Advanced Manufacturing Processes Laboratory

Faculty

Jian Cao

Associate Vice President for Research

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

Research Professor

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

Kuniaki Dohda Faculty Page

Staff

Xiaoxiao (Catherine) Ding

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: xding@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Multiscale Mechanics
2. Mechanical Metamaterials
3. Integrated Design and Manufacturing

Deepak Sharma

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: deepak.sharma@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Computational Mechanics
2. Damage Mechanics
3. Fatigue Life Modeling
4. Machine Learning

Maegen Gregory

AMPL Coordinator
NIMSI Program Coordinator

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

PhD Student Members

Brett Wadman

PhD Student

Email: 
brettwadman2027@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. DSIF
2. AI Assisted Machining

Conor Porter

PhD Student

Email: 
conorporter2024@u.northwestern.edu

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

Carter Taylor

PhD Student

Email: 
CarterTaylor2029@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Additive Manufacturing
2. DSIF

Dani Quispe

PhD Student

Email: 
daniel.quispe@northwestern.edu

Research Interests:mechanical
behavior of hybrid fiber composites

Derick Suarez

PhD Student

Email: 
dericksuarez2024@u.northwestern.edu

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

Rowan 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

Fanglei Hu

PhD Student

Email:
fangleihu2021@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Computational Mechanics
2. Computational Materials Science
3. Additive Manufacturing

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 

Garrett Mathesen

PhD Student

Email:
garrettmathesen2023@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Additive manufacturing
2. Process control

Itzel Salgado

PhD Student

Email:
itzelsalgado2026@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests:
1. Composites

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

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

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

Vasudev Aravind

PhD Student

Email: 
vasudevaravind2022@u.northwestern.edu

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

M.S. Students

Weiran Zhao

Master's Student

Email: 
weiranzhao2024
@u.northwestern.edu

Undergraduate Students

Yiran Huang

Undergraduate Student

Email: 
yiranhuang2026 @u.northwestern.edu

Orlyse Ineza 

Undergraduate Student

Email: orlyseineza2026
@u.northwestern.edu