People

We are an interdisciplinary research group working at the intersection of Mechanics (experimental and computational) and Material Science. We are always looking for master’s and undergraduate students who are interested in joining our group. For inquiries about opportunities, please contact Aniruddh and include an updated CV with a short statement of research interests.

Principal Investigator

Aniruddh Vashisth, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Engineering Sciences and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University

B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - BHU, India

vashisth at uw dot edu

Postdoc and Ph.D. Students

Dr. Agni Kumar Biswal (Postdoc, Mechanical)

Ph.D., Material Science and Engineering, IIT-Delhi, India

M. Phil.: (Chemistry): Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Ankush Nandi (Ph.D., Mechanical)

B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India.

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Yiwen Zheng (Ph.D., Mechanical)

M. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology

B. Eng in Engineering Science, The University of Hong Kong

Mahsa Shabani (Ph.D., Mechanical)

M. S. in Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University

B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran

Sarmad Hassan (Ph.D., Mechanical)

M. S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle

B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University

Vamsi Jonnalagadda (Ph.D., Mechanical)

M. S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle

B. S. in Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Jierui Li (Ph.D., Mechanical)

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Masters Students

Undergraduate Students

Sam Weston (M.S., Mechanical)
Nishant Narayan (M.S., Mechanical)

Tom Lewis (B.S., Mechanical)
Clark Hegewald (B.S., Mechanical)
Camdin Monson (B.S., Mechanical)
Felix Wimsatt (B.S., Mechanical)

High-School Students

Emmanuelle Zhou, Interlake High School

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD. Graduates

Ian Good (Ph.D., Mechanical, 2024; Co-Advised by Prof. Jeff Lipton) Thesis: Robots with a Twist: Torque Responsive Metamaterials Enable Efficient Energy and Force Transduction.

Graduate students (Masters)

André Lagron (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2025)
Connor Nathan (M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2025)
Hung Wang (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2025)
Benjamin Merry (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2025)
Deng-Wei Sun (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2025)
Peter Hong (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2024)
Katey Kurpius (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2024)
Eric Vo (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2024)
Rohith Premanandan (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Eric R. Behling (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Quentin Quiroz (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2023)
Yuan-Chuan Lin (M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2023)
Rauf Kareem (M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2023)
Sai Krishna Murakonda (M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2023)
Onkar Patil (M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2023)
Colin Noronha (M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2022)
Ian Enriquez (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2022)
Nicholas Reasoner (M.S., Material Science and Engineering, 2022)
Katrina Teo (MS, Mechanical Engineering, 2022)
Jonathan Thiem (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2022)

Undergraduate students

Lily Nordyke (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Joseph Zimet (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Grace Vander Griend (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Hannah Nguyen (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Yobel Abraham (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024)
Eric Vo (B.S., Material Science, 2023)
Hung Wang (B.S., Material Science, 2023)
Alex Nguyen (B.S., Material Science, 2023)
Kristina Check (B.S., Mechanical Engineering,2023)
Zirui Zeng (B.S., Applied Physics, 2023)
Daniela Nankova (B.S., Aerospace, 2023)
Eric R. Behling (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2022)
Jared Rapp (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2022)

High School students

Andrew Jiang (Interlake High School, 2024)
Jackson Scharf (Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, 2023)
David Ball (Interlake High School in Bellevue, 2023)
Christopher Teo (Redmond High School, 2022)

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