Alumni
PhD Alumni
- Tanner Ballance (PhD, 2024), "Wave Propagation in Topologically Interlocking Material Systems."
- Dong Young Kim (PhD, 2023), “Design and mechanical behavior of topologically interlocking plates: periodicity and aperiodicity, symmetry and asymmetry.”Joshua Pribe (PhD, 2021), "Rate and strain gradient effects on creep-fatigue crack growth in Nickel-base superalloys."
- Yinglong Chen (PhD, 2017), “Micromechanics of a bonded non-woven glass fiber material.”
- Srinivas Svaranas (PhD, 2014) (co-advisor J.S. Bolton); “Metamaterials for enhanced sound absorption and reduced sound transmission.”
- Somesh Khandelwal (PhD, 2013) (co-advisor R.J. Cipra); “Mechanics of topologically interlocked materials.”
- Jordan Kelleher (PhD, 2012); NSF Graduate Fellowship Recipient. “Biomechanical influences on the vibration of human vocal fold tissue.”
- Pinaki Bhattacharya (PhD, 2011). “Flow structure interaction computations in phonation.”
- Kai Zhang (PhD, 2008); “Biomechanical characterization of the vocal fold.”
- Kartik Srinivasan (PhD, 2008) (co-advisor G. Subbarayan); “Numerical simulations of wrinkling and wrinkling-induced delaminations.”
- Sasanka, Kanuparthi (PhD, 2007) (co-advisor G. Subbarayan), “Nanoscale thermal interface materials.
- Bo Wang (PhD, 2007); “Fatigue crack growth in metal-ceramic multilayer structures.”
- Jibin Han (PhD, 2005); “Failure characteristics of discontinuously reinforced composite materials.”
- Ashwin Hattiangadi (PhD, 2004); “Material deterioration in thermal gradients and transient.”
- Weizhou Li, (PhD, 2003); “Studies of fracture in thin-wall and thin-film structures by use of the cohesive zone model approach.”
- Junhong Park (PhD, 2002) (co-advisor L. Mongeau); “Effects of mechanical properties of sealing systems on aerodynamic noise generation inside vehicles.”
- Chongchen Xu (PhD, 2001) (co-advisor K. Ramani); “Thermoplastic adhesive bonding and its fracture analysis.”
MS Alumni
- Mary Arnhart (MS, 2024), “Intrinsic strength and toughness of human cortical bone.”
- Ethan Guenther (MS, 2022), “Integration of control systems into interlocking materials.”
- Kyle Mahoney (MS, 2021), "Mechanics of architectured tubes."
- Thanh Nguyen (MS, 2020), "Experiments on multifunctional battery packaging."
- Vincenzo Vernacchio (MS, 2019), "Size dependent failure constrained topology optimization.”
- Andrew Williams (MS, 2019). "Load response of topologically interlocked material systems - Archimedean and Laves tilings."
- Darren Bell (MS, 2016), “Size effects of fracture in 3D printed polymers.”
- Antony Paul (MS, 2010) (co-advisor R. Cipra); “Near-net shape manufacture of composite structures with oriented short fibers.”
- George Winter (MS, 2009); “A cohesive zone model approach to multiaxial fatigue.”
- Brandon Wilkins (MS, 2009); “Numerical modeling and analysis of the damage characteristics of a honeycomb core within a sandwich panel.”
- Denis Torres (MS, 2009); “Relationship between fracture surface mismatch and the plastic J – integral in bovine cortical bone: application of stereophotogrammetry and shape from focus.”
- Jeffrey Gallagher (MS, 2008) (co-advisor R. Cipra); “Flexible tooling in composite manufacturing.”
- Somesh Khandelwal (MS, 2007) (co-advisor S. Frankel); “Computational analysis on flow-structure interaction in vocal fold vibration.”
- Mychal Spencer (MS, 2007) (co-advisor L. Mongeau); “Applications of digital image correlation to a flow induced rubber vocal fold model: towards clinical application.”
- Adam Mather (MS, 2007) (co-advisor R. Cipra); “Near net shape manufacturing by assembly.”
- Kory Gunnerson (MS, 2006) (co-advisor R. Cipra); “A robotic rapid prototyping/manufacturing system for short fiber reinforced composite materials.”
- Travis Bodily (MS, 2005) (co-advisor R. Cipra); “Near-net shape manufacturing and mechanical properties of composite parts.”
- Kartik Srinivasan (MS, 2005); “Effects of microstructure heterogeneity on crack growth resistance.”
- Kevin Roe (MS, 2001); “A cohesive zone model for fatigue crack growth simulation.”
Post-Doc Alumni and Visiting Scientists
- Max Hammond (2016 – 2018); “Bone fracture and size effects.”
- Trung Nguyen (2014 –2017); “Optimization of energy absorbing/energy storing material systems,” “Length scales in viscoplasticity,” and “Fatigue analysis of flexible tube.”
- Philipp Seiler (2014-2016); “Length scale dependent viscoplastic deformation and creep-fatigue fracture.”
- Yuezhong Feng (2012-2014); “Mechanics of topologically interlocked materials under dynamic loading.”
- Steffen Brinckmann (2005-2007); “Strain gradient plasticity”; “Fatigue crack growth modeling”; “Stress corrosion cracking”; “Mechanics of powder compaction”.
- Guofeng Gao (2005-2006); “Mechanics of powder compaction”.
- Junling Fan (2012-2013), visiting PhD student from Dalian University of Technology; “Energy dissipation processes in fatigue crack growth.”
Undergraduate Alumni
- Peter Kozerski (Summer 2022), “ME 496 Redesigning a rubber bushing to reduce fatigue failure.”
- Roey Kuo (Summer 2022), “SURF Four-point bend crack growth experiments and barium sulfide staining on cortical bone.”
