Former Members

Swetaparna Mohanty
PhD student, Mech. Eng. (Sep. 2017 – May 2023)
Research: Dynamic mechanical and thermal characteristics of materials in cold spray.
– M.S. (2016): Mech. Eng., U of Michigan Dearborn
– Email: smohanty@umass.edu
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Wanting Xie
PhD student, Physics (Jan. 2015 – Aug. 2019)
Thesis: Extreme dynamics of nanomaterials under high-rate mechanical stimuli.
– B.S. (2013): Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
– Email: wantingxie@physics.umass.edu
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Qian Feng
Masters student, Mech. Eng. (Feb. 2018 – Aug. 2019)
Research: Optical-fiber-based laser ablation
– B.S. (2017): Appl. Chem., Harbin Engineering University (HEU)
– Email: qianfeng@umass.edu
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Amir Kazemi-Moridani
Master student, Mech. Eng. (Sep. 2015 – Jul. 2018)
Research area: High-rate dynamics of soft materials; Plasmonics
– B.Sc. (2014): Mech. Eng., Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

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Carmine Taglienti
Masters student, Mech. Eng. (Sep. 2016 – May 2018)
Research: Extreme dynamics of aluminum alloy particles in cold spray.
-B.S. (2016): Mech. Eng., UMass Amherst

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Robert Zando

Masters student, Mech. Eng. (May 2015 – May 2016)
Research: Development of new Direct Laser Writing  techniques and their applications in the field of metamaterials. BS (2011): Mech Eng. at Case Western Reserve University.
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Prof. Ying Chen
Visiting professor (Nov. 2018 – Nov. 2019)
Institute of Electrical Engineering
Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China

Tobias Lauster (Visiting graudate student); Sep. 2016 – Jan. 2017)
Tobias from University of Bayreuth (Germany) joins our group as a visiting graduate student. His research interest is mechanical energy dissipation dynamics of ceramic porous materials made of silica nano-spheres.

Kendrick Williams
Mech. Eng. (Jan. 2019 – May 2021)
Research: Deformable thermal metamaterials

Ian Roche 
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (Jun. 2022 – Dec. 2022)

Research: Modification of nanoporous films to enhance energy absorption

Philip Nakashita
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (May 2019 – May 2021)

Research: CNT-based protective materials

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Maya Jayanth
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (Oct. 2017 – May 2019)
Research: 3D network using bio-polymers

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Kathy Zhu 
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (Jan. 2017 – May 2019)
Research: Manufacturing of polymer micro-spheres for cold spray

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Marcus Mueller
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (Jan. 2017 – May 2019)
Research: Deformable thermal metamaterials

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Christopher Ferrick 
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (Jan. 2017 – May 2018)

Samuel Chiburis
Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng. (Jan. 2017 – May 2018)
Current: Isenberg MBA Candidate

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Jordan Hanahan (Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng.); Dec. 2015 – May 2016
Jordan joins the Nano-Engineering group in Jan. 2016 for his research experience in Nano Science and Energy.

Blayne  Sarazin  (Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng.); Dec. 2015 – May 2016
Blayne joins the Nano-Engineering Lab in Dec. 2015 for his undergraduate study in Mechanical Engineering. His research interest is the micro-ballistic characterization.

Lauren Chin  (Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng.); Jun. 2015 – May 2017
Her research interest is the hydrophobicity at the near supersonic speeds.
Current: Manufacturing Engineer at Safran
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Amir Vahadji (Undergraduate student, Mech. Eng.); Sep. 2014 – Dec. 2014
Ultrafast laser and supercontinuum generation

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