Education:
2010 – 2016
PhD, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, North Carolina State University
2006 – 2008
MBA, Marketing & Operations Management, University of Pune, India
2001 – 2005
BS, Mechanical Engineering, SRTMU, India
Research Interest:
Immersion interference lithography, flexible electronics, 3D nanolithography, multifunctional 3D nanostructures, mechanical simulation.
E-mail Address: asbagal@ncsu.edu
Journal Covers:
Publications:
- X. A. Zhang, A. Bagal, E. C. Dandley, J. Zhao, C. J. Oldham, B.-I. Wu, G. N. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Ordered 3D Thin-Shell Nanolattice Materials with Near-Unity Refractive Indices,” Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 6644-6649, 2015. [link]
- A. Bagal, E. C. Dandley, J. Zhao, X. A. Zhang, C. J. Oldham, G. N. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Multifunctional Nano-Accordion Structures for Stretchable Transparent Conductors,” Materials Horizons Advance Article, 2015. [link]
- A. Bagal and C.-H. Chang, “Fabrication of subwavelength periodic nanostructures using liquid immersion Lloyd’s mirror interference lithography,” Optics Letters, 38 (14), 2531, 2013. [link]
- W-Y Chang, W. Huang, A. Bagal, C.-H. Chang, J. Tian, P. Han, and Xiaoning Jiang, “Study on dielectric and piezoelectric properties of 0.7 Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3 PbTiO3 single crystal with nano-patterned composite electrode,” J. Appl. Phys., 114, 114103, 2013. [link]
- Q. Yang, X. A. Zhang, A. Bagal, W. Guo, and C.-H. Chang, “Antireflection effects at nanostructured material interfaces and the suppression of thin-film interference,” Nanotechnology, 24, 235202 (2013). [link]
Conference Presentations:
- A. Bagal, E. Dandley,J. Zhao, X. Zhang, C. Oldham, G. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Fabrication of Stretchable Transparent Conductors Using Nano-Accordion Structures”,59th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, San Diego, CA, May 26-29, 2015.
- A. Bagal, X. Zhang, R. Shahrin, E. Dandley,J. Zhao, C. Oldham, G. Parsons, C. Bobko, and C.-H. Chang, “Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Porous 3D Nanostructures”,59th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, San Diego, CA, May 26-29, 2015.
- J.-H Min, A. Bagal, Z. Mundy, C. Oldham, G. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Fabrication of Thin Metallic Nanostructures Using Atomic Layer Deposition”,59th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, San Diego, CA, May 26-29, 2015.
- X. A. Zhang, E. C. Dandley, A. Bagal, J. Zhao, C. J. Oldham, G. N. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Low-Index Materials with Controllable Ordered Geometry by Three-Dimensional Nanolithography and Atomic Layer Deposition,” 8th International Conference on Nanophotonics, Changchun, China, May 25-28, 2015.
- A. Bagal, E. Dandley, J. Zhao, C. Oldham, G. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Fabrication of ZnO Nano-Spring for Transparent Stretchable Conductor,” 58th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Washington, DC, May 27-30, 2014.
- Z. Wang, A. Bagal, J. Zhao, E. Dandley, C. Oldham, T. Fang, G. Parsons, and C.-H. Chang, “Fabrication of ZnO Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Nanostructures for Wicking Applications,” 58th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Washington, DC, May 27-30, 2014.
- T. Rivord, A. Bagal, and C.-H. Chang, “Nanostructured In-Plane Solar Concentrator,” Optical Society of America (OSA) topic meeting on Optics for Solar Energy (SOLAR), Tucson, AZ, November 4-6, 2013.
- A. Bagal and C.-H. Chang, “Liquid Immersion Lloyd’s Mirror Interference Lithography,” 57th Intl. Conf. on Electron, Ion, Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Nashville, TN, May 28-31,2013