Graduate Researchers
Meet the Masters and PhD students in CANFSA!
Adam Freund
PhD
Albert Monty Ostlind
Masters
Brian Rodgers
PhD
Charles Smith
Masters
Chris Jasien
PhD
Daniel McConville
Masters/PhD
David Loyola
Masters
Emily Pittman
PhD
Finn Bamrud
Masters
Henry Geerlings
PhD
Lionel Promel
Masters
Jamie McIntyre
PhD
Katie O'Donnell
PhD
Project: Rationalization of Liquid/Solid and Solid/solid Interphase Instabilities During Thermal-Mechanical Transients of Metal Additive Manufacturing
Megan Le Corre
PhD
Ruth Sunderman
Masters
Project: Ti-5553 Microstructural Characterization Using Nondestructive Techniques
Grant Johnson
PhD
Project: A Novel Synergistic Approach of Combining Multiscale DED Processes for Next Generation Hybrid Additive Manufacturing
Jonathan Zaugg
PhD
Project: Lightweight Materials and Structures for Ballistic Protection (with Quad City Manufacturing Lab)
Amamchukwu Ilogebe
PhD
Project: TBD
Oliver Hesmondhalgh
PhD
Sophie Hill
PhD
Spencer Hunt
PhD
Valava Sambandam Rani
Masters
Matthew Dolde
PhD
Project: Introduction to ISU’s Direct Energy Deposition AM System
Tara Mitra
Masters
Will Waliser
PhD
Project: Solute Effects on Recrystallization in Binary Nb Alloys
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Postdoctoral Researchers
Adriana Eres-Castellanos
Postdoc
Focus: Additive Manufacturing of Nickel and Aluminum Alloys
Alec Saville
Postdoc
Focus: Additive Manufacturing of Titanium, Aluminum, and Stainless Steel Alloys
Nathan Peterson
Postdoc
Focus: High Strain-Rate Deformation of Metallic Alloys and X-ray Radiography of Polymers/Metals
Research Scientists
Maria Quintana-Hernandez
Research Scientist II
Focus: Microstructural Characterization Techniques Across Length Scales, and Mechanical Properties Analysis
Recently Graduated Researchers
Abigail Miklas
Masters
Focus: Rapid solidification of additively manufactured refractory metals
Benjamin Ellyson
PhD and Postdoc
Focus: High strain-rate deformation of metallic alloys and X-ray radiography of polymers/metals
Byron McArthur
Masters & PhD
Focus: Phase transformations in titanium alloys and abnormal grain growth in nickel super alloys
Gus Becker
PhD
Jesus Gonzales
Masters
Jesus Vazquez
PhD
Nadria Surghani
Masters
Noah Welch
PhD
Project: The Influence of Microstructure on the Properties of Ta-Ti-Cr Concentrated Refractory Alloys
Summer Camerlo
Masters
Focus: Deformation and characterization of fine particulate materials