Faculty / Staff
Chunyu Li
Research Associate
Research Topics:
MD simulations, Polymers, Composites, Hotspots, Nanotubes
Education:
PhD, 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:
PhD, Duke University, 2021
Graduate Students
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
Shukai Yao
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Density functional theory calculations of shape memory alloys
Education:
B.S. Applied Physics, Shandong University, 2018
Juan C. Verduzco
CONACYT Fellowship / Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Active learning algorithms for materials informatics
Synthesis and characterization of solid-state battery materials
Molecular dynamics simulations of ceramic oxides
Education:
B.S. Mechatronics Engineering, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, 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
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
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
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
George M. Nishibuchi
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Optical properties of ceramics for hypersonic IR windows via first principles calculations
Education:
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
David E. Farache
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topics:
Shape memory alloys
Education:
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
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
Undergraduate Students
Samuel Blankenship
2022 Advancing Army Modernization Priorities- Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP)
Research Topics:
Data science and machine learning of energetic materials properties
Education:
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Purdue University, 2025
Sohee Kim
2022 Advancing Army Modernization Priorities- Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP)
Research Topics:
Data science and machine learning of energetic materials properties
Education:
B.S. Computer Engineering Technology, Purdue University, 2025
Michael H. Taylor
2022 Advancing Army Modernization Priorities- Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP)
Research Topics:
Machine learning predictive modeling of high explosive properties
Education:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2023
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