett, W.P. King, and S Tawfick "High Cycle Performance of Twisted and Coiled Polymer Actuators" Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 381, 116041, 2025.
• Hmeidat, N.S., M. Zakoworotny, Y.S. Kim, T.B. Le, G. DeBrun, R. Shah, J.J. Lessard, J.S. Moore, J.W. Baur, P.H. Geubelle, N.R. Sottos, and S. Tawfick "Reactive Extrusion of Frontally Polymerizing Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites" Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 190, 108609, 2025.
• Eom, W., M. Tanver Hossain, V. Parasramka, J. Kim, R. Siu, K. Sanders, D. Piorkowski, A. Lowe, H.G. Koh, M. De Volder, D. Fudge, R. Ewoldt and S. Tawfick "Fast 3D Printing of Fine, Continuous, and Soft Fibers via Embedded Solvent Exchange" Nature Communications, 2025.
• Li, C., J. Jing, A. Kanj, G. Bahl, and S. Tawfick "Pivot Bearings for Efficient Torsional Magneto-Mechanical Resonators" Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 226, 112306, 2025.
• S Tawfick and I Arretche "Not-So-Fragile Matter" Science 387 (6731), 250-251, 2025
• Yaacoub, J., M. Surana, and S. Tawfick "Graphene-Induced Surface Softening and Nanostructure Evolution of Platinum Foils" Advanced Engineering Materials 26 (23), 2401053, 2024.
• Bimrose, M., T. Hu; D. McGregor, J. Wang, S. Tawfick, C. Shao, Z. Liu, and W. King "Detecting and Classifying Hidden Defects in Additively Manufactured Parts Using Deep Learning and X-ray Computed Tomography" Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2024.
• Wang, Q., A. Giudici, W. Huang, Y. Wang , M. Liu, S. Tawfick, and Dominic Vella "Transient Amplification of Broken Symmetry in Elastic Snap-Through" Physical Review Letters 132 (26), 267201, 2024.
• Wang, Q., A. Ghrayeb, S.H. Kim, L. Cheng, and S. Tawfick "Mechanics and Physics of Twisted and Coiled Polymer Actuators" International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 280, 109440, 2024.
• Bimrose, M., T. Hu; D. McGregor, J. Wang, S. Tawfick, C. Shao, Z. Liu, and W. King "Automatic Detection of Hidden Defects and Qualification of Additively Manufactured Parts using X-Ray Computed Tomography and Computer Vision" Manufacturing Letters 41 (Supplement), 1216-1224, 2024.
• Yaacoub, J., M. Surana, G. Ananthakrishnan, H. Johnson, S. Tawfick "Graphene-induced Surface Stiffening of Copper Studied by Nanoindentation" Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128 (8), 3449-3459, 2024.
• Zhang, K., M. Surana, J. Yaacoub, and S. Tawfick "Ultrathin Damage-Tolerant Flexible Metal Interconnects Reinforced by in-situ Graphene Synthesis" Nature Flexible Electronics 8 (1), 16, 2024.
• Tawfick, S. and J. Pikul "Materials for Powering Miniature Robots" MRS Bulletin 49 (2), 100-106, 2024.
• Kumar, A., M. Zakoworotny, F. J. Balta Bonner, J. En Aw, N.R. Sottos, S. Tawfick, and P. Geubelle "A Thermo-chemo-mechanical Model for Direct Ink Writing of Frontally Polymerizing Thermoset Polymers" Additive Manufacturing, 80, 103972, 2024.
• Zakoworotny, M., F. J. Balta Bonner, A. Kumar, J. En Aw, S. Tawfick, R.H. Ewoldt, N.R. Sottos, and P. Geubelle "Rheological Modeling of Frontal-Polymerization-Based Direct Ink Writing of Thermoset Polymers" Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 418, 116565, 2024.
• Kanj, A., A. Vakakis and S. Tawfick "Buckling-induced Transmission Switching in Phononic Waveguides" The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 154, 1640–1659, 2023.
