Meet The Lab
Previous DAPS Lab Members
PhD Students
Dr. Daniel Braconnier, “Understanding the Role of Interfaces & Microstructure Within Fused Filament Fabricated Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites”, 2023, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Dr. Jason Hoffman-Bice, “Advanced Manufacturing of Boron Nitride Ceramic Matrix Composites: The Discovery of Thermoforming CMCs and a Link between the Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationship for Thermal Management Solutions”, 2022, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Dr. Robert Zando, “The Role of Local Orientation and Spatial Positioning on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Ceramic Reinforced Polymer Composites”, 2021, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Dr. Jessica Faust, “The Role of the Interface in Toughening Polymer/Ceramic Composites”, 2020, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Dr. Chunzhou Pan, “Understanding the UHMR Effect Used to Generate Tough Ceramic-Reinforced Polymers”, 2020, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Dr. Rasam Soheilian, “Utilizing Advanced Field Functions to Drive the Assembly and Disassembly of Magnetic Particles”, 2017, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Dr. Joshua Martin, “Additive Manufacturing of Bioinspired Composite Architectures”, 2018, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Master's Students
Adam Hametz-Berner, “Enhancing the thermal buffering performance of paraffin wax via through plane aligned carbon fiber”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2024.
Clara Stewart, “The roles of composition and architecture on the neutron adsorption within boron nitride based composite materials”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2023.
Sprika Gaur, MS Research Project, “Numerical modeling of thermal barrier materials to prevent thermal runaway in battery packs”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2023.
Anvesh Gurijala, “Microstructural enhancement of thermal composites”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2020.
Stephanie Coppola, “Structure-property relations in freeze-casting of carbon electrodes” , Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2019.
Janine Fatal, “Evaluation of Mechanical Phlebitis in the Development of PIVCs”, Gordon Program, Northeastern University, 2019.
Thomas Hayes, “Standardization of ADMET’s Custom Engineered Systems Product Line”, Gordon Program, Northeastern University, 2019.
Amanda Cheung, MS Research Project, “Shear induced alignment of boron nitride during SLA printing”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2018.
Peter Christensen, “Engineering a Synthetic Dentin-Enamel Junction”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2018.
Sarah Batchelor, “Advancing the Mechanical Performance and Clinical Understanding of Spinal Deformity Rods”, Gordon Program, Northeastern University, 2018.
Francisco Ramos, “Thermomechanical analysis of 3D printed phase-array antenna”, Gordon Program, Northeastern University, 2017.
Casey Schwichtenberg, “Processing, Structure, and Property Relationships in Impellor Designs for a Micro-Centrifugal Pump”, Gordon Program, Northeastern University, 2017.
Jonathan Oster, “Analysis of Manufacturing Design Surrounding a Mounting Fixture”, Gordon Program, Northeastern University, 2016.
Daniel Shores, “Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Modeled as a Material for the Production of Improved Neonatal Catheters”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2016.
Scott Goodrich, “Manufacturing, Processing and Testing of Composite Catheters for Neonatal Patients”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, (2016).
Chunzhou Pan, “Characterizing the actuation energy in magnetically textured composites”, Northeastern University, 2015.
Qian Gan, MS Research Project, “Colloidal Magnetic Assembly in 3D Advanced Field Functions”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2016.
Keyur Doshi, MS Research Project, “Simulation and Experiment of Micrograded Reinforcement Architectures in Discontinuous Fiber Composites”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2016.
Deron Dixon, MS Research Project, “Creating Anisotropic Fiber Architectures in Biopolymer Hydrogels for Grafting Applications”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2016.
John Wilson, MS Research Project, “Hierarchical Topography for Programmable Wettability”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2016.
Adithya Mohankrishnaswamy, MS Research Project, “Graded Electromagnetic Substrates for Flexible Antenna”, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 2016.
Undergraduate Students
Veronica Wu, “Asymmetrical Carbon-Cellulose Zinc-Copper Electrodes”, 2023.
Benji Zhang, “Design and Build of a Vibration-assisted DLP platform”, 2023.
Nolan Donohue, “Qualification of the Effects of Process Variables on the Effectiveness of Marangoni Densification Towards the Generation of Monolayers”, 2023.
Sandra Chai, “Effects of Annealing on Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity in Shear Aligned Composites Created via FFF”, 2022. Won Spring 2022 PEAK Experience Ascent Award for $1k.
Isabella Stepanek, “FFF Processable Thermally Conductive Dielectric Composite Design and Creation”, 2023.
Riya Sen, “"THICC Cells" - Sustainable Carbon-Cellulose Electrodes”, 2022.
Vishakh Talanki, “Honeycomb thermal barrier manufacturing and unit cell thermal modeling”, 2022.
Smeet Patel, “Honeycombed thermal barrier materials for thermal runaway mitigation in lithium-ion battery packs”, 2022.
Ezra Frank, “Standardization of benchtop hBN Monolayer production”, 2022.
Ana Olmos Vico, “Fabrication of boron-based composites for neutron adsorption studies”, 2022.
Samuel Wohlever, “Understanding the role of angular resolution in the optimization of 3d magnetic printed composites”, Honors Project, 2021.
Michael Gapud Remijan, “Investigation of Thermally Conductive Polymer Ceramic Composites”, 2021.
