People

Amrita Basak

Director, AMD Graduate Program
Associate Professor

aub1526@psu.edu
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Research Interests: process-structure-property relationships in additive manufacturing

Mariah Germello

Academic Program Specialist

amdprogram@psu.edu 

Emilie Enders 

Academic Program Coordinator

amdprogram@psu.edu

Andrea Argüelles

Associate Professor

arguelles@psu.edu
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Research Interests: materials characterization, ultrasonic wave propagation, nondestructive testing

Allison Beese

Professor

amb961@psu.edu 
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Research Interests: experimental and computational micromechanics of materials, deformation and fracture, microstructural characterization, functionally graded materials

Mary Frecker

Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
Professor

mxf36@psu.edu 
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Research Interests: design for additive manufacturing, topology optimization, adaptive structures, medical devices

Sanjay Joshi

Professor

sbj4@psu.edu
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Research Interests: computational geometry for design and process planning in additive manufacturing, AM process development, manufacturing systems

Jon-Paul Maria  

Interim Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor

jpm113@psu.edu
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Research Interests: glass science and engineering, materials modeling, design of industrial materials

Nicholas Meisel

Associate Professor

nam20@psu.edu
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Research Interests: (re)design for additive manufacturing, voxel-based design, polymer additive manufacturing, virtual reality, design education

Vincent Meunier

Department Head and P.B. Breneman Chair, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Professor

vfm5153@psu.edu
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Research Interests: computational materials science, quantum materials, first-principle modeling

Ling Rothrock

Interim Department Head, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Professor

lxr28@psu.edu
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Research Interests: human-machine systems, human factors

Joseph Bartolai

Assistant Research Professor

jib5181@arl.psu.edu
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Research Interests: thermoplastic polymers, lattice structures, build optimization, in-situ temperature measurement, and mechanical testing

Saurabh Basu

Associate Professor

sxb514@psu.edu
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Research Interests: advanced manufacturing, mechanics, behavior of materials, additive manufacturing

Catherine Berdanier

Professor

cgb9@psu.edu
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Research Interests: engineering education, engineering design, DfAM

Reid Berdanier

Associate Professor

rberdanier@psu.edu
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Research Interests: instrumentation development for turbomachinery, experimental turbine and compressor aerodynamics, turbine heat transfer, compressor aeromechanics

Sven Bilén

Professor

sbilen@psu.edu
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Research Interests: concrete printing, electrical characterization, printed microwave circuits, 3D printing for space applications

Jared Butler

Associate Professor

butler@psu.edu
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Research Interests: compliant mechanisms, origami-based mechanisms, medical devices, space mechanisms

Daniel Cahoy

Professor

drc13@psu.edu
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Research Interests: patents, intellectual property, sustainability, entrepreneurship

Long-Qing Chen

Professor

lqc3@psu.edu
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Research Interests: computational materials science, phase-field method, phase transformations, microstructure evolution

Larry Cheng

Professor

huanyu.cheng@psu.edu
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Research Interests: deformable multimodality sensors; stretchable electronics; transient sensors; advanced manufacturing

David Corbin

Associate Research Professor

drc5094@arl.psu.edu
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Research Interests: prediction and control of part deformation, sensor/data analytics for determining the quality of AM components, process control and machine learning

Tarasankar DebRoy

Professor

rtd1@psu.edu
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Research Interests: mechanistic modeling; machine learning; 3d printing, welding

Edward De Meter

Professor

ecd3@psu.edu
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Research Interests: manufacturing processes and machines

José Pinto Duarte

Professor

jxp400@psu.edu
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Research Interests: concrete printing, functionally graded materials, design for AM, AM at Construction scale

Timothy Eden

Research Professor

tje1@arl.psu.edu
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Research Interests: material science, cold spray

Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares

Assistant Professor

izg5139@psu.edu
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Research Interests: bioinformatics, bioengineering, biomarkers, cancer, genomics

John Gershenson

Director, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship Program

jzg322@psu.edu
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Research Interests: global development, appropriate design, social entrepreneurship, humanitarian engineering

Reginald Hamilton

Associate Professor

rfhamilton@psu.edu
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Research Interests: shape memory materials, constitutive behavior, experimental mechanics

Gregory Huff

Professor

ghuff@psu.edu
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Research Interests: antennas, applied electromagnetics, additive manufacturing

Jay Keist

Associate Research Professor

jsk25@arl.psu.edu
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Research Interests: characterization, functionally graded materials, additive manufacturing

Christopher Kube

Associate Professor

kube@psu.edu
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Research Interests: nondestructive characterization, nondestructive evaluation, ultrasonics, structure-property relationships, elastodynamics

Robert Kunz

Professor

rfk102@psu.edu
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Research Interests: CFD, turbulence, multi-phase flow, rough wall boundary layers

