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zhengyu zhang

Zhengyu Zhang, graduate research assistant

Education

  • MS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2019)
  • BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2017)
raja

Raja Shekar Bhupal Dandu, graduate research assistant

Education

  • MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India (2018)
  • BS, Metallurgical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India (2016)
kaiwenwang

Jun Yeop Lee, graduate research assistant

Education

  • MS, Materials Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University (2023)
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University (2021)
wenbowang

Edwin Eyram Klu, graduate research assistant

Education

  • MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Hohai University (2019)
  • BS, Materials Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2015)

Stephen Levine, Undergraduate research assistant

Education: 

  • BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech (in progress)

Austin Cantrell, Undergraduate research assistant

Education: 

  • BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech (in progress)

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Past Members

Graduate students

  • Kaiwen Wang, PhD, 2022, Multiphysics Modelling on the Effects of Composition and Microstructure during Tribocorrosion of Aluminum-based Metals and Structures
  • Wenbo Wang, PhD, 2022, Effects of Chemical and Structural Heterogeneity on the Tribocorrosion Resistance of Metals in Aqueous Solutions
  • Jia Chen, PhD, 2021, Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Kinetics of Al-based Concentrated Alloys in Aqueous Sodium Chloride Solution
  • Mohsen Roghanizad,      VT, MSE, M.S. student              2019 – 2020
  • James Mangahas,     VT, MSE, M.S. student              2018 – 2019
  • Hesham Mraied, PhD, 2017, Effects of Microstructure and Alloy Concentration on the Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Resistance of Al-Mn and WE43 Mg Alloys
  • Thanh Hai Tran, PhD, 2016, Experimental and Computational Study on Fracture Mechanics of Multilayered Structures
  • Sina Izadi, PhD, 2016, Al/Ti Nanostructured Multilayers: from Mechanical, Tribological, to Corrosion Properties
  • Ammar Bin Waqar, MS, 2014, Exploration of Electrodeposition of Aluminum-Nickel Alloys and Multilayers in Organic Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids
  • Md.Rubayat Tanjil      USF, ME, Ph.D. student              Aug 2017 – Aug 2018
  • Chengliang Huang      USF, ME, M.S. student                Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
  • Faisal Albahairi          USF, ME, M.S. student                Aug 2014 – Aug 2015   
  • Peng Teng                   USF, ME, M.S. student                Aug 2012 – May 2014

 

Undergraduate students

  • Alex deJong                VT, MSE                                            Aug 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Brandon Young          VT, MSE                                            Aug 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Elizabeth Altieri         VT, MSE                                            Aug 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Ziming Xin                 VT, MSE                                            Aug 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Darian Goodrich         VT, MSE                                            Aug 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Josh Arnold                 VT, MSE                                            Aug 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Michael Whalen          VT, MSE                                            Aug 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Brysson Torfin            VT, MSE                                            May 2019 – Jan 2020
  • Thomas Evans            VT, GE                                               Jan 2019 – May 2019
  • Raphael Yeretzian       VT, MSE                                            Aug 2018 – Apr 2019
  • Paul Smith                  VT, MSE                                            Aug 2018 – Apr 2019
  • Mohsen Roghanizad   VT, MSE                                            Aug 2018 – Aug 2019
  • Dominic Carolla         VT, MSE                                            Aug 2018 – Apr 2019
  • Devarshi Shah             USF, ME                                             Dec 2014 – Jan 2016
  • Kourtney Millen         USF, CHE                                           Summer 2015
  • Hanlong Chen             USF, CHE                                           Summer 2015
  • Scott Fergusson          USF, ME                                             Aug 2014 – Aug 2015
  • Stephanie Selby          USF, ME                                             Jan 2014 – Aug 2014
  • Alexa Cabrera             USF, IMSE                                         Nov 2012 – Jan 2013
  • Benjamin R Potash     MIT, ME                                             Summer 2011 
  • Clare Mahoney           UIUC, MSE                                        2009 – 2010
  • Courtney Skinner        UIUC, MSE                                        2007 – 2008
  • Viralyne Ven              UIUC, MSE                                        2006 – 2007

Wenjun (Rebecca) Cai

Associate professor, MSE, Virginia Tech

  • B.S. Materials Science, Fudan University, 2005
  • Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC, 2010
  • Postdoc, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2010-2012