Adri Lanza, “Freeze-casting dynamics in 2D structures”, co-advised with Ulrike Wegst – Physics, 2021.
Clara Stewart, “Mold design for thermoforming hBN ceramics”, 2021.
Echo St. Germain, “Fixture to apply controlled 3-axis vibration to a ceramic slurry.”, 2021.
Sandra Chai, “Processing / Structure relationships with thermally conductive FFF filaments”, 2021.
Evan Toth, “Achieving excellent thermal conductivity in boron nitride-fiberglass-epoxy composites”, 2021.
Morgan Pfaff, “Hydroxyapatite reinforced dual network hydrogel for high strength bone graft applications”, 2021.
Grace Goddard, “Mold dependencies in the thermoforming of all-ceramics”, 2020.
Owen Hughes, “Additive manufacturing of thermally conductive material”, 2020.
Ezekiel Kaplan, “Percolation modeling in particle filled thermal composites”, 2020.
Maeve Enright, “3D printing dentin-enamel junctions with layer-by-layer mineralization”, 2019.
James Nguyen, “Numerical simulations of thermal percolation networks”, 2019.
Thomas Stanczyk, “Low Tortuous Capacitive Deionization Electrodes with Magnetic Texturing”, 2019.
Clara Stewart, “Additive Manufacturing of Boron Nitride with SLA”, 2019.
Stephanie Coppola, “Additive Manufacturing of Boron Carbide with SLA”, 2019.
Morgan Pfaff, “Hydroxyapatite reinforced dual network hydrogel for high strength bone graft applications”, 2019.
Evan Toth, “Achieving excellent thermal conductivity in boron nitride-fiberglass-epoxy composites”, 2019.
Stephanie Coppola, “Additive Manufacturing of Boron Nitride with SLA”, 2018.
Andrew Pollis, “Additive Manufacturing of Boron Carbide with SLA”, 2018.
Thomas Stanczyk, “Low Tortuous Capacitive Deionization Electrodes with Magnetic Texturing”, 2018.
Sean Ng Pack, “Fracture toughness of composites with porous structures”, 2017.
Hannah Siemens, “Carbon Fiber, Kevlar Composites”, 2017.
Prathik Ravel, “Fabricating dual network biocompatible hydrogels for tissue engineering”, 2017.
Peter Christensen, “3D printing dentine and enamel constructs”, 2017.
Joseph Gabay, “Investigating the Effects of Nozzle Diameter and Layer Height on the Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Parts”, Early Research and Creative Endeavor Award, 2016-2018.
Kelli Lynch, “Pain Away with RA”, Scholars Independent Research Fellowship, 2016.
Timothy Brewer, “Understanding the Isotropic to Nematic Transition in Packings of Rice Grains”, 2016.
Tim Saco, “Manufacturing Processes for Boron Nitride Thermal Composites”, 2016.
Hanqui Li, “Construction of a Thermal Processing Device for Controlled Polymer Melts”, 2016-2017.
Winston Ge, “Characterization of Shape Change in Microstructured Composites”, 2016.
Morgan Pfaff, “Calcium Phosphate Reinforced Hydrogels for Bone Graft Applications”, 2016-2018.
Evan Toth, “Hierarchical Assemblies of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Alumina Microplatelets”, 2016-2018.
Robert Mone, “Magnetic Alignment of Cellulose Nanocrystals”, 2016.
Anvesh Gurijala, “Magnetically Textured Desalination Electrodes”, 2015-2016.
Cosden Leahey, “Construction of a Thermal Processing Device for Controlled Polymer Melts”, 2015.
Daniel Ewald, “Construction of a Thermal Processing Device for Controlled Polymer Melts”, 2015.
Lachlan Tobiason, “Characterization of a PLA/Calcium Phosphate Composite Precursor”, 2015.
Paul Arcoleo, “Development of an Integrated 3D Printer”, 2015.
Hanqui Li, “Fabrication Routes for Graded Electromagnetic Substrates”, 2015.
Tyler Mangini, “3D Magnetic Printing of Composites with Osteon-like Architectures”, 2015.
Winston Ge, “Characterization of Shape Change in Microstructured Composites”, 2015.
Martin Bujwid, “Dual Inject Fused Deposition Printer”, Honors Project, 2014.
Paul Arcoleo, “Integrated 3D Printing Devices”, 2014.
Patrick Stock, “3D Magnetic Printing of Composites with Programmed Toughness”, 2014-2015.
Hanqui Li, “Flexible Electronics for Cell Phones”, 2014.
Jessica Faust, “Hierarchical Reinforcement in Composites”, 2014.
Martin Bujwid, “Integrated 3D Printing Devices”, 2014.
Miles Malone, “Adding Graded Architectures to Discontinuous Fiber Composites”, 2013-2014.
Brad Fiore, “Hardness Mapping of 3D Printed Composite”, 2013-2015.
Samuel Green, “Fabrication and Self-Assembly of Ellipsoidal Microparticles”, 2013.
Amila Cooray, “Fabrication of Polymer-Ceramic Composites”, 2013.
Brian Hunt, “Osmotic Effects in Shape Changing Materials”, 2013.
Logan Boyd, “Directed Assembly of Polymer Rods of High Anisotropy”, 2013.
Samuel Warner, “Assembly of Sacrificial Templates for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, 2013.