Alumni
Abdul Al-Aql
Visiting Scholar, 1997-1998
King Saud University
Rob Albers
M.S. 1994
The Boeing Company
Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T)
Lead materials and processes engineer for 777x wing spars and skins
Everitt, WA
Magnus Andersson, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2004-2007
Vice-President Business Development
Autonomic Materials Inc.
Champaign, IL
Onur Armagan
M.S. 2006Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems
Materials & Process Engineer
F-35 Composites
Justin Berman
M.S. 1993, Ph.D. 2001
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab
Branch Chief, Biogeochemical Sciences
Ben Blaiszik
Ph.D. 2009, Postdoc 2009-2011
Materials Data Facility Project Lead
Research Scientist
Computation Institute
University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
Laura Bogusch
M.S. 1997
The Boeing Company
Director, Manufacturing and Safety, Architecture, Capabilities, and Systems
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Everitt, WA
Frits Brouwers
M.S. 1998
The Boeing Company
Senior Lead Stress Engineer
777 Wing and Empennage Structures
Everett, WA
Mary Caruso Dailey
Ph.D. 2010
3M
Product Development Specialist
3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division
St. Paul, MN
Asha-Dee Celestine
Ph.D. 2014
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Auburn University
Soo Hyoun Cho
Ph.D. 2007
POSCO
Senior Principal Researcher
Pohang Research Lab
Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Tony Coppola
Ph.D. 2017
General Motors Research and Development
Senior Researcher
Polymer Composite Systems
David Delafuente
Postdoc 2005-2007
Marta Elleby (Baginska)
Ph.D. 2014
The Boeing Company
Materials, Process, and Physics Engineer
Charleston, SC
Aaron Esser-Kahn
Postdoc, 2009-2011
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Ladan Farsi
Visiting Scholar, 2015
Derek Ford
M.S., 1995
Ryan Gergely
Ph.D., 2016
General Motors Research and Development
Senior Researcher
Composites Processing and Joining Group
Manufacturing Systems Research Laboratory
Kevin Hart
Ph.D., 2016
Army Research Laboratory
Postdoctoral Researcher
Composite and Hybrid Materials Branch
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Derek Hebda
M.S. 1995
The Boeing Company
Boeing Phantom Works
St. Louis, MO
Nadya Heinrich (Khan)
M.S. 1993
The Boeing Company
Lead Process Engineer for Production Programs / Product Lifecycle Management COE (Center of Excellence)
Arjan Hegeman
M.S. 1997
GE
Jennifer Hommema
M.S. 1999
Wellwork Innovations Manager
Exxon Mobile Corporation <
Taylor Irwin (Simpson)
M.S. 2006
Lockheed Martin
Staff Quality Engineer
Affiliate Faculty, Mechanical Engineering, Grand Valley State University
Henghua Jin
Ph.D. 2012
Schlumberger
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Element Excellence in Engineering
Alan Jones
Postdoc 2003-2005
IUPUI
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering and Technology
Jason Kamphaus
M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2007
Schlumberger
Project Manager
BDTC – Bits and Drilling Tools Center
Houston, TX
Mike Kessler
Ph.D. 2002
Berry Family Dir. and Prof. of Mech. and Mater. Eng.
Co-Director, Ctr. for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2)
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Cheol Kim
Ph.D. 1995, Postdoc 1996-1997
Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Kyungpook National University
Daegu, South Korea
Yeong Kim
Ph.D. 1996, Postdoc 1996
Assistant Professor
Convergence Engineering and Management
Inha University
Seoul, South Korea
Sridhar Krishnan
M.S. 2001
Qingzhong Li
Ph.D. 2004
Caterpillar Corp.,
Eng. Specialist
Engine Mechanical Analysis / Virtual Prod. Develop.
Innovat. & Tech. Develop. Division
Peoria, IL
Ryan Merriman
M.S.
The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO
Gina Miller
M.S. 2007
The Boeing Company
Technical Lead Engineer
BR&T Vertical Lift Composites Lab
Philadelphia, PA
Daniel O'Brien
Ph.D. 2003
Army Research Lab
Mechanical Engineer
Composites & Hybrid Materials Branch
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Solar Olugbefola
Postdoc 2007-2010
Anthony Paris
Postdoc 2005-2006
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Alaska
Anchorage, AK
Amit Patel
Ph.D. 2010
3M
Senior Materials Scientist
Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
St Paul, MN
Jason Patrick
Ph.D. 2014, Beckman Fellow 2014-2017
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
North Carolina State University
Joe Rule
Postdoc, 2005-2006
3M Corporation
Minneapolis, MN
Lyle Shipton
M.S. 2007Mathworks
Senior Application Engineer
MathWorks' Application Engineering Group
Dallas, TX
Irvin Smith
M.S. 1995Mark Smith
M.S. 1996TRW Corp.
Kim Stenholm
Visiting Scholar, 2014Daniel Therriault
Postdoc 2003
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal
Montreal, Canada
Katie Toohey
Ph.D. 2007
Jinglei Wang
Postdoc, 2006-2008
National University of Singapore
Haim Weissman
Postdoc, 2003-2006
The Weizmann Institute of Science