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Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lucas R. Meza<\/strong>
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)
UW ME Faculty Page<\/a> | Google Scholar Profile<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
PhD Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Andrea Exil<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: aexil(at)uw(dot)edu
Project<\/strong>: Engineering the Deformability and Recoverability
of Lightweight Nanoarchitectures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Abdulaziz Alrashed<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: abal6078(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> Understanding the effect of structural nano-heterogeneity and hierarchical architectures on material fracture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Amitha R Mulastham<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: amitha19(at)uw(dot)edu
Project<\/strong>: Nanoscale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials<\/a>
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kush Dwivedi<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: Dwivedik(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Keith Neale<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: kneale(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> ISoFoAM
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bassam Khan<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: bkhan(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong>
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Santhosh Sridhar<\/strong>
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: santh18(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Masters Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Luke Haunreiter<\/strong>
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2025
Email: lsh6(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> ISoFoAM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shaunak<\/strong> Deshpande<\/strong>
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2025
Email: shaunvd(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nathan DeRuyter<\/strong>
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: nated57(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> ISoFoAM
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Samarth Patil<\/strong>
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2025
Email: samarthp(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> Mechanical testing of thin film thermoplastics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alex Cong<\/strong>
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2025
Email: acong(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> Size-affected Shrinkage in 3D-Printed Polymers for Tensegrity Structures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Andrew Gladnick<\/strong>
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: aglad(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong>
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carter Eldridge<\/strong>
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: celdri(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> Nanoscale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Richeson<\/strong>
Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
Expected 2026
Email: mrich03(at)uw(dot)edu
Project:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Past Students and Researchers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Past Postdoctoral Researchers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Nishita Anandan<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanical Engineering
Project<\/strong>: Nano-architectured thermal barrier coating<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Past PhD Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Zainab Patel<\/strong>
PhD in Materials Science & Engineering
Project<\/strong>: Investigating Toughening Mechanisms in
Dense Nanoarchitected Materials<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Past Masters Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Ren\u00e9 Arvizu
<\/strong>MSME (2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Onest Rexhepit<\/strong>
MSME (2025)
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alison Clark
<\/strong>MSME (2023)
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chester Wong<\/strong>
MSME (2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Malay Patel<\/strong>
MSME (2020)
Project<\/strong>: Modeling of Biopsy Device for In-Situ Endoscopic Tissue Sampling
LinkedIn<\/a>
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Eb Isaacs<\/strong>
MSME (2021)
Project<\/strong>: Mitigating Hydrogen Embrittlement via Spacially Controlled Introduction of Micro and Nanovoids <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sumedh Shahane<\/strong>
MSME (2021)
Project<\/strong>: Modeling of a CFRP Support Tube to house the ATLAS Inner Detector<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kevin Nguyen<\/strong>
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
Project<\/strong>: Investigating Toughening Mechanisms in
Dense Nanoarchitected Materials <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Colin Wilson<\/strong>
MSME (2023)
Project:<\/strong> Modeling and Analysis of Spinodal materials
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Harsh Raje
<\/strong>MSME (2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nathan Shah<\/strong>
MSME (2023)
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Past Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Caelan Wisont<\/strong>
BSME (2020)
Project<\/strong>: Design and Fabrication of a Nanoscale Tensegrity-Based Metamaterials
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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$\"Robeart$ <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
Robert Verdoes<\/strong> (Left)
BSME
Project<\/strong>: Perfecting the Process Parameters for the Partial Pyrolysis of Photopolymers <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tom Mikolyuk<\/strong>
BSME (2023)
Project:<\/strong> Compliant pre-stressed carbon fiber structures
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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$\"Kevin$ <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
Kevin Nakahara<\/strong>
BSME (2020)
Project<\/strong>: Creating Nano-Interfaces to Promote Adhesion between Dissimilar Materials <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Matt Leahy<\/strong>
BSME (2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blaze White<\/strong>
BSME (2023)
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Madeline Waite<\/strong>
BSME (2024)
Project:<\/strong> Preparation of Nanocellular Foams for In-Situ Nanomechanical Testing
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kellan Yoshikawa<\/strong>
BSME (2024)
LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paul Fallon<\/strong>
BSME (2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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