People
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers
Nikhil Gotawala
Postdoctoral Researcher: AFSD Process modeling & characterization
Abhishek Rastogi
Postdoctoral Researcher: Dynamic Phase and Microstructure Evolution Mechanisms
Graduate Students
Luke Hagedorn
Graduate student: Dynamic Phase/Microstructure Evolution in AFSD
Xiaofeng Wu
Graduate student: Data-Driven Modeling for Manufacturing & Materials Science
Donnie Erb
Graduate student: Shape Memory Ceramics and Composites
Adam Seigler
Graduate student: Constitutive Relationship under Dynamic Conditions
Mark Pandol
Graduate student: In Situ Monitoring of AFSD
Hannah Glaser
Graduate student: Multi-scale Process Modeling
Jason Birsic
Master's Student: Small-Scale AFSD
Cara Nalbandian
Master's Student: AFSD Flow Pattern Development
Undergraduate Students
Ty Stephens
Ryder Gatenby
Jackson Dudan
Recent Group Alumni
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Josh Hansell
Masters of Engineering 2026
Current Position:
Max Remmert
Masters of Science 2025
Current Position:
S. Mohammad H. Hojjatzadeh
Postdoc 2024
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
Mohammad Salah
Masters of Science 2024
Current Position:
Kendall Knight
Ph.D. 2024
Current Position: Materials and Modeling Research Scientist, Corvid Technologies
Greg Hahn
Ph.D. 2023
Current Position: Consultant
Doug Hartley
Ph.D. 2022
Current Position: Materials and Process Engineer, Blue Origin
Jake Yoder
Ph.D. 2022
Current Position: Senior Materials Scientist, MELD Manufacturing Corporation
Mackenzie E.J. Perry
Ph.D. 2021
Current Position: Materials Engineer, NSWC Carderock
Joey Griffiths
Ph.D. 2021
Current Position: Materials Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Hunter Rauch
Ph.D. 2021
Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, Penn State University
David Garcia
Ph.D. 2020
Current Position: Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory