Team

PhD Students

• Robert Wagner (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering). Research thesis - () - 
• Tong Shen (Ph.D., Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering). Research thesis -Mechanics of soft, viscoelastic materials : rehology, instability and fracture-
• Shankar Lalitha Sridhar (Ph.D., Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering). Research thesis -Mechanics of transient networks : an interplay of dynamics and microstructure-
• Eduard Benet (Ph.D., Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering)
• Umut Akalp (Ph.D., Engineering Science, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2016). Research thesis: Understanding the Mechanics of Tissue Growth in Engineered Scaffolds: Case of Cartilage Tissue
• Louis Foucard (Ph.D., Engineering Science, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2014). Research thesis: The Particle based Moving Interface Method for soft matter mechanics and fluid/membrane interactions with applications to biological cells.
• Mohamedreza Kabiri (Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2014). Research thesis: Concurrent Multiscale Formulations for damage localization in heterogeneous materials with application to quasi-brittle fracture.
• Kamtornkiat Musiket (Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2014). Research thesis: Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete under Dierent Loading Rates. (co-advised with YP Xi)
• Mehdi Farsad (Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2011). Research thesis: Multiphasic model of the mechano-responsive behavior of adherent cells. Now assistant professor in West Virginia Institute of Technology.

MSc Students

• Ahyo Falick (M.S., Applied Mathematics, 2023) Research thesis:
• Kyle
• Revanth
• Jian Kan (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2018) Research thesis: Blebbing of hydrogel during volume phase transition
• Hongtian Zhu (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2018) Research thesis: Competition between Adhesion and Elastic instabilities during blister inflation.
• Zach White (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2018) Research thesis: Fish-Scales: The Next Step in Soft Body Protection?
• Nate Nargolis (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2017) Research thesis: Hygromorphic scales for use in water from morning dew and elementary model of hydrogel expansion properties.
• Marti Garriga Font (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2016) Research thesis: Micro-Crawlers in Confined Space: Volume Oscillating Hydrogels.
• Gaspard DeRoucy (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2016) Research thesis: On the role of cell distribution in hydrolytically degradable hydrogels for tissue engineering.
• Natasha Funk (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2014) Research thesis: Fabrication and characterization of a bio-inspired synthetic fish-skin for protective coatings on soft materials.
• Valentin Dhote (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2013) Research thesis: Mathematical modeling of engineered tissue growth in hydrogel scaffolds.
• Jonathan Figueroa (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2012) Research thesis: A comprehensive Analysis and Elementary model of Phototropism and Gravitopism
• Spencer Hallowell (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2011) Research thesis: Modeling the micro behavior and failure of collagen based fibrous materials
• Greg Flores (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2011) Research thesis: Automated Finite Element Model Calibration to Impact Tests
• Mohamed Abdelrahman (M.S., Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 2010) Research thesis: Crack propagation in brittle media, using the extended finite element method.
• Eric Greenwald (M.S., Chemical and biological Engineering, 2010) Research  thesis: Theoretical investigation of extra-cellular matrix degradation by chondrocytes.

Undergraduate Researchers

• Kelly Gazarik (2017-2018)
• Millicent Gabriel (2016-2017)
• Aly badran (MAST student 2015-2016)
• Devin Sakamoto (DLC apprentice 2015-2016)
• Eliot Kersgaard (REU student 2014-2015)
• Lauren Gardenswartz (DLC apprenticeship 2010-2011, REU student 2011-2012)
• Christina Jones (REU student spring 2012)
• Ralph Kassouf (REU student 2011-2012)
• Krista Donahue (DLC apprentice 2009-2010)
• Yevgeniy Kaufmann (UROP student 2008-2009)

Student Interns

• Guillaume Lostec (from Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France, summer 2017)
• Marie Dubus (from Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne (France) in the laboratory EA 4691 BIOS, France, Fall 2016)
• Raghuveer Lalitha Sridhar (from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu , India, summer 2016)
• Xavier Espinet (from Universidad Polytechnica de Catalonia, Spain, Spring-summer 2012)
• Eduard Benet  (from Universidad Polytechnica de Catalonia, Spain, Spring-summer 2012)
• Paul Hauseux (from Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France, spring-summer 2010)
• Thibaud Chevalier  (from Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France, spring-summer 2008)