Sansoz Research Group

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
No pic	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
No pic	John B. Marking Undergraduate research assistant (summer 2004) Research: Fabrication of ultra-sharp STM tips.