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.

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

Graduate Students

High throughput and high temperature mechanical characterization of ultra-high temperature ceramics.

Linear defect phase transformations and their effect on mechanical properties.

Defect structures, mechanical properties, and magneto-structural coupling effects 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

Postdoctoral researcher, 2024

Ph.D. 2024

Ph.D. 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow 2022

Graduate student 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow 2020

M.S. 2020