People
Principal Investigator
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
Ryder Gatenby
Jackson Dudan
Oskar Henick
Recent Group Alumni
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David Garcia
Ph.D. 2020
Current Position: Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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
Kendall Knight
Ph.D. 2024
Current Position: Materials and Modeling Research Scientist, Corvid Technologies
Postdoc 2024
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Memphis