Rohan Shirwaiker

Distinguished Professor, James T. Ryan Professor and University Faculty Scholar

Phone: 919.515.6416
Email: rashirwaiker@ncsu.edu
Office: 4169 Fitts-Woolard Hall

Rohan Shirwaiker is the Distinguished James T. Ryan Professor in ISE and an associate faculty of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is also the principal investigator and Co-Director of the $30 million Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at NC State.

Shirwaiker’s research focuses on the design and scalable manufacturing of biological products for medical and sustainable food applications. Using computational modeling, experimental approaches, and data analytics methods, his group engineers new biomanufacturing processes and platform technologies to create functional products with biomimetic attributes. Shirwaiker’s research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative and has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, ARMI BiofabUSA, the Bezos Earth Fund, and others including the industry. He has co-authored over 150 journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters, and is a co-inventor on 3 issued/pending patents. He has been recognized by several awards including the NSF CAREER, SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer, IISE Manufacturing & Design Outstanding Young Investigator, and C. A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty. He is also a Fellow of IISE.

Shirwaiker teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to design and manufacturing. He is actively involved in volunteer roles with various professional societies including IISE and SME.

Research Interests

Biomanufacturing, 3D Biofabrication, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Medical Product Development, Sustainable Proteins

Education

Degree	Program	School	Year
Ph.D.	Doctorate on Philosophy in Industrial Engineering	Pennsylvania State University	2011
MS	Master of Science	Pennsylvania State University	2007
BS	Bachelor of Science	University of Mumbai	2005

Honors and Awards

2024 | Fellow Award, IISE
2023 | Outstanding ISE Research Award, NC State ISE
2022 | University Faculty Scholar Award, NC State’s Provost’s Office
2021 | Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award, Penn State IME Society
2021 | Pleasant ISE Faculty Scholar, NC State ISE
2020 | George H. Blessis Outstanding Advising Award, NC State College of Engineering
2018 | Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award, SME
2017 | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, NSF
2017 | C. A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award
2016 | Robert J. Hocken Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, SME
2015 | Manufacturing and Design Division Outstanding Young Investigator Award, IISE

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Publications

Design and Validation of a Multi-Modal Bioreactor System: Assessing the Effects of Perfusion and Cyclic Tensile Stimulation on Mechanical and Biological Properties of 3D-Printed Missing-Rib Auxetic Scaffolds: Sharmin, T., Hossan, S., & Shirwaiker, R. A. (2026, January 26), Bioengineering, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering13020140
Digital light processing (DLP) bioprinting of collagen-riboflavin hydrogels for cultivated meat applications☆: Ahmed, N., & Shirwaiker, R. (2025, August 1), Manufacturing Letters, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2025.06.104
Exploring the U.S. regulatory and legislative landscapes for cell-cultivated meat and seafood: Stanley, K. C., Koivusaari, K., Grieger, K., Wood, A., Jaffe, G., Aimutis, W. R., … Shirwaiker, R. A. (2025, December 31), Trends in Food Science & Technology, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2025.105527
3D melt blowing of Elastollan thermoplastic polyurethane for tissue engineering applications: A pilot study: Pawar, A., Anderson, B., Pourdeyhimi, B., McNulty, A. L., Fisher, M., & Shirwaiker, R. (2024), Manufacturing Letters, 41, 357–363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2024.09.043
A perspective on the environmental impact of plant-based protein concentrates and isolates: Aimutis, W. R., & Shirwaiker, R. (2024, December 2), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2319003121
A scoping review of cultivated meat techno-economic analyses to inform future research directions for scaled-up manufacturing: Goodwin, C. M., Aimutis, W. R., & Shirwaiker, R. A. (2024). [Review of , ]. Nature Food, 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01061-3
Assessing design-induced elasticity of 3D printed auxetic scaffolds for tissue engineering applications: Sharmin, T., & Shirwaiker, R. (2024, October 1), Manufacturing Letters, Vol. 41, pp. 772–778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2024.09.097
Single-Component Cellulose Acetate Sulfate Hydrogels for Direct Ink Writing 3D Printing: Park, S., Park, S., Sharmin, T., Cho, S.-M., Kelley, S. S., Shirwaiker, R. A., … Park, S. (2024, August 21), Biomacromolecules, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00578
Investigating dielectric spectroscopy and soft sensing for nondestructive quality assessment of engineered tissues: Shohan, S., Zeng, Y., Chen, X., Jin, R., & Shirwaiker, R. (2022, May 16), Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2022.114286
Multiphase CFD Modeling and Experimental Validation of Polymer and Attenuating Air Jet Interactions in Nonwoven Annular Melt Blowing: Schuchard, K. G., Pawar, A., Anderson, B., Pourdeyhimi, B., & Shirwaiker, R. A. (2022, September 6), Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01710

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