Group Alumni
Individuals
Postdoctoral Researcher
2024
Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Memphis
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
Ph.D. 2024
Thesis: Heat Generation and Transfer in Additive Friction Stir Deposition
* 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
Masters of Science 2024
Thesis: Frequency Response Modeling of AFSD Parts with Print Defects
Current Position: Engineer at GE Edison Engineering Development Program
* 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
Drs. Joey Griffiths, Mackenzie Perry, Doug Hartley, Jake Yoder, Greg Hahn, and Kendall Knight all did undergraduate research, followed by obtaining Ph.D. degrees in this group.
Since 2022:
Gideon Crawford
BS Materials Science and Engineering, 2022
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Colorado School of Mines
Adam Seigler
BS Materials Science and Engineering, 2022
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Virginia Tech
Luke Hagedorn
BS Materials Science and Engineering, 2023
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Virginia Tech
Mark Pandol
BS Mechanical Engineering, 2023
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Virginia Tech
Camden Holloway 2024
Helen Murray 2023
Duncan McNamara 2023
Oscar Henick 2024
Nandan Chebrolu 2024
Hannah Bogert 2024-2025
Joshua Hansell 2025-present
Jackson Dudan 2024-present
Ryder Gatenby 2025
Caidyn Macphail 2025
Senior Design Teams
· Hannah Bogert, Josh Giordano, Adrian Henriquez, Harold Scholten, 2025, “Effects of Heat Treatment on AA7075 in Preparation for AFSD”.
· Michael Coyle, Camden Holloway, Duncan McNamara, and Helen Murray, 2024, "Using Additive Friction Stir Deposition to Restructure Fe Intermetallics for Al-Si A356 Recycling".
• Brett Pennington, Omar Almutairi, Rory McMackin, Ryan Van Tine, James Anglin, Conor Sparling, Jared Rubino, 2023, " MELD Additive Manufacturing & Inert Gas Shroud Optimization of Ti-6Al-4V ".
· Luke Hagedorn, Zach Henschel, Nathan Lohr, Owen Tunis, 2023, “Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD) of Al-Cu-Ce Alloy for High Temperature Applications”.
· 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”.