- Kristin Vose (Summer 2022), “Machining of cortical bone.”
- Alison Brown (Spring 2022), “ME 496 Using the Snap-Maker for razor-blade & diamond paste polishing of cracks.”
- Luis Alfonso Almeida (Summer 2021), “ME 496 Fracture of Lego structures.” (Honors Scholar Project).
- Alejandro Santamarina (Summer 2021), “ME 496 Fracture of Lego structures.”
- Daniel Harrington (Summer 2021), “Measuring Lego clutch power with a DCB experiment.”
- Sean Sales (Summer 2021), “Drop experiments on puzzle spheres.”
- Elona Erivona (Summer 2021), “Semiregular scutoid assemblies.”
- Allison Evans (Summer 2021), “Assemblies of interlocking polyhedral by use of keystones.”Glynn Gallaway (Summer 2020), "LEGO model for nacre fracture."
- Cooper Tavss (Summer 2020), "LEGO model for nacre fracture."
- Mellissa Curto (Summer 2020), "A model for the interlocking spine of the hero shrew."
- Carolina Curto, (Summer 2020), "A model for the interlocking spine of the hero shrew."
- Reece Steleton (Summer 2020), "Mechanics of heterogeneous stick bombs."
- Grace Szymansnski (Summer 2020), "Mechanics of heterogeneous stick bombs."
- Ethan Guenther (Summer 2019), "Leonardo's lintel: analysis with 21st century tools." NSF-REU.
- Odette Kuehn (Summer 2019), "3D printing and EV battery assemblies." SURF.
- Lucas Allegrette (Spring, Summer 2019), "Mechanics of stick bombs".
- Jenna Sokup (Spring 2019, Fall 2019), "ME 497: Computational thermal flow structure interaction."
- Krisoffer Gunarson (Summer 2018), “SURF: Topologically interlocked structure with rhomboid tessellation.”
- Matthew Short (Spring 2018), “Design and manufacture of collapsible well system for high throughput cancer screening.”
- Akanimoh Udombeh (Spring 2018), “ME 297 FEM of stick bomb.” Bottomley Scholarship Recipient.
- Matthew Short (Spring 2018), “ME 297 Finite element analysis of a novel sandwich structure.”
- Joseph Sawyer (AY 2017/18), “3D Imaging of bone microstructure.” NSF-REU.
- Sean Conaway (AY 2016/17 and AY 17/18), “Tearing of nonwoven fibrous sheets.”
- Carmen Herrera-Sandoval (Summer 2017), “Trabecular bone microdamage analysis.” NSF-REU.
- Renato Balzan (Summer 17), “3D printed bone models.”
- Mukul Sawant (AY 2016/17), “ME 297 Mechanics of stick bombs.” Bottomley Scholarship Recipient.
- Qichang Chu (AY 2016/17), “ME 497 Photoelasticity in 3D printed structures.” Bottomley Scholarship Recipient.
- Yovan Chu (AY 2016/17), “CAD for interlocking assemblies.”
- Elijah Lassiter (AY 2016/17), “Bone tissue heterogeneity – physical models.” LSAMP Fellow.
- Zhiwei Wu (Summer 2013), “SURF: A material with bi-direction bending asymmetry.”
- Nicolas Moody (Summer 2013), “Summer research, mechanical properties of 3D printed materials.”
- Kevin Wang (Spring 2013), “ME497 Performance of 3D printed blades in helicopter micro-UAV.”
- Zhiwei Wu (Spring 2013), “ME497 A material with bi-direction bending asymmetry.”
- Andreas Ludwig (2012), from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; “Novel sandwich core structures.”
- Benjamin Wheatley (Spring/Summer 2012), “SURF: Experiments on a novel tensegrity system.”
- Cesar Rivera Collazo (Summer 2012), “Oestomorphic brick assembly.” SROP Fellow from University of Puerto Rico.
- Adam Anderson (West Lafayette HS) (Summer 2012), “Magnetic self-assembly of topologically interlocked monolayers.”
- Alec Bangs (Summer 2012), “Compaction response of origami sandwich structure.”
- Guansen Zeng (Spring 2011), “ME 497 Size effects in fracture.”
- Zhe Kevin Wang (Summer 2011), “Multifunctional composite sandwich panels utilizing topologically interlocking materials.” SURF Fellow.
- Macharia Funches (Summer 2011), “Magnetic self-assembly of topologically interlocked monolayers.” LSAMPS Fellow.
- Brian Cuminsky (Summer 2011), “Tensile and indentation testing on soft rubber.” SURF Fellow.
- Brandon Tillema (Fall 2011), “ME497: The double cleavage drilled compression test.”
- Rasmus Nielsen (Technical University of Denmark), (Fall 2010), “ME 497 Stretch-stress experiments on biological tissue.”
- Erin Hallet (2007), “Digital Image Correlation Measurements of Vocal Fold Contact Mechanics.”
- David Richter (2007), “Development of an in-situ mechanical test bed.”
- Jielei Zhou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), (Spring 2007) “Adhesive bonding and long term reliability.”
- Jamie Purdy (2006) “Experiments in powder compaction,” 3rd place at the 2006 SWE Collegiate Research Poster Competition.
- Immanuel Gaiser (2006), from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; “3D reinforced short fiber composites.”
- Matt Wan (West Lafayette HS) (2006), “Stereo imaging and quantitative surface topography analysis.”
- Nick Girder (2007), “The wedge test in application to evaluation of adhesive joints.” SURF Fellow.
- Eric Anderson (West Lafayette HS) (2006), “Interface topography and environmental degradation of adhesive joints.” SURF Fellow.
- Mohit Kapur (2006), “Robotic of manufacturing of 3D composites.” SURF Fellow.
- John Shaffer (2006) “Machining of composite parts.”