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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 

Max Remmert

Master's student: Small-Scale AFSD

Mohammad Salah

Master's student: Additive Manufacturing of Soft Magnetics

Undergraduate Students

 

 

Ty Stephens

Ryder Gatenby

Jackson Dudan

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: Materials Scientist, 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

Current Position: Consultant

 

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Kendall Knight

Ph.D. 2024

Current Position: Materials and Modeling Research Scientist, Corvid Technologies

S. Mohammad H. Hojjatzadeh

Postdoc 2024

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Memphis