Principal Investigator:
Dr. Youxing Chen
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Graduate students:
Ms. Liuqing Yang
PhD student
Research focus: Nanomechanics, Microstructure Analysis
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Mr. Chunan Zhang
PhD student
Research focus: Nanomechanics and Materials
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Ms. Maedeh Taghipour
PhD student
Research focus: Microstructure Analysis, Manufacturing, Nanomechanics
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Undergraduate students:
Mr. Trevor Williams
Undergraduate student (Senior, Early-Entry Master Program)
Research focus: Ceramics Additive Manufacturing
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Mr. Devin McKillop
Undergraduate student (Senior, Early-Entry Master Program)
Research focus: Nanomechanics and Materials
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Ms. Raffael Ziemski
(exchange undergraduate student from KIT, 2024/04/01-2024/10/01)
Research focus: Small-scale mechanical testing, Nanomechanics
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Alumni:
Mr. Oliver Burgi (exchange master student from KIT, 2023/04/01-2023/10/01)
Advisor: Dr. Y. Chen @ UNC Charlotte; co-advisor: Dr. J. Shingledecker @ EPRI
Master Thesis Topic: nanoindentation of additively manufactured ABD900 superalloys
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Mr. Tom Shanley (undergraduate student)
Topic: surface analysis of diamond-turned surface
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Ms. Michelle Amoah (high-school student)
Topic: Microstructural design inspired by nature