Principal Investigator
Wenwu Xu (Assistant Professor, 2017-)
Multiscale Modeling of Materials.
Graduate Research Assistants
Md. Shahrier Hasan (Ph.D. candidate, 2018-)
Awarded 2021 LBNL summer internship fund
Paper: A bimodal microstructure for fatigue resistant metals by molecular dynamics simulations
Multiscale modeling and in-situ imaging of nanomechanics in metal matrix nanocomposites
Gabriel Portillo Pauna (M.S. student, 2022-)
3D polycrystalline microstructure for FEA modeling
Gregory Berkeley (MS student, 2021-)
Awarded 2021 RSCA fund
Machine Learning enabled multiscale modeling of metal matrix nanocomposites
Kyrel Polifrone (MS student, 2021-)
Atomistic modeling and in-situ SEM study of flash sintering processing mechanisms
Michele Borba Pavao (MS student, 2021-)
Grain boundary engineering of metals
Katie Whitmore (MS student, graduated in 2021 Spring)
3D model development of polycrystalline microstructures
Sherwin Navindaran (MS student, 2019-)
Nanoscale interactions of synthetic blood clots and nanoparticles
Cameron Aires (MS, graduated in 2020Fall)
Development of tensile tester for SEM
Rachell Lee (MS, graduated in 2019Fall)
Paper: A bimodal microstructure for fatigue resistant metals by molecular dynamics simulations
Electrical-field Assisted Grain-boundary Local Engineering (EAGLE): FEA modeling
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Colin Delaney (UG, 2021-)
In-situ SEM study of flash sintering process
Kevin Carty (UG, 2021-)
In-situ SEM study of flash sintering process
Lana Ayyash (UG, 2022-)
Grain boundary electrical resistivity studies
Ethan Anderson (UG, 2022-)
Grain boundary electrical resistivity measurement
James Murray (Undergraduate, 2020-2021)
Awarded 2021 RSCA fund
Awarded 2021 LBNL summer internship fund
Flash sintering mechanisms; Novel 3D printing technique.
Derek Uribe (Undergraduate, 2021)
Awarded 2021 RSCA fund
FEA modeling
Amaury Reed (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)
Undergraduate Research Assistant supported by NSF fund
Flash sintering process mechanism studies
Sanam Nagvekar (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)
Undergraduate Research Assistant supported by NSF fund
Flash sintering process mechanism studies
Xavier Lovato (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)
Undergraduate Research Assistant supported by NSF fund
Rotating magnetic field
Cole Waterhouse (Undergraduate, 2018-2019)
Tensile tester design for use in SEM
Ken Ramirez (Undergraduate, 2017-2018)
Paper: A bimodal microstructure for fatigue resistant metals by molecular dynamics simulations
MD modeling of bi-modal microstructure
Sara Gomez (Undergraduate, 2017-2018)
Paper: A bimodal microstructure for fatigue resistant metals by molecular dynamics simulations
MD modeling of nanocrystalline metals