Dr. Nicholas Ginga

Assistant Professor, MAE

Contact

5000 Technology Drive NW
Olin B. King Technology Hall
Room N228
Huntsville, AL 35899
Campus Map

256.824.6159
nick.ginga@uah.edu

Biography

Nick Ginga is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  He obtained his Masters and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and has held postdoctoral research positions at The University of Michigan and Georgia Tech in both Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.  His lab has interests that include mechanical testing and finite element modeling of flexible electronics and electronic packaging, thin film fracture mechanics, fabrication and characterization of nano/microstructures and devices, and the interface of nano/micro fabrication and biosystems. 

Curriculum Vitae

Research Lab Website

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)

Expertise

  • Flexible electronics
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Microscale and nanoscale materials
  • Thin film fracture mechanics
  • Electronic packaging reliability
  • Material characterization
  • Mechanics of materials
  • Cleanroom and MEMS fabrication techniques
  • Lab-on-chip
  • Soft lithography

Recent Publications

  • Morgan, N.S., K. U. Godbole, B. G. Stewart, S. K. Sitaraman and N. J. Ginga, "Investigation of Mechanical Reliability of Flexible/Stretchable Electronic Materials Using Multi-Axial Stretch Techniques," 2024 IEEE 74th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), Denver, CO, USA, 2024, pp. 1003-1010, doi: 10.1109/ECTC51529.2024.00161. 

  • J. H. Lee, J. Han-Ching Chiu, N.J. Ginga, T. Ahmed, M.D. Thouless, Y. Liu, S. Takayama, “Super-resolution imaging of linearized chromatin in tunable nanochannels,” Nanoscale Horizons, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 1043–1053, 2023. 

  • N. J. Ginga and S. K. Sitaraman, “Cohesive fracture measurement technique for free-hanging thin films using highly stressed superlayer,” Thin Solid Films, vol. 757, p. 139379, Sept. 2022. 

  • N. J. Ginga and S. K. Sitaraman, “Thermomechanical Reliability Investigation of Carbon Nanotube Off-Chip Interconnects for Electronic Packages,” IEEE Trans. Components, Packag. Manuf. Technol., vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 1282–1292, Aug. 2022. 

  • N.J. Ginga, J. Han-Ching Chiu, J.H. Lee, M.D. Thouless, S. Takayama, “High-Force, Precise, and Bidirectional Uniaxial Stretcher for Real-Time Imaging of Normally Closed h-PDMS Crack-Valves for Femto-Liter Fluid Delivery,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 26, 27 (3/2022). 

  • N.J. Ginga, R. Slyman, G.A. Kim, E. Parigoris, S. Huang, V.K. Yadagiri, V.B. Young, J.R. Spence, S. Takayama, “Perfusion System for Modification of Luminal Contents of Human Intestinal Organoids and Realtime Imaging Analysis of Microbial Populations,” Micromachines, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 131, Jan. 2022. 

  • Y. N. Chen, N. J. Ginga, W. S. LePage, E. Kazyak, A. J. Gayle, J. Wang, M. D. Thouless, N. P. Dasgupta; “Enhanced Interfacial Toughness of Thermoplastic–Epoxy Interfaces Using ALD Surface Treatments,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, vol. 11, no. 46, pp. 43573–43580, Nov. 2019. 

  • N. J. Ginga, W. Chen, and S. K. Sitaraman, "Waviness reduces effective modulus of carbon nanotube forests by several orders of magnitude," Carbon, vol. 66, pp. 57-66, 2014. 

  • N. J. Ginga and S. K. Sitaraman, "The experimental measurement of effective compressive modulus of carbon nanotube forests and the nature of deformation," Carbon, vol. 53, pp. 237-244, 2013. 

  • N. J. Ginga and S. K. Sitaraman, "New Method to Measure Tensile Strength of Low Modulus Thin Films," International Journal of Fracture, vol. 170, pp. 199-206, 2011.