Benjamin Lear

Professor

bul14@psu.edu
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Research Interests: polymers; nanoparticles; light-to-heat conversion

Jingjing Li

Professor

jul572@psu.edu
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Research Interests: materials processing and characterization, mechanical behavior and failure analysis, effect of microstructure on macroscopic properties

Clifford Lissenden

Professor

lissenden@psu.edu
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Research Interests: laser ultrasonics, nondestructive evaluation, ultrasonic guided waves, process monitoring

Zi-Kui Liu

Professor

zxl15@psu.edu
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Research Interests: computational materials design; thermodynamics, additive manufacturing

Stephen Lynch

Professor

spl11@psu.edu
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Research Interests: heat exchangers, metal additive manufacturing, gas turbine cooling

Guha Manogharan

Professor

gum53@psu.edu
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Research Interests: AM metamaterials, binder-jetting, hybrid AM, biomedical applications and metal AM

Jessica Menold

Associate Professor

jdm5407@psu.edu
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Research Interests: design theory, prototyping, manufacturing

Hee Jeung Oh

Assistant Professor

hjoh@psu.edu
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Research Interests: polymers, membrane science, separations, bioseparations

Zoubeida Ounaies

Professor

zxo100@psu.edu
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Research Interests: responsive polymers; polymer composites; energy harvesting and conversion

Ibrahim Ozbolat

Professor

ito1@psu.edu
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Research Interests: bioprinting, tissue engineering, biofabrication, additive manufacturing

Darren Pagan

Assistant Professor

dcp5303@psu.edu
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Research Interests: engineering alloys, x-ray characterization, mechanical testing, machine learning

Todd Palmer

Professor

tap103@psu.edu

Research Interests: characterization of metallic powder feedstocks for additive manufacturing; role of interstitial gas additions; nucleation and growth of austenite; effects of post-process heat treatments on the precipitation of complex phase

Vittal Prabhu

Professor

vittal.prabhu@psu.edu
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Research Interests: modeling, control, and sensing

Hunter Rauch

Assistant Research Professor

hor5062@psu.edu
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Research Interests: shape memory materials, ceramic processing, 3D printing, and metal-matrix composites

Wesley Reinhart

Assistant Professor

reinhart@psu.edu
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Research Interests: machine learning, simulation, data-driven design

Edward (Ted) Reutzel

Research Professor

ewr101@arl.psu.edu
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Research Interests: metal additive manufacturing

Albert Segall

Professor 

aesegall@psu.edu
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Research Interests: thermal shock, inverse methods, tribology

Mala Sharma

Associate Research Professor 

mxs232@arl.psu.edu 
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Research Interests: additive manufacturing, cold spray, materials processing and characterization, corrosion

Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor

sheikhi@psu.edu
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Research Interests: biotechnology and synthetic biology; energy and environment; interfaces and surfaces; materials and nanotechnology; separations and transport

Parisa Shokouhi

Professor

pxs990@psu.edu
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Research Interests: ultrasonics, nondestructive evaluation, monitoring, machine learning

Judith Todd Copley

Professor

jtodd@psu.edu

Research Interests: laser-materials interactions

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Associate Professor

bug61@psu.edu
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Research Interests: digital fabrication, computational making, material computation, biofabrication, mycelium-based materials

Adri van Duin

Professor

acv13@psu.edu
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Research Interests: ReaxFF, molecular dynamics, interface chemistry

Bryan Vogt

Professor

bdv5051@psu.edu
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Research Interests: plastics, sustainable processing, metrology

Robert Voigt

Professor 

rcv2@psu.edu
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Research Interests: metal casting; physical metallurgy; 3d sand printing

Qian Wang

Professor

quw6@psu.edu
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Research Interests: modeling and control, LPBF, DED, large format DED

Douglas Wolfe

Professor

dew125@arl.psu.edu
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Research Interests: ceramic, coating, additive manufacturing, refractory metal alloys

Namiko Yamamoto

Associate Professor

nuy12@psu.edu
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Research Interests: multi-functional materials, hierarchical structuring, manufacturing process design

Hui Yang

Professor

huiyang@psu.edu
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Research Interests: sensing systems, data analytics, and artificial intelligence; network science, nonlinear dynamics, and chaos; computer simulation, system dynamics, and optimization; quality engineering and applied statistics; smart manufacturing and industry 4.0

Richard Yetter

Professor

ray8@psu.edu
Research Interests: combustion, energetic materials, propulsion, nanotechnology

Michael Yukish

Research Professor

may106@psu.edu
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Research Interests: design for manufacturing, design optimization

Lauren Zarzar

Professor

ldz@psu.edu
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Research Interests: laser writing, emulsions, active matter

Yue Zhang

Assistant Professor

yue.zhang@psu.edu
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Research Interests: global inventory planning and sourcing strategies, additive manufacturing and spare parts logistics, digital supply chain