Principal Investigator
Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics
Christopher Kehayias [ckehay (at) bu (dot) edu]
Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania
Christopher is interested in understanding physical interactions and feedback phenomena involved in complex coupled nanoscale systems. Christopher seeks to apply this knowledge to high-throughput chemical synthesis and materials research.
Aldair Gongora [agongora (at) bu (dot) edu]
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Aldair is developing new strategies for designing hierarchical materials. He is particularly interested in how systems and controls can impact materials science.
Harley Quinn
PhD Student, Materials Science & Engineering
Abigail Rendos [alrendos (at) bu (dot) edu]
PhD Student, Materials Science & Engineering
Abby studies smart fluids that respond to magnetic or electric fields and seeks to understand how the microstructure affects their bulk behavior using rheology.
Verda Saygin [saygin (at) bu (dot) edu]
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Kelsey Snapp [ksnapp (at) bu (dot) edu]
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Kelsey seeks to accelerate the development of advanced mechanical structures and manufacturing techniques by combining automation, machine learning, and additive manufacturing throughout the research, design, and validation process.
PAST MEMBERS
DOCTORAL
2020 - Nourin Alsharif, PhD Mechanical engineering
"Interrogation of Nanostructured Soft Materials & Interfaces from Fundamental to Emergent Properties"
2020 - Wenhan Cao, PhD Mechanical Engineering
"From Single Particle Polarization to Assembling and Imaging Hierarchical Materials"
2018 - Le Li, PhD Mechanical Engineering
"Polymer Thin Films: Nanomechanics and Optomechanical Actuation"
MASTERS
2017 - Sen Wang, MS Materials Science & Engineering
"Patterning Porosity in Hydrogels by Arresting Phase Separation"
2016 - Nikolaos (Nick) Farmakidis, MS Mechanical Engineering
"Towards Closed-Loop Nanopatterning: Quantifying Ink Dynamics in Dip-Pen Nanolithography"
Currently a PhD student at Oxford
UNDERGRADUATE
2020 - Thomans Tenzin, BS Physics
2020 - Stephanie Woodman, BS Mechanical Engineering
Currently a PhD Student at Yale
2019 - Alexis Davis, NSF REU from Norfolk State University
2019 - Lena Sabidussi, BS Mechanical Engineering
Currently a PhD Student at Princeton
2019 - Charlotte Cathcart, BS Mechanical Engineering
Currently a PhD Student at Princeton
2019 - Wyatt Perry, BS Mechanical Engineering
2019 - Chika Okoye, BS Mechanical Engineering
2018 - Gabriel Torres Rivera, NSF REU from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
Currently a PhD Student at Purdue
2018 - Lucas Soffer, BS Mechanical Engineering
Currently a MS student at Stanford
2017 - Deanyone Su, NSF REU from Carnegie Mellon University
2017 - Brain Kim, BS Mechanical Engineering
Currently a PhD Student at CalTech
2017 - Katie Costello, BS Mechanical Engineering
2017 - Alexander Reever Stooss, BS Mechanical Engineering
2017 - Lucas Encarnacao, BS Mechanical Engineering
2017 - John Young, BS Mechanical Engineering
2017 - Carolyn Nguyen, BS Mechanical Engineering
2016 - Joshua Karlowicz, NSF REU from Eastern Arizona College
2016 - Anna Burkatovsky, BS Mechanical Engineering
Old Group Photos
Spring 2016
Winter 2015
