Bio

Dr. Ilya Mingareev is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a Dr. rer. nat. degree from the RWTH Aachen University (Germany). Prior to joining Florida Tech, he was a senior research scientist at the Townes Laser Institute, University of Central Florida, where he established an international academic and research exchange program between UCF and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology.

Dr. Mingareev’s research interests include:

• Ultrafast laser material processing
• High-precision micro- and nano-structuring
• Laser-based surface functionalization
• Processing of infrared optical materials
• Laser additive manufacturing (3D printing)
• Hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing