FACULTY
GRADUATE STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
ALUMNI
Tanzilur Rahman, Ph.D. 2024, working at Arcelormittal Steel, Alabama
Sujoy Saha, M.Sc. 2024, working at Regenx Tech Corporation, Greeneville, TN
Geeta Kumari, Ph.D. 2023, Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Lab, Tennessee
JoAnn Ballor, Ph.D. 2022, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at IMDEA Materials, Madrid, Spain
Uchechi Okeke, Ph.D. 2021, working at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD), Bethesda, Maryland
David Hernández-Escobar, Ph.D. 2021, Postdoctoral Researcher at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Aida Amroussia, Ph.D. 2020, working at Saint-Gobain Research, France
Harish Chakravarty, M.Sc. 2019, working at Sun Hydraulics, Florida
Vahid Khademi, Ph.D. 2018, working at Aperia Technologies, California
Xialou Yin, M.Sc. 2018, working at tutor in Lansing, Michigan
Ajith Chakkedath, Ph.D. 2016, working at Intel Corporation, Oregon
David Smiadak, M.Sc. 2015, working at Intel Corporation, Oregon
Indraroop Dastidar, M.Sc. 2014, working at General Electric Transportation, Florida
Hongmei Li, Ph.D. 2013, working at Facebook, California
Zhe Chen, Ph.D. 2012, Research Fellow at University of Michigan
Sara Longanbach, M.Sc. 2012, working at Chevron, California
Wei Chen, Ph.D. 2010, working at Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute, China
Jeffrey P. Quast, Ph.D. 2008, working at Dow Corning, Michigan
Christopher Cowen, M.Sc. 2004, Ph.D. 2006, working at US Treasury West Point Mint, New York
VISITING SCHOLARS
Oktay Yigit, Lecturer at Firat University Technology Faculty Metallurgy and Material Engineering, worked as a Post Doc in 2023-2024
Daniel Gualoto Condor, Ph.D student, Department of Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Europea of Madrid University, Spain, visited in 2023
Lingbao Ren, Ph.D. Candidate from Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), China; visited from November 6-26, 2016. “Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships of Magnesium Alloy AZ80”. He then visited from September 29, 2017-October 28, 2018 performing his Ph.D. research studies at MSU in Boehlert’s lab.
Dr. Jian Yin, Visiting Scholar from Nanchang Hangkong University, School of Aeronautical Manufacturing Engineering, Nanchang, China; visited on July 2, 2016-July 2, 2017, “Understanding Twinning in Mg Alloys”.
Huan Wang, Ph.D. Candidate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; visited from December 15, 2013 – December 15, 2015. “Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships of Magnesium Alloys for Automotive Applications”.
Dr. Minjie Liang, Visiting Scholar (Associate Professor) from the North University of China, visited from September 7, 2013 – March 31, 2015. “Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium Alloys for Automotive Applications”.
Dr. Vincente Herrera Solaz, Visiting Scholar from IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid, Spain; visited from August 7, 2013-October 30, 2013, “Simulating the Deformation Behavior of Nd-Containing Mg Alloys”.
Dr. Ismail Ozdemir, Visiting Scholar (Associate Professor) from Izmir Katip Celebi University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Turkey; visited from June 15, 2013 – September 7, 2013. “Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships of Friction Stir Welded Al 2139 Alloy”
Dr. Rocio Munoz Moreno, Visiting Scholar from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; visited from October 2, 2012-February 6, 2013, “Development of Advanced Gamma TiAl Alloys for Components with High Reliability: Microstructure Design and Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior”, now working at 3M in Barcelona, Spain
Dongdi Yin, Ph.D. Candidate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; visited from September 25, 2010 – May 25, 2012. “Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships of Magnesium Alloys for Automotive Applications”. After joining as an Assistant Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, China, visited again as a visiting scholar at MSU during the entire month of December 2015.
