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Research Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers

Nikhil Gotawala

Postdoctoral Researcher: AFSD Process modeling & characterization 

                                              Abhishek Rastogi

Postdoctoral Researcher: Dynamic Evolution Mechanisms; Material Kinetics under Driven Conditions

Graduate Students

Luke Hagedorn

Ph.D. student: Dynamic Phase/Microstructure Evolution in AFSD (additive friction stir deposition); Material Kinetics under Driven Conditions 

Xiaofeng Wu

Ph.D. candidate: Explainable AI for  Manufacturing & Materials Science

Donnie Erb

Ph.D. candidate: Shape Memory Ceramics and Composites

Adam Seigler

 Ph.D. Candidate: Constitutive Relationship and Material Kinetics under Driven Conditions

Mark Pandol

Ph.D. student: In Situ Monitoring of AFSD; Material Flow Fundamentals under Friction Stir Conditions

Hannah Glaser

Ph.D. student: Multi-scale Process Modeling 

Max Remmert

Master's student: Small-Scale AFSD

Mohammad Salah

Master's student: Additive Manufacturing of Soft Magnetics

Undergraduate Students

Hannah Bogert

 

 

Nandan Chebrolu

Jackson Dudan

Oskar Henick

Recent Group Alumni

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David Garcia

Ph.D. 2020

Current Position: Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Hunter Rauch

Ph.D. 2021

Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, Penn State University

Joey Griffiths

Ph.D. 2021

Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Mackenzie E.J. Perry

Ph.D. 2021 
Current Position: Materials Engineer, NSWC Carderock

Jake Yoder

Ph.D. 2022

Current Position: Senior Materials Scientist, MELD Manufacturing Corporation

Doug Hartley

Ph.D. 2022

Current Position: Materials and Process Engineer, Blue Origin

Greg Hahn

Ph.D. 2023

 

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Kendall Knight

Ph.D. 2024

S. Mohammad H. Hojjatzadeh

Postdoc 2024

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Memphis