Northwestern University Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Advanced Manufacturing Processes Laboratory

Current Members

Faculty

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Jian Cao

Cardiss Collins Professor

Director, Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing 
Science and Innovation (NIMSI)

Email: jcao@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-1032

Jian Cao Faculty Page

Kornel Ehmann

Professor

Email:k-ehmann@northwestern.edu               
Phone: 847-491-3263

Kornel Ehmann Faculty Page

Kuniaki Dohda

Kuniaki Dohda

Research Professor

Email: dohda.kuni@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-7470

Kuniaki Dohda Faculty Page

 

 


Staff

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Dominik Kozjek

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: dominik.kozjek@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Applications of artificial intelligence
in mechanical engineering

2. Data analytics
3. Additive manufacturing


Fan Chen

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: fanchen@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. FEM, solid mechanics problems
2. Heat transfer, residual stress
3. Additive manufacturing, LPBF, DED

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Jihoon Jeong

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: jihoonjeong@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
- Additive Manufacturing: Direct Energy
  Deposit (DED) / Selective Laser
  Sintering (SLS)
- Nano-and Micro-scale Thermal
  Characterization

Tianju Xue

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: tianju.xue@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
- Machine Learning
- Computational Mechanics
- Additive Manufacturing


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Maegen Gregory

AMPL Coordinator
NIMSI Program Coordinator

Email: maegen.gregory@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-3048
Fax: 847-491-3915

PhD Student Members

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Conor Porter

PhD Student

Email: 
conorporter2024@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Laser Powder Bed Fusion
2. Directed Energy Deposition

Daniel Quispe

PhD Student

Email: 
daniel.quispe@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:mechanical
behavior of hybrid fiber composites

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Derick Suarez

PhD Student

Email: 
dericksuarez2024@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Computational mechanics –
manufacturing and composites
2. Data-driven methodss

Fred Carter

PhD Student

Email:
Fredcarter2024@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Additive Manufacturing
    (a) Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)
    (b) Laser Directed Energy
         Deposition (DED) 
2. CFD simulation for Additive
    Manufacturing Processes
3. Machine Learning for Additive
    Manufacturing 

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Faith Rolark

PhD Student

Email:
rolark@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Development of and design for
additive manufacturing

2. Functional materials
3. Applications in biomedical devices

 

Itzel Salgado

PhD Student

Email:
itzelsalgado2026@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Composites

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Jin Choi

PhD Student

Email:
jinchoi2024@u.northwestern.edu

Project:
1. Additive manufacturing

 

Marisa Bisram

PhD Student

Email:  
mbisram@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
Composites- modeling and
manufacturing

 

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Nhung Nguyen

PhD Student

Email: 
nhungnguyen2022 @u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Additive Manufacturing
Microstructure Evolution

Putong Kang

PhD Student

Email: 
putongkang@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Laser-Induced Plasma Micromachining
2. Additive manufacturing

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Rujing Zha

PhD Student

Email: 
rujingzha2026@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Metal Additive Manufacturing

Sanjana Subramaniam

PhD Student

Email: 
sanjanasubramaniam2024
@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. DSIF
2. Electrospinning

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Shuheng Liao

PhD Student

Email: 
ShuhengLiao2023@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Thermomechanical FEM simulation
of Directed Energy Deposition Process
2. Application of Artificial Intelligence
in Additive Manufacturing

 

Suman Bhandari

PhD Student

Email: 
SumanBhandari2022
@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Laser-Induced Plasma Micromachining
2. Directed Energy Deposition Additive
Manufacturing

 

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Vasudev Aravind

PhD Student

Email: 
vasudevaravind2022@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Directed Energy Deposition -
Additive Manufacturing
2. Functionally Graded Materials

 

 

 

M.S. Students

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Prathamesh R. Korgaonkar

Master's Student

Email: 
prathameshkorgaonkar2024@u.northwestern.edu

 

Shengke Huang

Master's Student

Email: 
f6j6a8@u.northwestern.edu

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Aniket Sharma

Master's Student

Email: 
aniketsharma2022@u.northwestern.edu

 

 

Undergraduate Students

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Brandon Beckle

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
brandonbeckle2023@u.northwestern.edu

 

Raymonde Council

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
raymondecouncil2023@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Directed Energy Deposition -
Additive Manufacturing

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Gracia Cosenza

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
GraciaCosenza2023@u.northwestern.edu

 

Penelope De La Torre

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
penelope@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Modeling and manufacturing of composites

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Dean Huang

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
deanhuang2023@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests: 
1. Automation of manufacturing
processes
2. UR5 robotic arm feedback control
system design
3. Thermal control in directed energy
deposition (DED)

Julian Rocher

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
julianrocher2024@u.northwestern.edu

 

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Anchen Tong

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
anchentong2023@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Directed Energy Deposition -
Additive Manufacturing

Henry Victor-Halliday

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
HenryVictor-Halliday202 @u.northwestern.edu