Alumni

Former Graduate Students

1. Aidan Moyers, Ph.D., Applying Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Study of Micro Cold Spray of Yttria, 2023

2. Derek W. Davies, Ph.D., Systematic Study and Characterization of Silicon Carbide Films Produced via Micro Cold Spray, 2023

3. Matthew Crocker, MS, Influence of Spray Angle and Carrier Gas Type on Micro Cold Spray Deposition of Cu Coatings on AlN Substrates, 2023

4. Aditya Goyal, MS, Adhesion Energy Measurements for Silver Films on Alumina Using Micro- Cold Spray, 2023

5. Douglas Sassaman, Ph.D., Geometry Limitations in Indirect Selective Laser Sintering of Alumina (Co-supervised with  Prof.  J.J. Beaman), Fall 2021

6. Connor Gunsbury, MS, Design and Hybrid Additive Manufacturing for Electronic Components That Can Withstand Shock Loading (Co-supervised with C.C. Seepersad), Summer 2021

7. Lezli G. Matto Gonzalez , MS, Effect of Electrical Conductivity of Pure and Doped Lanthanum Chromite on the Onset of Selective Laser Flash Sintering, 2021

8. Deborah A. Hagen, Ph.D., Onset of Selective Laser Flash Sintering in 8YSZ, (Co-supervised by  Prof.  J.J. Beaman ), 2020

9. Jeremiah J. H. McCallister, Ph.D., Influence of Processing Parameters on Microstructure of Metal Films Produced from High Velocity Impact of Nanoparticle Aerosols,  2020

10. Joseph M. Nissen, MS, Methodology for Determining Design Rules for Helical Channels in Glass Components Produced via Selective Laser Sintering, (Co-supervised by  Prof.  J.J. Beaman), 2020

11. Alex Chen, MS, Local Temperature Distributions during Selective Laser Flash Sintering, (Co-supervised by  Prof.  J.J. Beaman), 2020

12. Andre Gouws, MS, Initial Stage Selective Laser Flash Sintering of Aluminum Nitride, (Co-supervised by  Prof.  J.J. Beaman), 2020

13. Nicholas C. Rahaim, MS, Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Stage One Selective Laser Flash Sintering of 8YSZ (Co-supervised with  Prof.  J.J. Beaman) 2020

14. Tushar V. Chitrakar, Ph.D., Predicting Deformation Mechanisms during High Speed Impact of Ag Nanoparticles, (Co-supervised by M.F. Becker) 2019

15. Cameron M. Knapp, Ph.D., Directed Energy Deposition Characterization and Modeling, 2018

16. Sergio A. Cortes, Ph.D., Energy Dissipation and Stiffness of Polymeric Matrix Composites with Negative Stiffness Inclusions, 2016

17. Michael D. Gammage, Ph.D., LAMA-Produced Metal-on-Oxide Nanoparticles and Films, 2016

18. Guillaume J. N. Noiseau, Ph.D., Study of Atomic-scale Mechanisms for Deposition of Nanostructured Films from Nanoparticles, 2015

19. Cameron M. Knapp, MS, Thermal Characterization of Direct Metal Deposition (Co-supervised by S. Landsberger), 2014

20. Daniel T. Hook, MS, Co-extrusion: A Feasible Method for Producing Negative Stiffness Inclusions, (Co-supervised by M.R. Haberman), 2013

21. Guillaume J. N. Noiseau, MS, Film Deposition and Mechanical Properties of Silver Produced by Impaction of Nanoparticles, 2012

22. Manuj Nahar, Ph.D., Highly Conductive, Nanoparticulate Thick Films Processed at Low Processing Temperatures, 2012

23. Michael A. Asoro, Ph.D., Coalescence and Sintering in Metallic Nanoparticles: In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Study,  (Co-supervised by P.J. Ferreira), 2012

24. James K. Mikulak, Ph.D., Size Effects in Out-of-plane Bending in Elastic Honeycombs Fabricated Using Additive Manufacturing: Modeling and Experimental Results, 2011 

25. Kristopher L. Gleason, Ph.D., Engineering Nanocomposite Polymer Membranes for Olefin/Parafin Separation, (Co-supervised by M.F. Becker), 2011

