Group Alumni
Individuals
Graduate Students
* Previous Ph.D. students:
Ph.D. 2020
Thesis: An investigation of the processing history during Additive Friction Stir Deposition using in-process monitoring techniques
Current Position: Materials Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hunter Rauch
Ph.D. 2021
Thesis: Granular Shape Memory Ceramics
Current Position: Assistant Research Professor at Penn State University
Ph.D. 2021
Thesis: Dynamic and Post-Dynamic Microstructure Evolution in Additive Friction Stir Deposition
Current Position: Postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ph.D. 2021
Thesis: Material Flow and Microstructure Evolution During Additive Friction Stir Deposition of Aluminum Alloys
Current Position: Materials Engineer, NSWC Carderock
Ph.D. 2022
Thesis: Origins of Embrittlement of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy Post Additive Friction Stir Deposition
Current Position: Senior Materials Scientist, MELD Manufacturing Corporation
Ph.D. 2022
Thesis: Processing Mechanics of Additive Friction Stir Deposition
Current Position: Materials and Process Engineer, Blue Origin
Ph.D. 2023
Thesis: Additive Friction Stir Deposition of Aerospace Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr Alloys: Leveraging Processing and Metallurgical Science for Structural Repair
* Previous M.S. students:
Jingran Li
Masters of Science 2017
Thesis: Integration of Physically-based and Data-driven Approaches for Thermal Field Prediction in Additive Manufacturing
Current Position: Quality Assurance Engineer at Zyno Medical
Jee Yun Kim
Masters of Science 2018
Thesis: Data-driven Methods in Mechanical Model Calibration and Prediction for Mesostructured Materials
Current Position: Process Development Engineer II at Beyond Meat
Masters of Science 2022
Thesis: Exploration of Small-Scale Solid-State Additive Manufacturing for the Repair of Metal Alloys
Current Position: Graduate Student at Virginia Tech
Masters of Science 2023
Thesis: Selective Laser Melting of Finemet Soft Magnetic Material
Current Position: Graduate Student at University of Michigan
Masters of Science 2024
Current Position: Engineer at Space X
* Previous M. Eng. students:
Daniel Eynisfeld
Masters of Engineering 2018
Current Position: Mechanical Engineer II at Raytheon Technologies
Son-Nam Nguyen
Masters of Engineering 2018
Current Position: Metallurgist at Howmet
Dylan Petersen
Masters of Engineering 2021
Current Position: Characterization Engineer at Li Industries
Robert Palisin
Masters of Engineering 2022
Current Position: Materials Engineer at US Marine
Current Position: Lead Engineer at Salient Motion
Masters of Engineering 2023
Current Position: Materials Engineer at Pratt & Whitney
Undergraduate Students
Aaron Knust
BS Mechanical Engineering 2017
Current Position: Project Engineer for Newport News Shipbuilding
Anna (Kofer) Rawlings
BS Materials Science and Engineering 2017
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University
Jesse Dubrowsky
BS Materials Science and Engineering 2017
Current Position: Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer at Cue Health
Chauvien Bui-Huynh
BS Materials Science and Engineering 2018
Current Position: Additive Manufacturing Integration Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN
Robert Wear
BS Materials Science and Engineering 2019
Current Position: Staff Engineer at Froehling and Robertson
Irena Shaffer
BS Engineering Science and Mechanics 2019
Current Position: Graduate Student at Virginia Tech
Gideon Crawford
BS Materials Science adn Engineering, 2022
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Colorado School of Mines
Senior Design Teams
· Daniel Fiedore, Riley Gates, Alex Thoden, Lily Tran, 2022, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “Exploring Bonding of Dissimilar Metals Through Additive Friction Stir Deposition: Aluminum and Steel”.
· Matt Wiggins, Jason Stimson, Luke Bradshaw, Haozheng Wang, 2021, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “Solid State Recycling of Aluminum Scrap Using Additive Friction Stir Deposition”.
· Ariel Lee, David Sanches, Will Blankenship, Rob Palisin, 2021, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “Metallic Glass Synthesis for Metal Matrix Composite Reinforcement”.
· Kendall Knight, Ross Williams, Annelise Wright, Minh Tran, Rob Callaham, 2021, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Additive Friction Stir Deposition Heated Print Bed”.
· Greg Hahn, Sam Ashby, Cameron Yi, Tyler Powers, 2020, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, "Developing a process to create aluminum-graphene composite for Additive Friction Stir Deposition".
· Alexander Koelsch, Adam Marcy, Joshua Echols, Zhanhong Song, 2020, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “Reinforcing Aluminum Matrices Using Cerium-Doped Zirconia For Use In Additive Friction Stir Deposition”.
· Emily Bautista, Dylan Petersen, David Kang, 2019, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “Investigation of Additive Friction Stir for Al 7075 Hole Repair”. Best Poster Award.
· Jake Yoder, Drew Arvan, Kyle Nelson, Neal Patel, 2018, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, "Ceramic 3D Printing by Stereolithography".
· Mackenzie Jones, Seba Periera, Son-Nam Nugyen, Mathew How Yew Kin, 2017, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “3D Architectured Twinning Induced Plasticity (TWIP) Steel”.