Members

Principal Investigator

Nanomechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms in ultra-strong materials.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Characterization of engineered defect phases through electron microscopy and in-situ testing.

Small scale mechanical testing and characterization of plastic deformation in metals.

Deformation mechanisms in and the role of interstitial elements on multi-principal element alloys.

Phase transformations in refractory multi-principal element alloys investigated by in-situ small scale mechanical testing and electron microscopy. 

Graduate Students

Linear defect phase transformations and their effect on mechanical properties.

Deformation behaviors of refractory multi-principal element alloys characterized by in situ digital image correlation.

Magneto-structural coupling effects, defect structures, and mechanical properties of intermetallic materials. 

Undergraduate Students

Magnetostructural coupling effects for plastic deformation of magnetic materials.

Alumni

Ph.D. 2020

M.S. 2022

Visiting M.S. 2010

B.S. UPenn 2011

Postdoctoral Fellow 2020

M.S. UPenn 2010

M.S. UPenn 2011

M.S. UPenn 2010

B.S. 2011 UPenn

Drew Melchert

Ph.D. 2022

Ph.D. 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow 2022

Graduate student 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow 2020

M.S. 2020