26. Claire E. Davis, MS, An Electrostatic Approach for Producing Nanoparticulate Membranes Using Laser Ablation of Microparticle Aerosols, 2011

27. Manuj Nahar, MS, Oxide-Metal Nanoparticles using Laser Ablation of Microparticle Aerosols, 2009 

28. Michael A. Asoro, MS, Size Effects on Melting of Silver Nanoparticles: In-Situ TEM Observations, (Co-supervised by P.J. Ferreira), 2009

29. Dat (James) Ma, Ph.D., Laser Processing of Tb0.3Dy0.7Fe1.92 Films, 2007

30. Andre D. Albert, Ph.D., Nanostructured Ag Produced by LAMA, 2007

31. Claudia Torres Garibay, PhD, Manufacture of Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells using Novel Cathode Composition, 2007

32. James Ma, MS, 2003

33. Jue Wang, Ph.D., High Temperature Deformation of Al2O3/Y-TZP Particulate Composites and Laminates, 2003 

34. Andre D. Albert, MS, Wetting Behavior of Reactive Metals on TiC, 2003

35. Gokul Malyavanatham, PhD, Structure and Compositional Studies of Multi-component Nanoparticles,  (Co-supervised by M.F. Becker), 2002

36. Patrick J. Elverum, MS, Material Performance in Porous Ceramic Burners, (Co-supervised by J.L. Ellzey), 2002 

37. Titash Sridharan, MS, Mechanical Properties of Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductor SrCo0.8Fe2O3-δ,  (Co-supervised by A. Manthiram), 2002

38. Jesus J. Gallegos III,  MS, Chemical Vapor Deposition of TiC Coatings On Ta/TaC2 Substrates, 2001

39. M. Shane Noel, MS, Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition of TiC onto Ta Using Acetylene and Methane, 2001 

40. Peyton W. Hall, MS, Processing and Fracture Resistance of a Highly Textured Alumina, 2000

41. Paul E. Rotsch, MS, The Role of Residual Stress on Crack Deflection in Oxide Laminates, 2000

Former Visitors and Postdoctoral Researchers 

1. Nuria Cobo-Losey Rodríguez, Design and Testing of Negative Stiffness Inclusions, UT Exchange Student from ICAI School of Engineering, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain; 2016

2. Koichiro Matsuu, Pre-cracking of Ceramic Fracture Mechanics Specimens Using Surface-Induced Compressive Stresses, Visiting  student from Nihon University; 2015-2016

3. Etienne Coffy, Visiting student from Ecole Centralle de Lille, 2013

4. Charles Ciccarone, Visiting student from Ecole Centralle de Lille, 2013

5. Annie Morch, Visiting student from Ecole Centralle de Lille, 2012

6. Davy Ea, Visiting student from Ecole Centralle de Lille, 2012

7. Shreyas Rajasekhara, Optical Properties of SiC Films (Co-supervised with P.J. Ferreira), Postdoctoral Researcher, 2009. 

8. Guilluame Noiseau, Visiting student from Ecole Centrale de Lille, France 

9. Jue Wang, Processing of Er-doped SiO2, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2003 

10. Sven Kerzenmacher, Visiting Student from Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2003

11. Prof. Atsushi Hashimoto, Visiting Professor, Nihon University, Japan 1999-2000

12. Stephane Lienard, Characterization of Si3N4/BN Fibrous Monolithic Ceramics using X-ray Diffraction, 1998

13. Guillermo Blazquez, Fracture Toughness Testing of Ceramics, 1998

14. Michael Saner, Fabrication of BaTiO3 Ceramics, 1998

15. Luis Lasa, Processing of Morphologically Textured Alumina, Visiting student from Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain,  1997-1998

Former Undergraduate Research Assistants

1. Arturo Hernandez, Physics BS Student, Model Experiments for Laser Ultrasonic Methods for Detecting the Onset of Sintering, 2021-22

