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
Research Interests:
1. Multiscale Mechanics
2. Mechanical Metamaterials
3. Integrated Design and Manufacturing
KenHee Ryou
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
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
Jin Choi
jinchoi2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests:
1. Additive manufacturing
Fanglei Hu
Putong Kang
Research Interests:
1. Laser-Induced Plasma Micromachining
2. Additive Manufacturing
Garrett Mathesen
Nhung Nguyen
nhungnguyen2022
@u.northwestern.edu
Interests:
1. Additive Manufacturing, Microstructure Evolution
Conor Porter
conorporter2024
@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests:
1. Laser Powder Bed Fusion
2. Directed Energy Deposition
Daniel Quispe
daniel.quispe@northwestern.edu
Research Interests:
Mechanical behavior of
hybrid fiber composites
Rowan Rolark
Research interests:
1. Development of and design for additive manufacturing
2. Functional materials
3. Applications in biomedical devices
Itzel Salgado
itzelsalgado2026
@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests:
1. Composites
2. DSIF
Derick Suarez
dericksuarez2024
@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests:
1. Computational mechanics – manufacturing and composites
2. Data-driven methods
Sanjana Subramaniam
sanjanasubramaniam2024
@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests:
1. DSIF
2. Electrospinning
Carter Taylor
CarterTaylor2029
@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests:
1. Additive Manufacturing
2. DSIF
Brett Baxter Wadman
Rujing Zha
rujingzha2026
@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests:
1. Metal Additive Manufacturing
MS Students
Prathamesh R. Korgaonkar
Winston Zhao
Brahmansh Kaushik
Undergraduates
Yiran Huang
