Maine Science Podcast - Asheesh Lanba, episode 88

A conversation with Asheesh Lanba, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine.

Asheesh is a mechanical engineer with over 15 years of experience in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship. He's an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Director of Research at the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), at the University of Southern Maine. He teaches materials science and math-based courses at USM, where he also gets to shoot stuff with lasers, break stuff apart, and put things together. 

Asheesh  was one of the 5 Minute Genius™ speakers at this past year’s Maine Science Festival; you can see his talk on our YouTube channel.

This conversation was recorded in June 2025.