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Faculty

Dr. Vinamra Agrawal

Dr. Agrawal's research interests lie in understanding the mechanics of materials at different length and time scales. He works with a range of materials including metals, composites, polymers, and geological materials. His primary area of interest is understanding how materials behave when subjected to extreme environments like shock loading.

He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (ME) from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in June 2016, MS in ME from Caltech in June 2012, and B.Tech. in ME from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in May 2011. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar from June to December 2016 at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech.

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Graduate Students

Roberto Perera

Roberto is pursuing his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. He received his Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering from University of Florida at Gainesville in 2018. Before joining Auburn in Fall 2019, he worked as a Structural Engineer at Lakes Engineering. Roberto is currently working on using machine learning methods to predict fracture and fragmentation.

Amrit Aryal

Amrit is pursuing his MS in Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. He received his Masters of Science in Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering from Shenyang Aerospace University in 2017. He received his Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical from Tribhuwan University in 2011. He is currently working on moving window concurrent atomistic continuum model to study shock interaction at microstructure.

Alton Stoute

Alton is pursuing his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of South Alabama in May 2021. While at the University of South Alabama he worked on the determination of heat capacities for ionic liquids. He is currently working on moving window concurrent atomistic continuum model to study shock interaction at grain boundaries.

Vaibhavi Jain

Vaibhavi is pursuing her PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. She received her Bachelor's degree from Chandigarh University (India) in 2023. She is currently working on machine learning methods, specifically graph neural networks, to study coupled problems in mechanics.

Kaniz Bristy

Kanix is pursuing her PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. She received her Bachelor's degree from the Military Institute of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) in 2017 and her Master's degree from the University of Liège (Belgium) in 2022. She is currently working on the moving window concurrent atomistic continuum model to study shock interaction at microstructure in nanocrystalline alloys.

Undergraduate students

John Israel is pursuing his bachelor's in materials science at Rice University. He uses molecular dynamics simulations to study spall fracture in high entropy alloys under impact loading.
Kyle Piper is pursuing his bachelor's in mechanical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He uses an in-house code to study ductile fracture propagation in functionally graded metallic materials.
Luis Postego is pursuing his bachelor's in aerospace engineering at Auburn University. He uses generative adversarial networks to design material microstructure with desired fracture properties.
Daniel Reyes is pursuing his bachelor's degree in computer science at Auburn University. He is developing codes and algorithms to accelerate the performance of our moving window concurrent multiscale framework.

Former students

Graduate students

Leticia De Marchi, Ph.D. in Geosciences from Auburn University (2021)
Alexander Davis, Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University (2023).
Siddharth Sriram, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University (2023)

Undergraduate students

Mia Gallo (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Caltech 2026)
Brayden Noh (B.S. in Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 2025)
Dalton Shaub (B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2021)
Madison Harper (B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2021)
Dakota Newsome (B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2020)
Bryce Garder (B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2019)
Katherine Melson (B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2019)

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