Graduate Researchers
Meet the Masters and PhD students in CANFSA!

Adam Freund
PhD

Adira Balzac
Masters

Albert Monty Ostlind
Masters

Brian Rodgers
PhD

Gus Becker
PhD

Charles Smith
Masters

Chris Jasien
PhD

Daniel McConville
Masters/PhD

David Loyola
Masters

James Frishkoff
PhD

Jamie McIntyre
PhD

Jesus Vazquez
PhD

Katie O'Donnell
PhD
Project: Rationalization of Liquid/Solid and Solid/solid Interphase Instabilities During Thermal-Mechanical Transients of Metal Additive Manufacturing

Noah Welch
PhD
Project: The Influence of Microstructure on the Properties of Ta-Ti-Cr Concentrated Refractory Alloys

Ruth Sunderman
Masters
Project: Ti-5553 Microstructural Characterization Using Nondestructive Techniques

Emily Pittman
PhD

Finn Bamrud
Masters

Henry Geerlings
PhD

Jesus Gonzales
Masters

Lionel Promel
Masters

Megan Le Corre
PhD

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

Nadria Surghani
Masters

Oliver Hesmondhalgh
PhD

Ruben Ochoa
PhD

Sophie Hill
PhD

Spencer Hunt
PhD

Tara Mitra
Masters

Valava Sambandam Rani
Masters

Matthew Dolde
PhD
Project: Introduction to ISU’s Direct Energy Deposition AM System

Will Waliser
PhD
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

Summer Camerlo
Masters
Focus: Deformation and characterization of fine particulate materials