2. Nicholas Papka, Mechanical Engineering BS Student; System for Controlling X-Y-Z stages for Microcold Spray, 2021

3. Ashley Poole, Mechanical Engineering BS Student; Glass Preforms using Indirect Selective Laser Sintering, 2020

4. Forest Miller, Mechanical Engineering BS Student, Additive Manufacturing of Rechargeable Batteries, 2019

5. Chiekezi (C.K.) Akagha,  Mechanical Engineering BS Student, Laser Flash Sintering, 2018

6. Upayan Mathkari,  Mechanical Engineering BS Student, Additive Manufacturing of Rechargeable Batteries, 2018

7.  Rishan Chamdal, Mechanical Engineering BS Student, Aerosol Deposition of Multi-Material Devices, 2018

8. Erik Furton, Mechanical Engineering BS Student, Direct Writing of Thick Films by High Velocity Impaction, 2018

9. Kelly Bauman, Mechanical Engineering BS Student, Direct Writing of Thick Films by High Velocity Impaction, 2017

10. Robert Begbie, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Characterization of Ceramics produced by Additive Manufacturing, 2017

11. James Jenkinson, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Energy Dissipating Composite Materials, 2017

12. Derek Davies, Characterization of Ag Thick Films Produced by LAMA, Fall 2016-Spring 2017

13. Cheralyn Salone, Aerospace Engineering BS Student, Influence of Impaction Velocity on Film Microstructures Produced by LAMA, 2016

14. Alex Garn, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Influence of Impaction Velocity on Film Microstructures Produced by LAMA, 2016

15. Malcolm Hamilton, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Epitaxy in Ag Films Deposited by LAMA, 2016

16. Zachary Levine, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Oxide Films produced by LAMA, 2016

17. Chad Kassem, Mechanical Engineering BS student, A Study of Welded Ni-Cu Alloys, 2016

18. Jonathan Mackay, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Rheology of Extrudable Polymer/Metal Compounds, 2016

19. Will Skipper, Mechanical Engineering Visiting BS student, Design of a High Velocity Aerosol Impaction System, 2015

20. Monika Taneska, Mechanical Engineering Visiting BS student,Design of a High Velocity Aerosol Impaction System, 2015

21. Alejandro Barrios, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Characterization of the Rheological Properties of Extrudable Ceramic/Polymer Blends, 2015

22. Qi Chao Xie, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Correlations in Viscosities of Polymer-Ceramic Compounds Measured by Capillary Rheometry and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, 2014

23. Lucas Henderson Mechanical Engineering BS student, (Co-supervised with M. Becker), An Improved Aerosol Feeder for LAMA, 2012 

24. Alex Scheuermann, Electrical and Computer Engineering BS student,Fabrication of a Powder Aerosolizer with Feedback Control, 2011-2012

25. K. Blake Perez, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Production of Silver Feedstock Powders by Precipitation, 2011-2012

26. Eric Allcorn, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Nanoparticles, 2009-2010

27. Michael Gammage, Physics BS Student, Development of an Optical Sensing System for Measuring Aerosol Powder Densities in situ, 2008

28. Elizabeth Hourigan, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Feeder for Low Volume Flow Rate, High Density Aerosols, 2007 

29. Chhavi Agarwal, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Feeder for Low Volume Flow Rate, High Density Aerosols, 2007

30. Eric Chang, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Compounding of Extrudable Polymer/Ceramic Mixtures, 2005

31. Ezekiel Heikkala, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Extruder for Fabricating Ceramic Microhoneycombs, 2004

32. William Malpica, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Design, Testing, and Validation of a High Density Aerosol Powder Feeder for Laser Ablation of Microparticles, 2003

33. Ricardo Hernandez, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Reducing the Particle Size of Magnetostrictive Terfenol, 2002

34. Thomas Loue, Visiting Engineering Student, Processing and Characterization of PZT Coatings, 2001

35. James Ma, Mechanical Engineering BS student, High Fracture Toughness Oxide Laminates by Pressureless Sintering, 2001 

36. Bobby Knight, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Analysis of the Performance of Textured Alumina Subjected to a Sliding Contact Load, 2000 

37. Michael Kammerdiener, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Processing and Testing of Superplastic Ceramic Laminates, 2000 

38. George Messer, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Measuring Elastic Properties of Ceramics using Instrumented Hertzian Indentation, 1999 

39. Baris Cezaroglu, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Measuring Elastic Properties of Ceramic Coatings using Instrumented Hertzian Indentation, 1999

40. Alan Shimshock, Mechanical Engineering BS student, Processing Al2O3/Al2TiO5 Laminate Composites, 1998.