Team Members

Professors

Prof. Danielle L. Cote, Ph.D.

Harold L. Jurist '61 and Heather E. Jurist Dean's Professor

Dr. Cote is an Associate Professor in Materials Science & Engineering at WPI. She received her B.S. from the University of New Hampshire in Chemical Engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from WPI. She also worked as a research engineer at Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials in the Polymer Characterization research group.

Her current research involves:

Computational thermodynamic and kinetic modeling
Rapidly solidified materials, with a focus on Al powder alloys (feedstock for AM)
Solid state additive manufacturing - specifically cold spray processing and characterization
Database development to aid in integrated computational materials science and materials processing

Dr. Kyle L. Tsaknopoulos

Assistant Research Professor

Kyle has been a member of the Cote Research Lab since 2015, completing her Ph.D. in 2019 with her dissertation, "Computational Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modeling and Characterization of Phase Transformations in Rapidly Solidified Aluminum Alloy Powders," where she worked on combining advanced microscopy techniques with computational modeling to understand the internal microstructure of aluminum powders.

Prior to joining the Cote Research Lab, Kyle completed her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at WPI in 2015 where she spent time in Australia working with local underrepresented communities to bring regularly scheduled STEM activities into local schools. She also completed an internship at Bose Corporation in the Transducer Technology Group during her time at WPI.

Doctoral students

Matthew A. Gleason

Materials Science and Engineering

Matt is a Ph.D. student in the Cote Research Lab. He has extensive research experience in the area of surface metrology with several publications in that area. Matt's current research involves acheiving big ideas through cold spray deposition. He is actively involved in the robotics efforts in the group. Matt also volunteers for several annual STEM outreach programs at WPI.

Ashton Lyon

Materials Science and Engineering

Ashton graduated from WPI in May 2023 with a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering after completing project work in thermofluids and materials processing topics. Ashton's Master's thesis investigated the effects of heat treatment on metal powders for additive manufacturing. He started his Ph.D. research in Fall 2023 working on improving the sustainbility of cold spray by recovering and reusing metal powder. His doctoral thesis work involves tailoring high performance metal powders for cold spray in aerospace and energy applications.

Jason Langevin

Materials Science and Engineering

Jason is a Ph.D. student studying Materials Science and Engineering. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Lehigh University. His Master's thesis investigated the effect of aging on the microstructural evolution, mechanical properties, and weldability of high carbon austenitic stainless steels. Jason looks forward to working with the Wire-Arc DED projects and building on his fundamental knowledge of materials science and welding metallurgy.

Stephen Price

Computer Science

Stephen is a Ph.D. student studying Computer Science, focusing on machine learning and artificial intelligence. He completed his BS in Computer Science from WPI and is pursuing his MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science at WPI. Stephen works with the Cote Research Lab as he applies computer vision, regression optimization, and clustering algorithms to improve the interdisciplinary application of machine learning for material science research.