Current Group Members

 
The Boss
Frederic Sansoz

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

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

Research:
Elucidating the Complex Role of Surface Structure on Mechanical Properties in Carbon Nanofibers By Atomistic Simulations
Erin Wood
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering

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

Research:
Growth and Mechanical Properties of Coherent Twinning Superlattices in Metallic Nanowires
Shiqi Zhang
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering

MS Mechanical Engineering (2012), University of Wyoming, WY.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering(2008), Beijing Jiotong University, Beijing, China.

Research:
Structure, Defects and Strength in SIngle Crystalline Nanowires
Daniel Merkel
Masters student, Mechanical Engineering

B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2012), University of Vermont.

Research:
Electrodeposition and Thermal Transport Study of High-ZT Nanoengineered Thermoelectrics


Aaron Porter
Masters student, Mechanical Engineering

B.S. Physics (2009), Clarkson University, NY

Research:
Atomistic Simulation Study of Thermal Transport in Thermoelectric Semiconductor Nanowires





Former Group Members
Khrystyna Dilai
NSF-REU undergraduate research assistant

B.S. Chemical Engineering (sophomore year), Clarkson University, NY

Research:
Atomistic Simulation Study of Growth of Ultrathin Metallic Nanowires



Jake Brutman
Undergraduate research assistant, Chemistry Senior (2011)


Research:
Synthesis of ultrathin gold nanowires

Last sighted as:
Graduate student in chemistry at the University of Florida



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:
-Engineer at Microstrain, Williston, VT
-Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
-Engineering summer intern at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM


Prof. 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, Boston, MA
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, 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:
-Assistant professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL.
-Postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Tim Germann at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
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
Engineer for Northrop Grumman, Norwalk, CT


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
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



Prof. 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


John B. Marking
Undergraduate research assistant (summer 2004)

Research:
Fabrication of ultra-sharp STM tips
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