Ryan B. Sills (biography)

Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2016

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2010

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2009

Manish Vasoya

Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Science and Engineering

Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Universite Paris VI, 2014

M.S., Solid Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2010

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Nirma University of Science and Technology, 2007

Research emphasis: Finite-element-based physics-informed neural networks for nonlinear problems

Inam Lalani

Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Science and Engineering

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, 2024

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, 2021

Research emphasis: Interfacial line defects and their roles in interface migration

Qian Qian Zhao

Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Science and Engineering

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, 2024

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2017

Research Emphasis: Data-driven methods for atomic structure classification  (collaboration with Prof. Aziz Ezzat of ISE)

Yang Li

PhD Student, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Applied Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2020

Research Emphasis: Dislocation network theory for solid solution strengthened alloys

Trevor Murray

PhD Student, Materials Science and Engineering

M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Villanova University

Research Emphasis: HCP-BCC interface structure in Fe-based alloys

Nathaniel Paddock

PhD Student, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Chemistry, SUNY Brockport, 2023

Research Emphasis: Packing of micro-scale particulates

Pranav Sunil

PhD Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering (Bangalore, India), 2018

Research Emphasis: Physics-informed neural networks for surrogate modeling

Yiqun Xu

PhD Student, Materials Science and Engineering

B.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University (Nanjing, China), 2018

Research Emphasis: Mechanisms of microporous thermoset emulsion formation (collaboration with Prof. Jon Singer of MAE)

Josh Gonjon

Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Emphasis: Hydrogen embrittlement of grain boundaries

Sarah Zunaed

Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Emphasis: Mechanisms of grain boundary fracture

Alumni

Shane Cooley, MSE Undergradaute Student, 2024-2025

Yurui Zhang, MSE Ph.D. Student, 2020-2024

David Gordon, MSE Undergraduate and Master’s Student, 2021-2024

Mithil Misra, Summer High School Intern, 2024

Elise Shan, Summer Undergraduate Intern from Carnegie Mellon University, 2024

Jonathan Van, Computer Science/Applied Sciences, Summer Undergraduate Intern, 2024

Nikhil Palakurthi, MAE Master’s Student, 2024

Lokkit Narayanan, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, 2024

Areeni Sharma, Physics Undergraduate Student, 2024

Keith Horne, MSE Undergradaute Student, 2022-2023

George Wenson, MSE Master’s Student, graduated 2023

Heather Schein, MSE Undergraduate Student, 2023

Rachel Hluchy, MSE Undergraduate Student, 2022 (currently a Systems Engineer at Lockeed Martin)

Nipal Deka, Postdoctoral Associate, 2020-2022 (currently an Assistant Professor at IIT-Jodhpur)

Matthew Chase, MSE Undergraduate Student, 2021-2022 (currently an Associate Engineer at Northrup Grumman)

Isaac Duan, MSE Undergraduate Student, 2021-2022 (currently a PhD student in MSE at UC Santa Barbara)

Yuchen Li, MSE Master’s Student, graduated 2022 (currently a PhD student at Beihang University in China)

Caleb Frey, MSE Undergraduate and Master’s Student, 2020-2022 (currently an engineer at Evonik)

Tanvir Aman, MSE Master’s Student, 2019-2022 (currently a Process Engineer at Nucor Corporation)

Hiba Khan, MSE Undergraduate Student, 2021

Landon Cordova, MAE Undergraduate and MSE Master’s Student, 2019-2021 (currently an engineer at Plug Power)

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