Faculty / Staff
Brian Lee

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Coarse-grained modeling of energetic materials
Force field development via machine learning
Education:
PhD, Duke University, 2021
Chunyu Li

Research Associate
Research Topics:
MD simulations, Polymers, Composites, Hotspots, Nanotubes
Education:
PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Graduate Students
Robert J. Appleton

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Thermal, electrical, and optical properties of crystal structures via first principles calculations
Machine Learning techniques for Physics and Materials Science
Education:
M.S. Physics, California State University – Los Angeles, 2020
B.A. Physics, Ripon College, 2017
Ching-Chien Chen

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Coherent precipitates in shape memory alloys
Education:
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2019
Brenden W. Hamilton

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Thermo-mechanical Energy Localization in High-Energy Density Materials
Shock Compression of Solids
Heterogeneous Initiation of Explosives
Education:
B.S. Materials Engineering, Purdue University, 2018
B.S. Applied Physics, Purdue University, 2018
Ethan W. Holbrook

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Molecular Dynamics for Shock Physics (Aluminum, HEs, Polymers)
Machine Learning
Education:
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Wright State University, 2021
Zachary D. McClure

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Data driven design of high entropy alloys and oxide scales
Thermal transport in alloys
Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, 2017
Saswat Mishra

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Microelectronics reliability
Strength and oxidation resistance of high entropy alloys
Education:
B.S. Materials Science, Indian Institute of Science, 2018
Kat Nykiel

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Density Functional Theory with 2D materials
Education:
B.S. Materials Science & Applied Physics, Ohio State University, 2021
Peter Salek

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Propulsion and Astrodynamics
Education:
B.S. Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 2020
Shivam Tripathi
Shukai Yao

Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Density functional theory calculations of shape memory alloys
Education:
B.S. Applied Physics, Shandong University, 2018
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