• Tsai, S., Y. Wang, Q. Wang, W. King, and S. Tawfick " Miniature Soft Jumping Robots Made by Additive Manufacturing" Smart Materials and Structures 32 (10) 105022, 2023.
• Kim, H., S. Tawfick and W.P. King, "Buckling Elastomeric Springs and Lattices for Tailored Energy Absorption " Materials Today Communications 35 106417, 2023.
• Ha, J., Y. Kim, C. Li, J. Hwang, S. Leung, R. Siu, and S. Tawfick, "Polymorphic Display and Texture Integrated Systems Controlled by Capillarity " Science Advances 9, eadh1321, 2023.
• Shah, A., J. A Schiller I. Ramos; D. Adams, S. Tawfick, and E. Ertekin, "Automated Image Segmentation of Scanning Electron Microscopy" Materials Today Communications 35, 106127, 2023.
• Kanj, A., P. Ferrari, A. van der Zande, A. Vakakis and S. Tawfick, "Ultra-tuning of Nonlinear Drumhead MEMS Resonators by Electro-thermoelastic Buckling" Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (196) 1 110331, 2023.
• Surana, M., G. Ananthakrishnan, M. Poss, J. Yaacoub, K. Zhang, T. Ahmed, N. Admal, P. Pochet, H. Johnson, and S. Tawfick, "Strain-driven Faceting of Graphene-catalyst Interface" Nano Letters 23 (5), 1659–1665, 2023.
• Jing, J., S. Tawfick and G. Bahl, "Frequency Response and Eddy Current Power Loss in Magneto-Mechanical Transmitters" accepted in Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71 (4), 3642 - 3653, 2023.
• Wang, Y., Q. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Qin, L. Cheng, O. Bolmina, M. Alleyne, A. Wissa, R. Baughman, D. Vella, and S. Tawfick, "Insect-scale Jumping Robots Enabled by a Dynamic Buckling Cascade " PNAS, 120 (5) e2210651120, 2023. Selected for PNAS Science Session Podcast and Video: https://www.pnas.org/post/podcast/rise-bioinspired-robots
• Wang, C., S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Non-reciprocal Frequency Conversion in a Two-dimensional Waveguide Incorporating a Local Nonlinear Gate" Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 118, 107041, 2023.
• Wang, C., A. Mojahed, S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Machine Learning Non-reciprocity of a Linear Waveguide with a Local Nonlinear, Asymmetric Gate: Case of Strong Coupling" ASME J. of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 8(3), 031004, 2023.
• Kim, H., S. Tawfick, and W. King, "Modeling and Design of Zero-stiffness Elastomer Springs Using Machine Learning" Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2200225, 2022.
• Davydovich, O., J. Paul, J. Feist, J. Aw, F. Balta Bonner, J. Lessard, S. Tawfick, Y. Xia, N. Sottos, and J. Moore, "Frontal Polymerization of Dihydrofuran Comonomer Facilitates Thermoset Deconstruction" Chemistry of Materials 34 (19) 8790–8797, 2022.
• Wang, C., A. Mojahed, S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Machine Learning Non-reciprocity of a Linear Waveguide with a Local Nonlinear, Asymmetric Gate: Case of Weak Coupling" Journal of Sound and Vibration 537, 117211, 2022.
• Wang, C., S Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Two-dimensional Granular-thin Plate Interface for Shock Mitigation" International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 146, 104168, 2022.
• McGregor, D, M. Bimrose, C. Shao, S. Tawfick, and W. King, "Using Machine Learning to Predict Dimensions and Qualify Diverse Part Designs Across Multiple Additive Machines and Materials" Additive Manufacturing 55, 102848, 2022.
• McGregor, D., M. Bimrose, S. Tawfick, and W. King, "Large Batch Metrology on Internal Features of Additively Manufactured Parts Using X-ray Computed Tomography" Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 306, 1176052021, 2022.
