Current Group Members

 
Group Coordinator
Frederic Sansoz

Associate Professor
Students & Postdoctoral Fellows
Jingjun (Jessie) Gu
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, year 4

M.S. Materials Science (2007), B.S. Polymer Materials & Engineering (2004),
Dong Hua University, Shanghai, China

Research:
Thermomechanical behavior of carbon nanofibers under extreme thermal environment
Erin Wood
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, year 3

MS Industrial Chemistry (2009), University of Central Florida, FL.
B.S. Chemistry (2005), Chatham University, PA.

Research:
Synthesis and nanomechanical characterization of self-assembled metallic nanowires and nanoparticles
Jake Brutman
Undergraduate research assistant, Chemistry Senior


Research:
Synthesis of ultrathin gold nanowires
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Dakota Pell
Undergraduate research assistant, Mechanical Engineering Senior


Research:
Atomistic simulations of mechanical properties in crystalline nanowires
Former Group Members
Evan Malina
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2011)

Awards: URECA! award 2009; UVM Engineer of the Year 2010.

Research:
Mechanical Behavior of Atomically Thin Graphene Sheets using Atomic Force Microscopy Nanoindentation

Last sighted as:
Structure Engineer for Boeing, Seattle, WA

Trevor Avant
Undergraduate research assistant - Honors College

Awards: URECA! award 2010

Research:
Atomistic Simulation Study of Indentation of Metallic Nanowires

Last sighted as:
Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Engineering summer intern at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
Dr. Chuang Deng
Ph.D. Materials Science (2009)

Research:
Yielding and plasticity of FCC metal nanowires studied by atomistic simulations.

Last sighted as:
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Christopher Schuh in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at MIT, Massachusetts.
Vincent Peron-Luhrs
Visiting graduate student from University of Liege, Belgium (Sept. 2009)

 Research:
Multiscale modeling of plasticity of nanocrystalline metals.

Last sighted as:
Graduate Student at University of Liege, Belgium
Dr. Virginie Dupont
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2008)

 Research:
Multiscale Modeling of Contact Plasticity and Nanoindentation in Nanostructured FCC Metals.

Last sighted as:
Postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Tim Germann at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
Carl Wolf
(Part-time) Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering (2005-2007)

Research:
Multiscale modeling of thermal transport in molecular systems

Last sighted as:
Assistant Professor, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, VT.
Zach Burchman
Research assistant Honors College (2008)

Research: Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of Electrodeposited Nickel Nanowires

Last sighted as:
Graduate Student in Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, PA
Engineer for Goodrich, Vergennes, VT
Travis Gang
Research assistant URECA award / HELIX EPSCoR Summer Intern (2007)

Research:
Determination of atomic force microscope cantilever spring constants via finite element modeling for nanomechanical analysis; Effects of Surface Morphology on Elastic and Plastic Properties in Nanostructured Ni Thin Films.

Last sighted as:
Graduate student in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, CA .
Konstantin Afanasyev
M.S. Physics (2007)

Research:
Molecular dynamics simulation of twin boundary effects on deformation in gold nanopillars and nanobeams.

Last sighted as:
Engineer and Marketing Representative for GE Healthcare, South Burlington, VT.
Dr. Fahmi Bedoui
Postdoctoral Fellow (July 06-Dec 06)
(in collaboration with Prof. S. Murthy, Physics Dept.)

Research:
Quantitative AFM nanoindentation of semi-crystalline polymers.

Last sighted as:
Assistant professor at the Compiegne Institute of Technology (UTC), France.
Dulcie Languerand
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2007)

Research (in collaboration with Prof S. Murthy, Rutgers Univ.):
Multiscale Investigation of Deformation of High-Strength Polymeric Fibers.

Last sighted as:
Materials engineer at Diffraction Limited, Wakefield, VT.
Kevin D. Stevenson
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2006)

Research: Electrochemical Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of Ni Nanostructures.

Last sighted as:
Structural engineer at Concept2, Morrisville, VT
Structural engineer at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Eric Buchovecky
Mechanical Engineering Teaching Fellow (2004)

Research:
Quasicontinuum simulation of single crystal indentation.

Last sighted as:
Ph.D. student at Brown University, RI
Grant Gary
Undergraduate research assistant URECA! (2005)

Research:
Template-Assisted Synthesis of Metallic Nanowires.

Last sighted as:
Ph.D. student at Stanford University, CA

 

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John B. Marking
Undergraduate research assistant (summer 2004)

Research:
Fabrication of ultra-sharp STM tips.
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