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PhD Candidates

Ravi Bhadauria

• Advisor:
  • N. R. Aluru
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Stochastic simulations
  • Interfacial dynamics
  • Nanoscale transport

Sang Yup Kim

• Advisor:
  • Scott R. White
• Departments:
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • fiber-reinforced polymer composite
  • solid mechanics
  • fracture mechanics
  • composite manufacturing
  • self-healing composite

Ritu Raman

• Advisor:
  • Rashid Bashir
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Bioactuators
  • Soft Robotics
  • Tissue Engineering
  • 3D Printing

Taishan Zhu

• Advisor:
  • Elif Ertekin
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:

Postdoctoral Researchers

Piyas Bal Chowdhury

• Advisor:
  • Huseyin Sehitoglu
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Density functional theory
  • Microstructure characterization
  • Shape memory alloys
  • Fracture, fatigue, deformation