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Graduate Students

Degradation Mechanisms of Oxide Ceramics Under Molten Regolith Electrolysis Conditions

Ph.D. 2025
Current Appointment: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Freeze-Cast Porous Ceramics: Tailoring Chemistry and Porosity for Functionality

Ph.D. 2024
Current Appointment: Saint-Gobain

Freeze Casting - from Battery Separators to Ceramic Scaffolds

Ph.D. 2023
Current Appointment: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)

Degradation of Ceramic Surfaces and its Mitigation: From Electric Propulsion to Cultural Heritage

Ph.D. 2023
Current Appointment: Beal Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Art Conservation Science, Straus Center, Harvard University

Oxidative and Internal Stress Effects of Dopants in Multilayer Yb2Si2O7 Environmental Barrier Coatings

Ph.D. 2022
Current Appointment: Micron Technology

Customized porosity in ceramic composites via freeze casting

Ph.D., Caltech, 2021
Current Appointment: Principal Engineer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)

Freeze Casting of Ceramics: Pore Design from Solidification Principles

Ph.D., Caltech, 2021
Current Appointment: Materials Design Engineer, QuesTek Innovations LLC

Fracture and Toughening of Brittle Structures with Designed Anisotropy

Ph.D., Caltech, 2020
Current Appointment: Post-doctoral fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara

Polycrystalline Perovskite Ferroelectrics: Microstructural Origins of Macroscale Electrochemical Response

Ph.D., Caltech, 2019
Current Appointment: Senior Member of the Technical Staff, DSO National Laboratories

Silicon-based Porous Ceramics via Freeze Casting of Preceramic Polymers

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2017
Current Appointment: Vice President at Asia Kangnam Co. Ltd.

Directional Freeze Casting of Porous Ceramics: Effects of Processing Parameters on Pore Network Characteristics

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2016
Current Appointment: Research Scientist, Zakuro Battery

Quantitative Analysis of Three-dimensional Microstructures of Li-ion Battery Electrodes

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2015
Current Appointment: Business Development Manager for Industry, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Nanoindentation of Artists' Paints

M.S., Northwestern University, 2015
Current Appointment: Program Manager, Austal USA Advanced Technologies

Processing, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties of Interpenetrating Biomorphic Graphite/Copper Composites

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2014
Current Appointment: Honeywell Aerospace

Residual Stresses and Phase Transformations in Ytterbium Silicate Environmental Barrier Coatings

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2013
Current Appointment: 3M Company

Biomorphic Graphite/Copper Composites: Processing, Structure, and Properties

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2012
Current Appointment: 3M Company

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Porous Mullite

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2011
Current Appointment: Google

Microstructurally Tailored Ceramics for Advanced Energy Applications by Thermoreversible Gelcasting

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2010
Current Appointment: 3M Company

Phase Transformations and Residual Stresses in Environmental Barrier Coatings

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2009
Current Appointment: NASA Glenn Research Center

Triblock Copolymer Gels - Structure, Fracture Behavior and Application in Ceramic Processing

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2009
Current Appointment: Program Director, NIST Circular Economy Program

Thermal Properties of Wood-Derived Silicon Carbide and Copper-Silicon Carbide Composites

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2008
Current Appointment: Saint-Gobain

Metal/Ceramic Composites via Infiltration of an Interconnected Wood-Derived Ceramic

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2008
Current Appointment: Engineering Manager Cuisinart

Structure-Mechanical Property Relationships in Porous SiC Derived from Wood

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2007
Current Appointment: Principal R&D Engineer at Boston Scientific

Tantalum Oxide-Based Plasma-Sprayed Environmental Barrier Coatings

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2004
Current Appointment: Drexel University

Designed Microstructures in Textured Barium Hexaferrite

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2004
Current Appointment: Eaton Corporation

Processing and Mechanical Characterization of Alumina Laminates

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2002
Current Appointment: Senior Wells Advisor - CCS at ExxonMobil

Processing and Performance of YSZ-Based Multilayer Thermal Barrier Coatings

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2001
Current Appointment: Founder/Director Traliance

The Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphite Foam

M.S., Northwestern University, 2001
Current Appointment: Naval Surface Warfare Center

Processing-Microstructure-Properties Relationships in Small-Particle Plasma-Sprayed Ceramic Coatings

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2000
Current Appointment: Senior Research Engineer, Washington Mills

Characterization of Steel Fiber/Cementitious Matrix Interfaces Using a Combination of Fiber Pullout and Moirè Interferometry Techniques

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1999
Current Appointment: Materials Analyst, S-E-A

Fracture Behavior of Single Phase Iron Titanate Laminate Composite

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1999
Current Appointment: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Effect of Fiber Coatings on the Residual Stresses in Sapphire/Nickel Aluminide Composites

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1997
Current Appointment: VP of R&D, Amrize

The Effect of Microstructure on the High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of a Self-Reinforced, Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998

Fracture Behavior of Quasi-Brittle Materials

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1997
Current Appointment: COO, Applied Materials

Fracture of Textured Iron Titanate

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1997
Current Appointment: Director, Littelfuse

Interfacial Mechanical Properties in Ceramic Bimaterial Systems

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1995
Current Appointment: Caterpillar, Inc.

Effects of Grain Size and Texture on the Mechanical Behavior of Iron Titanate

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994

Toughening of Brittle Materials Through Fiber Reinforcement: Role of the Fiber/Matrix Interface

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994
Current Appointment: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine

Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum Based Carbides

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994
Current Appointment: Vice President of Marketing, Ultra Clean Technology

Cyclic Fatigue Behavior of Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride from Ambient to Elevated Temperatures

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994
Current Appointment: Research And Development Scientist, Karbonetiq

Failure of Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coatings

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994

Crack Tip Shielding/Antishielding by Impurities in Alpha-Silicon Carbide

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1993

Whisker-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites with Modified Interfaces

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1993
Current Appointment: The Boeing Company

Determination of the Interfacial Properties in Fiber-Reinforced Composites via Model Single Fiber Pullout Tests

M.S., Northwestern University, 1991
Current Appointment: Futuba Corporation

Microcrack Toughening in Ceramic Composites

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1991

Postdocs

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019
Current Appointment: Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological Universities, Singapore

Postdocs

Visiting Scholar, 2018
Current Appointment: HC Starck

Postdocs

Visiting Scholar, 2016
Current Appointment: European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland

Postdocs

Visiting Postdoc, 2016
Current Appointment: Exponent

Postdocs

Visiting Scholar, 2011
Current Appointment: NIST (retired)

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
Current Appointment: Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009
Current Appointment: Proctor & Gamble, Beijing China

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2003
Current Appointment: Department of Physics, Louisiana State University

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2000
Current Appointment: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University

Postdocs

Visiting Scholar, 1998
Current Appointment: Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Postdocs

Visiting Scholar, 1997-2013
Current Appointment: Gateway Materials, Inc.

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986-1988
Current Appointment: Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986-1987
Current Appointment: Applied Novel Devices