Osama R. Bilal

Assistant Professor

School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering

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Education

• ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
• Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder (2015)
• M.Sc. Cairo University (2010)
• B.S. Cairo University (2006)

Research Focus

• dynamics of structures and materials
• acoustic metamaterials
• soft robotics
• additive manufacturing
• origami
• topology optimization
• haptics
• fluid-structure interaction

Awards and Honors

• Graduate Student Service Award, University of Colorado Boulder (2015)
• Spring-Break for Research Grant, University of Colorado Boulder (2015)
• The Graduate STEMinar Grant, University of Colorado Boulder (2015)
• International Student Grant, University of Colorado Boulder (2013)
• NSF Phononics 2011 Student Fellowship (2011)

Publications

Watkins A. A.*, Eichelberg A.*, Bilal O. R., “Exploiting Localized Transition Waves to Tune Sound Propagation in Soft Materials.” *(equal contribution)​ Physical Review B, 104, L140101, 2021. [PDF]

Norouzi E.*, Watkins A. A.*, Bilal O. R., “Classification of emerging patterns in self-assembled two-dimensional magnetic lattices.” *(equal contribution) Physical Review E, 104, 044902, 2021. [PDF]

Bilal O.R., Yee C. H., Rys J., Schumacher C., Daraio C., “Experimental realization of phonon demultiplexing in three-dimensions.” Applied Physics Letters, 118, 091901, 2021. [PDF]

Watkins ​​A. A., Bilal O. R., ​”Demultiplexing infrasound phonons with tunable magnetic lattices.” Frontiers in Materials, 7, 410, 2020 (invited paper: Rising Stars 2020). [PDF]

Bilal O. R., Costanza V., Israr A.,  Palermo A.,  Celli P., Lau F., Daraio C.,  “A flexible metasurface as a versatile haptic interface.” Advanced Materials Technologies, 2000181, 2020. [PDF]

Bilal O. R., Foehr A., Daraio C., “Enhancement of deep-subwavelength band gaps in flat spiral-based phononic metamaterials using the trampoline phenomena.”  Journal of Applied Mechanics, 87, 7, 2020. [PDF]

Chen T., Bilal O.R., Lang R., Daraio C. and Shea K., “Autonomous deployment of a solar panel using an elastic origami and distributed shape memory polymer actuators.”  Physical Review Applied, 11, 064069, 2019. [PDF]

Bilal O.R., Ballagi D. and Daraio C., “Architected lattices for simultaneous broadband attenuation of airborne sound and mechanical vibrations in all directions.”  Physical Review Applied,10, 054060, 2018. [PDF]

Bilal O.R.*, Chen T.*, Shea K. and Daraio C., “Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of untethered, soft robots.” *(equal contribution) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, 115 (22), 5698-5702, 2018. [PDF]

Bilal O.R.*, Foehr A.*, Huber S.D, Daraio C., “Spiral-based phononic plates: From wave beaming to topological insulators.” *(equal contribution) Physical Review Letters, 120, 205501, 2018. [PDF]

Serra-Garcia M., Peri V., Süsstrunk R., Bilal O. R., Larsen T., Villanueva G. and Huber S., “Observation of a phononic quadrupole topological insulator.” Nature, 555, 342–345, 2018.  [PDF]