Principal Investigator
Lucas R. Meza
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email: lmeza(at)uw(dot)edu
Phone: (206) 543-5288
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (2016)
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (2013)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles (2011)
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PhD Students
Andrea Exil
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: aexil(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: Engineering the Deformability and Recoverability
of Lightweight Nanoarchitectures
Abdulaziz Alrashed
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: abal6078(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: Understanding the effect of structural nano-heterogeneity and hierarchical architectures on material fracture
Amitha R Mulastham
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: amitha19(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: Nanoscale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials
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Kush Dwivedi
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: Dwivedik(at)uw(dot)edu
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Keith Neale
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: kneale(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: ISoFoAM
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Bassam Khan
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: bkhan(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:
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Masters Students
Shaunak Deshpande
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2025
Email: shaunvd(at)uw(dot)edu
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Nathan DeRuyter
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: nated57(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: ISoFoAM
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Samarth Patil
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2025
Email: samarthp(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: Mechanical testing of thin film thermoplastics
Undergraduate Students
Shannon Kwong
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: skwong15(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: Nano Scale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials
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Andrew Gladnick
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: aglad(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:
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Carter Eldridge
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: celdri(at)uw(dot)edu
Project: Nanoscale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials
Michael Richeson
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: mrich03(at)uw(dot)edu
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Past Students and Researchers
Past Postdoctoral Researchers
Nishita Anandan
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanical Engineering
Project: Nano-architectured thermal barrier coating
Past PhD Students
Dr. Zainab Patel
PhD in Materials Science & Engineering
Project: Investigating Toughening Mechanisms in
Dense Nanoarchitected Materials
Dr. Santhosh Sridhar
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Email: santh18(at)uw(dot)edu
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Past Masters Students
René Arvizu
MSME (2024)
Onest Rexhepit
MSME (2025)
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Alison Clark
MSME (2023)
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Chester Wong
MSME (2023)
Malay Patel
MSME (2020)
Project: Modeling of Biopsy Device for In-Situ Endoscopic Tissue Sampling
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Eb Isaacs
MSME (2021)
Project: Mitigating Hydrogen Embrittlement via Spacially Controlled Introduction of Micro and Nanovoids
Sumedh Shahane
MSME (2021)
Project: Modeling of a CFRP Support Tube to house the ATLAS Inner Detector
Kevin Nguyen
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Project: Investigating Toughening Mechanisms in
Dense Nanoarchitected Materials
Colin Wilson
MSME (2023)
Project: Modeling and Analysis of Spinodal materials
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Harsh Raje
MSME (2024)
Nathan Shah
MSME (2023)
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Luke Haunreiter
MSME (2025)
Project: ISoFoAM
Past Undergraduate Students
Caelan Wisont
BSME (2020)
Project: Design and Fabrication of a Nanoscale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials
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Robert Verdoes (Left)
BSME
Project: Perfecting the Process Parameters for the Partial Pyrolysis of Photopolymers
Tom Mikolyuk
BSME (2023)
Project: Compliant pre-stressed carbon fiber structures
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Kevin Nakahara
BSME (2020)
Project: Creating Nano-Interfaces to Promote Adhesion between Dissimilar Materials
Matt Leahy
BSME (2023)
Blaze White
BSME (2023)
Madeline Waite
BSME (2024)
Project: Preparation of Nanocellular Foams for In-Situ Nanomechanical Testing
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Kellan Yoshikawa
BSME (2024)
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Paul Fallon
BSME (2024)
Alex Cong
BSME (2025)
Project: Size-affected Shrinkage in 3D-Printed Polymers for Tensegrity Structures