• Hwang, J., J. Ha, R. Siu, Y. Kim, and S. Tawfick, "Swelling, Softening and Elastocapillary Adhesion of Cooked Pasta" Physics of Fluids, special issue on Kitchen Flows 34, 042105, 2022.
• Kanj. A., R. Parithimal, C. Lee, J. Kulikowsky, G. Bahl and S. Tawfick, "Dynamics, Dissipation and Design of a Torsional Magnetic Spring Mechanism" Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 179, 109307, 2022.
• Yang, Y., D. McGregor, S. Tawfick, W.P. King, and C. Shao, "Hierarchical Data Models Improve the Accuracy of Feature Level Predictions for Additively Manufactured Parts" Additive Manufacturing 51, 102621, 2022.
• Ha, J., Y. Kim, R. Siu, and S. Tawfick, "Dynamic Pattern Selection in Polymorphic Elastocapillarity" Soft Matter 18 (2), 262-271, 2022. (Selected for Cover Article)
• Thanalakshme, R., A. Kanj, J. Kim, E. Wilken-Resman, J. Jing, I. Grinberg, J. Bernhard, S. Tawfick, and Gaurav Bahl, "Magneto-Mechanical Transmitters for Ultra-Low Frequency Near-Field Data Transfer" IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70 (5), 3710-3722, 2021.
• Kim, S., J. Bunyan, P. Ferrari, A. Kanj, A. Vakakis, A. Van Der Zande, and S. Tawfick, "Buckling-mediated Phase Transitions in Nano-Electromechanical Phononic Waveguides" Nano Lett. 21 (15) 6416–6424, 2021.
• Wang, C., S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Time Scale Disparity Yielding Acoustic Nonreciprocity in a Two-dimensional Granular-Elastic Solid Interface with Asymmetry" Physical Review E 104 (4), 044906, 2021.
• Ananthakrishnan, G., M. Surana, K. Zhang, J. Yaacoub, N. Admal, P. Pochet, S. Tawfick and H.J. Johnson, "Graphene-Mediated Stabilization of Surface Facets on Metal Substrates" Journal of Applied Physics 130 (16), 165302, 2021.
• Kanj, A., C. Wang, A. Mojahed, A. Vakakis, and S. Tawfick, "Wave Redirection, Localization and Non-reciprocity in a Dissipative Nonlinear Lattice by Macroscopic Landau-Zenner Tunneling: Experimental Results", AIP Advances 11, 065328, 2021.
• Wang, C., A. Kanj, A. Mojahed, S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Wave Redirection, Localization and Non-reciprocity in a Dissipative Nonlinear Lattice by Macroscopic Landau-Zenner Tunneling: Theoretical Results", Journal of Applied Physics 129 (9), 095105 (special issue on Acoustic Metamaterials), 2021.
• McGregor, D., S. Rylowicz, A. Brenzel, D. Baker, C. Wood, D. Pick, H. Deutchman, C. Shao, S. Tawfick, and W.P. King, "Analyzing Part Accuracy and Sources of Variability for Additively Manufactured Lattice Parts Made on Multiple Printers" Additive Manufacturing 40, 101924, 2021.
• 63. Chu, H., X. Hu, Z. Wang, J. Mu, N. Li, X. Zhou, S. Fang, C. Haines, J.W. Park, S. Qin, N. Yuan, J. Xu, S. Tawfick, H.J. Kim, P. Conlin, M. Cho, K. Cho, J. Oh, S. Nielsen, K. Alberto, J. Razal, J. Foroughi, G. Spinks, S.J. Kim, J. Ding, J. Leng, and R. Baughman "Unipolar-stroke, Electroosmotic-pump Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles" Science 371 (6528), 494-498, 2021.
• Schiller, J., R. Toro, A. Shah, M. Surana, K. Zhang, M. Robertson, K. Miller, K. Cruse, K. Liu, B. Seong, C. Seol, I. Foster, B. Blaiszek, B. Galewsky, D. Adams, D. Katz, P. Ferreira, E. Ertekin, and S. Tawfick, "Crowd-sourced Data and Analysis Tools for Advancing Chemical Vapor Deposition of Graphene" ACS Applied Nano Materials 3 (10), 10144-10155, 2020.
