Staff
Chunyu Li
Research Associate
Research Topics:
MD simulations, Polymers, Composites, Hotspots, Nanotubes
Education:
Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Brian Lee
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Coarse-grained modeling of energetic materials
Force field development via machine learning
Education:
Ph.D., Duke University, 2021
Daniel J. Klinger
Research Engineer
Research Topics:
Predicting burning rate behavior and mechanical properties of solid rocket propellants
Education:
M.S. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2020
Juan C. Verduzco
Senior Data Science Engineer
Research Topics:
Active learning algorithms for materials informatics
Synthesis and characterization of solid-state battery materials
Molecular dynamics simulations of ceramic oxides
Education:
Ph.D. Materials Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
B.S. Mechatronics Engineering, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, 2017
Graduate Students
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
Robert J. Appleton
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Materials properties from first principles calculations and MD simulation
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
Kat Nykiel
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Predicting stability of MXenes using density functional theory and machine learning
Education:
B.S. Materials Science & Applied Physics, Ohio State University, 2021
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
Jason Wilkening
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
MD for Shock and Detonation Chemistry
Education:
B.A. Chemistry and Physics – Illinois Wesleyan University, 2022
Chukwuma Ezenwata
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
AI-enhanced physics-based modeling for materials @ extreme conditions
Education:
B.S. Production Engineering – University of Benin, Nigeria, 2019
Jalen Macatangay
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Molecular Dynamics simulations of energetic materials and polymers under shock conditions
Education:
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
Baptiste Martin
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
MD simulation, Polymers
Education:
M.S. Physical-Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, 2022
B.S. Chemistry/Material Science, University of Bordeaux, 2018
William Zummo
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Spallation of materials at extreme conditions
Education:
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Central Michigan University, 2020
Rushik Desai
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Developing frameworks for making scientific data FAIR.
Education:
B.Tech in Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, 2023
Visiting Scholars
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Education:
Undergraduate Students
Ava Hallberg
2023 Machine Learning Intern
Research Topics:
Metropolis-Hastings Ising models
General Adversarial Networks
Education:
B.S. Engineering, Purdue University, 2027
Brice Rider
SCALE – Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Predicting lead-free solders with machine learning
Education:
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (Sophomore), Purdue University
Mohnish Harwani
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topics:
Physics Applications of Machine Learning
Education:
B.S. Computer Science, Purdue University, 2027
Keshav Anirudh Nagubandi
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topics:
Molecular dynamics
Understanding materials though vibrations and sounds
Education:
B.S. Materials Engineering, Purdue University, 2026