DR. ASSIMINA A. PELEGRI
BRIEF BIO
Dr. Assimina (Mina) Pelegri is a professor and the current chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University’s School of Engineering. She played a pivotal role in establishing the university’s aerospace engineering degree program, significantly contributing to the department’s growth and academic excellence. She is also a founder and current director of Rutgers’ Advanced Materials and Structures and Tissue Characterization and Modeling Laboratories. Dr. Pelegri’s research interests include composite materials design, modeling, and characterization, with current research projects spanning super-hard materials’ response on ballistic loads to modeling neuron degradation during Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury using hybrid numerical/AI approaches.