• Ha, J., Y. Kim, K. Jiang, R. Siu, and S. Tawfick, "Hydrodynamic Capillary Morphing of Hair Bundles" Physical Review Letters 125 (25), 254503, 2020. (also selected as Editor's Suggestion in PRL, and as Synopsis in Physics)
• King, W. et al., [55 authors listed alphabetically after the first author who was the project lead; the authors include my PhD student D. McGregor and myself] "Emergency Ventilator for COVID-19" PloS one 15 (12), e0244963, 2020.
• Wang, C., A. Kanj, A. Mojahed, S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Experimental Landau-Zener Tunneling for Wave Redirection in Nonlinear Waveguides" Physical Review Applied 14 (3), 034053, 2020.
• Zhang, K., M. Surana, R. Haasch, and S. Tawfick, "Elastic Modulus Scaling in Graphene-Metal Nanocomposites" Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 53 (18), 185305, 2020.
• Wang C., S. Tawfick and A. Vakakis, "Irreversible Energy Transfer, Localization and Non-reciprocity in Weakly Coupled, Nonlinear Lattices with Asymmetry" Physica D: Nonlinear Phenoman, 132229, 2019.
• Tawfick, A., and Y. Tang, "Stronger Artificial Muscles, with a Twist" Science, 365(6449): 125-126, 2019.
• Mojahed, A., J. Bunyan, S. Tawfick, and A. Vakakis, "Tunable Acoustic Nonreciprocity in Nonlinear Asymmetric Waveguides " Physical Review Applied Physical Review Applied 12 (3), 034033, 2019.
• Kovanko L. and S. Tawfick, "Dynamics of Capillary-Driven Hair Twisting" Langmuir 35 (41), 13421-13426, 2019.
• McGregor D., S. Tawfick, and W.P. King, "Automated Metrology and Geometric Analysis of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures" Additive Manufacturing 28: 535-545, 2019.
• Lamuta, C., H. He, K. Zhang, M. Rogalski, N. Sottos, and S. Tawfick, "Digital Texture Voxels for Stretchable Morphing Skin Applications" Advanced Materials Technologies 4(8) 1900260, 2019.
• Tawfick S., N. Nayakanti, C. Prohoda, and A.J. Hart, "Geometric Tailoring of Strength and Toughness in Self-locking Interleaved Laminates" Extreme Mechanics Letters 27: 94-101, 2019.
• Sandin, C., T. Talukdar, J. Abelson, and S. Tawfick, "Bottom-Up Synthesis and Mechanical Behavior of Refractory Coatings Made of Carbon Nanotube-Hafnium Diboride Composites" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11 (1): 1487-1495, 2019.
• McGregor D., S. Tawfick, and W. P. King, “Mechanical Properties of Hexagonal Lattice Structures Fabricated Using Continuous Liquid Interface Production Additive Manufacturing” Additive Manufacturing, 25:10-18, 2019.
• Bunyan, J. and S. Tawfick, "Exploiting Structural Instability to Design Architected Materials Having Essentially Nonlinear Stiffness" Advanced Engineering Materials, 21 (2): 1800791, 2019. (also selected for Cover Article)
• Fronk M., S. Tawfick, C. Daraio, S. Li, A. Vakakis, and M. Leamy, "Acoustic Non-Reciprocity in Lattices with Nonlinearity, Internal Hierarchy and Asymmetry: Computation Study" ASME J. of Vibrations and Acoustics, 141 (5), 051011, 2019.
• Zhang K., C. Androulidakis, M. Chen, and S. Tawfick, "Gilding with Graphene: Rapid Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Graphene on Thin Metal Leaves” Advanced Functional Materials 28: 1804068, 2018.
