NMML group picture (March 2023).
Principal Investigator
Tim Rupert
Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Joint Appointment
Director
Materials Discovery and Synthesis Center (MDSC)
Office: 5076 Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB)
Phone: 949-824-4937
Email: trupert@uci.edu
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011)
M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University (2007)
B.S., Johns Hopkins University (2007)
[Curriculum Vitae]
Postdoctoral Scholars
Doruk Aksoy
Postdoctoral Scholar
Project: Interfacial science of complex concentrated materials
Office: 536 Engineering Tower
Phone: 949-824-4430
Email: daksoy@uci.edu
Ph.D., University of Florida (2020)
M.S., University of Florida (2016)
B.S., Middle East Technical University (2012)
Graduate Researchers
Ian Geiger
Ph.D. Student (Materials and Manufacturing Technology)
Project: High-throughput analysis of grain boundary transitions
Office: 536 Engineering Tower
Phone: 949-824-4430
Email: igeiger@uci.edu
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara (2012)
Esther Hessong
Ph.D. Student (Materials Science and Engineering)
Project: Tailoring the internal structure of amorphous complexions
Office: 536 Engineering Tower
Phone: 949-824-4430
Email: ehessong@uci.edu
M.S., University of California, Irvine (2020)
B.S., University of California, Berkeley (2017)
Edward Li
Ph.D. Student (Materials Science and Engineering)
Project: Structure and mechanics of linear complexions
Office: 536 Engineering Tower
Phone: 949-824-4430
Email: edwarwl1@uci.edu
M.S., Pennsylvania State University (2021)
B.S., Pennsylvania State University (2020)
Yi Liu
Ph.D. Student (Materials Science and Engineering)
Project: Structure and mechanics of linear complexions
Office: 536 Engineering Tower
Phone: 949-824-4430
Email: yil58@uci.edu
M.S., University of California, San Diego (2021)
B.S., University of Jinan (2020)
Undergraduate Researchers
Research Interns
Alumni
Pulkit Garg
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2020-2023
Currently at University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthew Lindwall
REU Program, 2023 (
California State University, Fullerton)
Dominique Sun
High School Researcher, 2022 (Arnold O. Beckman High School)
Tianjiao Lei
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2020-2022
Currently at University of Alabama
Divya Singh
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2021-2022
Currently at Utah Tech University
Matt Foong
B.S., 2022
Charles Drew
REU Program, 2022 (Syracuse University)
Gill Tubay
REU Program, 2021 (University of Michigan)
Jingting Chen
B.S., 2021
Megan McCarthy
Ph.D., 2021
"Faceted Ʃ11 Grain Boundaries: Unique Migration Mechanisms and the Effects of Alloying"
Currently at Sandia National Laboratories
Yang Hu
Ph.D., 2020
"Probing solute-grain boundary interactions in alloys"
Currently at ETH Zürich
Charlette (Grigorian) McDevitt
Ph.D., 2020
"Enhanced Stability of Nanocrystalline Metals with Amorphous Grain Boundary Complexions via Compositional Manipulation"
Currently at Edwards Lifesciences
Ian Geiger
Undergraduate Researcher, 2020
Olivia Donaldson
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2017-2020
Currently at Pratt & Whitney
Vladyslav Turlo
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-2019
Currently at Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Jenna Wardini
M.S., 2019
Jennifer Schuler
Ph.D., 2019
"Amorphous Intergranular Film Design Criteria and Application as Damage Tolerant Features"
Currently at GlobalFoundries
Zhifeng Huang
Visiting Ph.D. Student, 2019 (Wuhan University of Technology)
Currently at Monash University
Kirthin Rajkumar
High School Researcher, 2018 (Northwood High School)
Snehin Rajkumar
High School Researcher, 2018 (Northwood High School)
Kelsey Safar
B.S., 2017
David Bober
Ph.D., 2017
"Local Crystallographic Orientation Correlation Measurements Connecting the Processing and Properties of Face-Centered Cubic Metals"
Currently at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Zhiliang Pan
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2013-2016
Currently at Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Jason Panzarino
Ph.D., 2016
"Quantification of Grain Boundary Mediated Plasticity Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Metals"
Currently at SpaceX
Joseph Ludy
M.S., 2016
"Radiation Tolerant Interface Design and Complexion Dynamics via Atomistic Modeling"
Currently at ClearlyRated
Jim Mendez-Lopez
B.S., 2016 (UC Merced)
Simon Pun
M.S., 2016
"Nanocrystalline Al-Mg with extreme strength due to grain boundary doping"
Currently at Divergent3D
Amirhossein Khalajhedayati
Ph.D., 2015
"Grain boundary structure and interfacial complexions for the creation of tough, stable nanostructured metals"
Currently at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jesus Ramos
B.S., 2015
Rocky Mandayam
High School Researcher, 2015 (Irvine High School)
Maria Zepeda
High School Researcher, 2014 (Century High School)
Jesus Garcia
High School Researcher, 2014 (Saddleback High School)
Abdullaah Tarif
B.S., 2015
Manash Sharma
B.S., 2014
Daniel Grant
B.S., 2014
Trent Nash (UC LEADS Scholar)
B.S., 2014 (UC Riverside)
Meril Tomy
High School Researcher, 2013 (University High School)
Andrew Moodie
B.S., 2013
Clarita Vargas
B.S., 2013
Danny Rodriguez (CAMP Summer Scholar)
B.S., 2013