TEAM

Associate Vice President for Research

Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (by courtesy)
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy)

Director, Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation (NIMSI)

Research Interests: Innovative manufacturing processes and systems, particularly in the areas of deformation-based processes and laser processes

Postdoctoral Scholars

Xiaoxiao (Catherine) Ding

xding@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Multiscale Mechanics
2. Mechanical Metamaterials
3. Integrated Design and Manufacturing

Sina Malakpour

sina.malakpour@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Deep/Machine Learning Models for Additive Manufacturing
2. Probabilistic Generative Models
3. Bayesian Optimization for Additive Manufacturing and Material Processes
4. Geometric Deep Learning
5. Physics Informed and Data Driven Neural Networks for Additive Manufacturing

KenHee Ryou

kenhee.ryou@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Material characterizations
2. Metallurgy
3. Additive manufacturing

Deepak Sharma

deepak.sharma@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Computational Mechanics
2. Damage Mechanics
3. Fatigue Life Modeling
4. Machine Learning

PhD Students

Vasudev Aravind

vasudevaravind2022
@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Directed Energy Deposition – Additive Manufacturing
2. Functionally Graded Materials

Marisa Bisram

mbisram
@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Composites- modeling and manufacturing

Fred Carter

Fredcarter2024
@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Additive Manufacturing
(a) Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)
(b) Laser Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
2. CFD simulation for Additive Manufacturing Processes
3. Machine Learning for Additive Manufacturing