• Androuilidakis C., E. N. Koukaras, M. Poss, K. Papagelis, C. Galiotis, and S. Tawfick, “Strained Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Phonon Shift and Grüneisen Parameter” Physical Review B Rapid Communications 97: 241414(R), 2018.
• Shin, D. and S. Tawfick, “Polymorphic Elastocapillarity: Kinetically Reconfigurable Self-assembly of Hair Bundles by Varying The Drain Rate” Langmuir 34 (21): 6231-6236, 2018.
• Bunyan J., K. Moore, A. Mojahed, M. Fronk, S. Tawfick, M. Leamy, and A. Vakakis, "Accoustic Non-reciprocity in a Lattice Incorporating Nonlinearity, Asymmetry and Internal Scale Hierarchy: Experimental Study" Physical Review E 97: 052211, 2018.
• Androulidakis C., K. Zhang, M. Robertson, and S. Tawfick*, "Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of 2D Materials and Heterostructures" 2D Materials 5 (3), 2018. (*invited)
• Lamuta C., S. Messelot, and S. Tawfick, "Theory of the Tensile Actuation of Fiber Reinforced Coiled Muscles" Smart Materials and Structures 27: 055018, 2018.
• Moore, K., J. Bunyan, S. Tawfick, O. Gentleman, S. Li, M. Leamy, and A. Vakakis, "Non-Reciprocity in the Dynamics of Coupled Oscillators with Nonlinearity, Asymmetry and Scale Hierarchy" Physical Review E 97: 012219, 2018.
• Nayakanti, N., S. Tawfick, and A.J. Hart, "Deployable Multi-Stable Structures from Twist-Coupled Kirigami" Extreme Mechanics Letters 21: 17-24, 2018.
• Zhang, K., M. Poss, P. Chen, and S. Tawfick, "Strengthening Nickel by In Situ Graphene Synthesis" Advanced Engineering Materials 19 (12), 2017.
• Pagano, A., T. Yan, B. Chien, A. Wissa, and S. Tawfick, “A Crawling Robot Driven by Multi-Stable Origami” Smart Materials and Structures 26 (9), 2017.
• Bunyan J. and S. Tawfick, “Mechanical Behavior of PDMS at Low Pressure” Materials Research Express 4 (7), 2017.
• Liang, Y., D. Sias, P. Chen, and S. Tawfick, "Tough Nano-Architectured Conductive Textile Made by Capillary Splicing of Carbon Nanotubes” Advanced Engineering Materials 19 (7), 2017.
• Rao, A., S. Tawfick, B. Bedewy, and A.J. Hart, "Morphology-Dependent Load Transfer Governs The Strength and Failure Mechanism of Carbon Nanotube Yarns," Extreme Mechanics Letters 9 (1), 55-65, 2016.
• Zhang, K., K. Han, S. Shi, G. Bahl, and S. Tawfick, "Highly Stretchable Conductors Made by Laser Draw-Casting of Ultralong Metal Nanowires" Advanced Electronic Materials 2 (6), 2016.
• Lee, K. and S. Tawfick, "Micro-Architectured Electro-Elasto-Kinematic Muscles" Extreme Mechanics Letters 8: 64-69, 2016.
•  Tawfick, S.*, J. Bico, and S. Barcelo, "Three-dimensional Lithography by Elasto-Capillary Engineering of Filamentary Materials" MRS Bulletin 41 (2), 104-114, 2016. (*invited)
• Bunyan, J., A.F. Vakakis, and S. Tawfick, "Mechanisms for Impulsive Energy Dissipation and Small-Scale Effects in Microgranular Media" Physical Review E 92 (6): 062206, 2015.
• Li, S., W. Hua, M. Liang, M. Tuo, S. Tawfick, A.J. Hart, Q. Zhu, and H. Xin, "Anisotropic Microwave Conductivity Dispersion of Horizontally Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon-Nanotube Thin Film on Flexible Substrate" IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 63 (11): 3588-3594, 2015.
