Postdoctoral Associate

  • Dr. Jinshan Yang, graduated from Material Science department in Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Spring 2012. His expertise is on fabrication and characterization of fiber reinforced silicon carbide composites.

Ph.D. In-progress Students

  • Ran Zhao, Fall 2013, Intelligent controlled high temperature shape memory alloy actuators.
  • Douglas Freese, Fall 2016, topic: Design of High Temperature Heat-flux/temperature Sensors and Experimental Validation.
  • Jinan Deng (Female student), Fall 2017, topic: Fabrication of carbon nanotube reinforced polymer/ceramic composites.

Master In-progress Students

Undergraduate In-progress Students

  • Anthony Spags, supported by General Dynamics project, Summer 2012 - Fall 2013, topic: Multivariate Factor Analysis for CNC Turning Operations.
  • Kyle Harris, supported by General Dynamics project, Summer 2012 - Fall 2013, topic: Multivariate Factor Analysis for CNC Turning Operations.
  • John Gilmore, supported by ONR YIP project, Summer 2011 - Fall 2013, topic: Ceramic nanocoposites reinforced with a high volume fraction of aligned carbon nanotubes.