A-Z Index

Materials Science and Engineering

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MS Students

Current Students

Name	Research Group(s)
Daniela Amalfi Ojeda	Warusawithana
Richard Badu	Warusawithana
Abby Bowden	Bevill
Zane Cable	Kelso & Wurtz
Carleigh Eagle	Habegger
Reed Harper	Wingender
Hudson Horne	Santavicca
Samuel Lopez	Simsiriwong
Luis Olmedo	Warusawithana
Ronald Putnam	Haraldsen
Rabeya Rabu	Kelso & Wurtz
Carson Rogers	Simsiriwong
Lara Salgado	Campos
Michael Shearer	Tahimic
Noah Smith	Williams
Zach Williams	Simsiriwong

Graduates

2025 Graduates

Name	Thesis
Patrick Keeney	Investigating the roles of intrinsic point defects and transition metal doping in monolayer and bulk TiS₂
Evan Wilson	Frustrated quantum magnetism: The interplay of isotropic and anisotropic interactions with application to α-RuCl₃

2024 Graduates

Name	Thesis
Molly Dobrow	Investigating the role of tesserae in energy absorption in shark cartilage
Lucas Mougeot	Development and characterization of ceramic devices for capillary action in microgravity for the purpose of growing vegetables in space
Jennifer Ruliffson	Process, structure, & property investigation of gallium-based metallic alloys processed at room temperature
Jade Welsh	Influence of heat treatment and shielding gas environment on the very high cycle fatigue behavior of 17-4 precipitation hardened stainless steel

2023 Graduates

Name	Thesis
Alexandria Alcantara	Investigations into the electronic and magnetic properties of (CrPS₄)_n layers
Nathan Bairen	Exploring Mottness and electronic order in strongly correlated vanadate thin films
Emilie LaVoie-Ingram	Towards a prototype paleo-detector for supernova neutrino and dark matter detection
Andrew Miceli	Modified reactive sputter deposition of titanium nitride thin films via HIPIMS with kick-pulse and improvement of the structure-zone model
Jamie Timmons	Development of high kinetic inductance superconducting nanowire devices on high permittivity strontium titanate substrates