• Park, S., A. Schmidt, S. Tawfick, and A.J. Hart, "Precise Control of Elastocapillary Densification of Nanostructures via Low-Pressure Condensation" Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 24 (6): 065019, 2014.
• Brieland-Shoultz, A.*, S. Tawfick*, S. Park, M. Bedewy, M. Maschmann, J.W. Baur, and A.J. Hart, “Scaling the Stiffness, Strength and Toughness of Ceramic Coated Nanotube Foams into the Structural Regime” Advanced Functional Materials 24 (36): 5728-5735, 2014. * equal contribution.
• De Volder, M., S. Park, S. Tawfick, and A.J. Hart, “Strain-Engineered Manufacturing of Freeform Carbon Nanotube Microstructures” Nature Communications 5: 4512, 2014.
• Tawfick, S., Z. Zhao, M. Maschmann, A. Brieland-Schultz, M. De Volder, J.W. Baur, W. Lu, and A.J. Hart, "Mechanics of Capillary Forming of Carbon Nanotubes" Langmuir 29 (17): 5190-5198, 2013.
• De Volder, M., S. Tawfick, R. Baughman, and A.J. Hart, “Carbon Nanotubes – Present and Future Commercial Applications” Science 339: 535-589, 2013.
• Tawfick, S., M. De Volder, and A.J. Hart, “Structurally Programmed Folding of Vertical Nanostructures” Langmuir 27 (10): 6389-6394, 2011.
• Zhao, Z., S. Tawfick, S.J. Park, M. De Volder, A.J. Hart, and W. Lu, “Formation of Asymmetric Filament Assemblies by Elastocapillary Densification” Physical Review E 82: 041605, 2010.
• De Volder, M.*, S. Tawfick*, S. Park, D. Copic, Z. Zhao, W. Lu, and A.J. Hart, “Diverse 3D Microarchitectures Made by Capillary Forming of Carbon Nanotubes” Advanced Materials 22: 4384-4389, 2010 (*equal contribution).
• Tawfick, S., X. Deng, A.J. Hart, and J. Lahann, “Nanocomposite Microstructures with Controllable Mechanical and Chemical Properties” Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics 12: 4446-4451, 2010.
• De Volder, M., D.O. Vidaud, E.R. Meshot, S. Tawfick, and A.J. Hart, "Self-Similar Organization of Arrays of Individual Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotube Micropillars" Microelectronic Engineering 87 (5-8):1233-1238, 2010.
• Tawfick, S., K. O’Brien, and A.J. Hart, “Flexible High Conductivity Carbon Nanotube Interconnects Made by Rolling and Printing” Small, 5 (21): 2467-2473, 2009.
• Meshot, E.R., D.L. Plata, S. Tawfick, Y. Zhang, E. Verploegen, and A.J. Hart, “Engineering Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth by Decoupled Thermal Treatment of Precursor and Catalyst” ACS Nano, 3 (9): 2477-2486, 2009.

Bulletins

• Tawfick, S. "The Route Towards Engineered Multifunctional Hair and Fur" imechanica.org Journal Club for August 2022.

Professional Societies

• Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2015 - 2018
• ASM International, 2015 - 2017
• American Physical Society, member, 2009 - date
• Materials Research Society, member, 2008 - date
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, member, 2004 - date

Honors

• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research (Associate Professor) (2023)
• Beaufort Visiting Fellowship (2023)
• AFOSR Young Investigator Program (2018)
• Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer (2017)
• Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2016)
• Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (2011)
• The Ivor K. McIvor Award for Outstanding Research in Applied Mechanics (2011)
• Azarkhin Scholarship for Outstanding Research in Applied Mechanics (2010)
• Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Outstanding Manufacturing Research (2010)

Teaching Honors

• Stanley H. Pierce Award for Empathetic Student-faculty Cooperation (Engineering Council) (2022)
• Two-Year Alumni Effective Teaching Award (2020)
• Everett Award for Teaching Excellence (Engineering Council) (2018)
• Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising (2016, 2017, 2022, 2023)
• Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students (Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)