Current Group Members

Fall 2009: (from left to right) Chuang Deng, Vincent Peron-luhrs, Jessie Gu, Evan Malina, Erin Wood

Group Coordinator
Frederic Sansoz

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Students & Postdoctoral Fellows
Jingjun (Jessie) Gu
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, year 3

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

Research:
Thermomechanical behavior of carbon-based nanomaterials under extreme thermal environment
Erin Wood
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, year 1

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

Research: Synthesis, characterization and mechanical behavior of self-assembled gold nanowires
Evan Malina
MS student, Mechanical Engineering, year 1

B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2010), University of Vermont, VT

URECA! award 2009

Research: Mechanical properties by indentation in nanoscale metallic wires using atomic force microscopy

Carl Wolf
(Part-time) Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering

M.S. Mechanical Engineering (1992), B.S. Mechanical Engineering (1988),
University of Texas at Austin, TX

Research: Multiscale modeling of thermal transport in molecular systems

 

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Trevor Avant
Undergraduate research assistant Honors College

Research: Atomistic Simulation Study of Indentation of Nanowires

Former Group Members
Dr. Chuang Deng
Ph.D. Materials Science (2009)

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

Now: 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.

Dr. Virginie Dupont
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2008)

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

Now: Postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Tim Germann at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
Zach Burchman
Research assistant Honors College (2008)

Research:
Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of Electrodeposited Nickel Nanowires

Now: Engineer, 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.

Now: 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.

Now: Engineer, 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.

Now: 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.

Now: 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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