Alumni
PhD Students
Matthew Di Prima
Matthew's research focused on thermo-mechanical and micro-structural characterization of shape memory polymer foams
Jiankuai Diao
Jiankuai's research focused on atomistic and continuum modeling of the structure and mechanical properties of metal nanowires
Nathan Evans
Nathan's research focused on the effect of structure on the mechanical properties of surface porous polymers
Carl Frick
Carl's research focused on processing, structure, and property relationships in NiTi shape memory alloys at multiple length scales
Scott Kasprzak
Scott's research focused on small-scale polymer structures enabled by thiol-ene copolymer systems
Austin Leach
Austin's research focused on atomistic modeling of the mechanical behavior of nanometer scale metals
Yiping Liu
Yiping's research focused on the thermomechanics of shape memory polymers
David Miller
David's research focused on galvanic corrosion-induced damage of miniaturized silicon structures
Reza Mirzaeifar
Reza's research focused on a multiscale study of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys
Alicia Ortega
Alicia's research focused on structure-property relationships in photopolymerizable polymer networks
David Safranski
David's research focused on poly(beta-amino esters) for cardiovascular applications for his PhD. His research for his master's degree focused on the effect of chemical structure and crosslinking density on the thermo-mechanical properties and toughness of (meth)acrylate shape memory polymers.
Kathryn Smith
Kathryn's research focused on tailoring the toughness and biological response of photopolymerizable networks for orthopedic applications
Dalton Sycks
Dalton's research focused on understanding and optimizing structure-property relationships in soft materials to develop mechanically robust photopolymers for 3D printing applications.
Brennan Torstrick
Brennan's research focused on osteo-integration of bare and biologically treated surface porous PEEK
Walter Voit
Walter's research focused on the optimization of mechanical properties and manufacturing techniques to enable shape memory polymer processing
Edem Wornyo
Edem's research focused on the nanomechanics of shape memory polymers
Christopher Yakacki
Christopher's research focused on shape-memory polymers for biomedical applications by investigating the thermomechanics, recovery characteristics, and cytocompatibility
Masters Students
Brian Corff
Brian's research focused on high strain rate damage in ductile metals
Kevin Juntunen
Kevin's research focused on the effects of precipitate size and surface normal orientation on micro-indentation and compressive fatigue of NiTi shape memory alloys
Heidi F Khalil
Heidi's research focused on changes in the mechanical behavior of nitinol following variations of heat treatment duration and temperature
Terra Kissel
Terra's research focused on the synthesis, characterization, and cyclic stress-influenced degradation of a poly(ethylene)glycol based poly(beta-amino ester)
Brian Lin
Brian's research focused on structure and thermomechanical behavior of NiTiPt shape memory alloy wires
Katie Pitz
Katie's research focused on compression-aided stability of orthopedic devices
Jeff Tyber
Jeff's research focused on the mechanical behavior of materials for reconstructive bioengineering applications
Greg Vialle
Greg's research focused on inductive activation of magnetite filled shape memory polymers
Neil West
Neil's research focused on factors affecting creep in gold on polysilicon bi-layer cantilevered MEMS beams