Current Group Members

• Dr. Matthew Hamilton, Postdoctoral Associate (U. Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), 2007-present.
• Dr. Papot Jaroenapibal (papot_at_seas.upenn.edu), Postdoctoral Associate (U. Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering), beginning Oct. 2007.
• Mr. David S. Grierson (dsgrierson_at_students.wisc.edu), Ph.D. dissertator (U. Wisconsin, Engineering Mechanics), 2002-present. Co-advised with Prof. P.U.P.A. Gilbert.
• Mr. Can K. Bora (bora_at_cae.wisc.edu), Ph.D. dissertator (U. Wisconsin, Engineering Mechanics), 2003-present. Co-advised with Prof. M. Plesha.
• Mr. Andrew R. Konicek (konicek_at_wisc.edu), Ph.D. dissertator (U. Pennsylvania, Physics), 2005-present. Co-advised with Prof. P.U.P.A. Gilbert.
• Mr. Patrick Heaney (heaney_at_wisc.edu), Ph.D. dissertator (U. Wisconsin, Materials Science), 2005-present. Co-advised with Prof. F. Pfefferkorn.
• Mr. Sean D. O’Connor (sdoconnor_at_wisc.edu), Ph.D. dissertator (U. Wisconsin, Physics), 2005-present. Co-advised with Research Prof. K. Sridharan.
• Mr. Vivek Adiga (adiga_at_wisc.edu), Ph.D. dissertator (U. Wisconsin, Materials Science), 2006-present.
• Ms. Jingjing Liu (jliu27_at_wisc.edu), Ph.D. candidate (U. Wisconsin, Materials Science), 2006-present. Co-advised with Prof. K. Turner.
• Mr. Christopher Torres (cdtorres_at_wisc.edu), M.Sc. candidate (U. Wisconsin, Mechanical Engineering), 2006-present. Co-advised with Prof. F. Pfefferkorn.
• Mr. Graham Wabiszewski (grahamw_at_seas.upenn.edu), Ph.D. candidate, (U. Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), 2007-present.
• Ms. Wen Kui, Ph.D. candidate, (U. Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), 2007-present.
• Ms. Samantha Lee (leesm_at_seas.upenn.edu), B.Sc. candidate (U. Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering), 2007-present. Co-advised with Prof. K. Winey.
• Mr. Sammy Saber (sabers_at_sas.upenn.edu), B.Sc. candidate (U. Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Engineering), 2007-present.
• Mr. Jacob Notbohm (jknotbohm_at_wisc.edu), B.Sc. candidate (U. Wisconsin, Engineering Mechanics), 2007-present.

Group Alumni

• Dr. Hsao Wei Yap (hsao_at_sas.upenn.edu), Ph.D., Physics, 2004-2007. (presently at the University of California Berkeley). Thesis: Mechanical Instabilities of Carbon Nanotubes
• Dr. Matthew J. Brukman, Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 2000-2005. (now a Postdoctoral Appointee, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Prof. D. Bonnell, advisor). Thesis: Atomic Force Microscopy and the Investigation of Atomic Scale Friction
• Dr. Erin E. Flater, Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 2001-2006. (now an Assistant Professor, Physics Dept., Luther College, Iowa). Thesis: Toward Prediction of MEMS Performance: A Multiscale Approach to Understanding Friction
• Dr. Rachel J. Cannara, Ph.D., Physics, 2001-2006 (now a Postdoctoral Appointee, IBM Zürich). Thesis: The Atomic-Scale Origins of Friction: A Nanotribological Study of Diamond Surfaces
• Mr. Ryan R. O’Keefe, M.Sc., Materials Science, 2000-2002 (now a Manufacture and Design Engineer at Ace Precision, Oconomowoc, WI). Thesis: The Synthesis and Design of Al2O3-ZnAl2O4 Nanocomposites
• Mr. Patrick Griffin, M.Sc., Materials Science, 2002-2004 (now a Process Engineer, Heraeus Inc., Chandler, AZ). Thesis: Confinement Effects in Pore Growth for Nanoscale Anodized Alumina on Silicon
  
• Ms. Shuang Zhao, M.Sc., Materials Science, 2000-2002 (now a Researcher at Gentel BioSurfaces, Madison, WI). Thesis: Nano- to Micro-Scale Topographic Control of Polymer Surfaces via Wrinkling
  
• Mr. Guoqing Ning, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 2004-2006 (now a Process Engineer at Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA).
  
• Dr. In-Ha Sung, Postdoctoral Appointee, 2004-2006 (now an Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Hannam University, Korea)
  
• Dr. Michael Eglin, Postdoctoral Appointee, 2003-2005 (now a Research Scientist at Blaser Swisslube, Hasle-Rüegsau, Switzerland).
  
• Dr. Nicklaus A. Smith, Postdoctoral Appointee, 2005-2006 (now a Postdoctoral Appointee, Los Alamos National Laboratory).
  
• Dr. Hongquan Jiang, Project Assistant, Jan.-Dec. 2005 (now a Postdoctoral Appointee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering, Prof. F. Denes, advisor).
  
• Dr. Shuang Li, Project Assistant, Engineering Physics, 2006 (now a Process Development Engineer, nLight, Vancouver, WA).
  
• Dr. Anirudha V. Sumant, Assistant Scientist, 2003-2006; Postdoctoral Appointee, 2002-2003 (now an Assistant Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory).

31 undergraduate research students previously advised.