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Abdelshafy, Mohammad (Yasser)

PhD Student I Advisor: Douglas H. Kelley

Office Location
112 Hopeman
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Abdolrahim, Niaz

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Office Location
215 Hopeman
Web Address
Website

Interests: Multiscale Modeling of Materials; Nanoporous Materials; Nanowires; Thin Films; Atomistic Simulations

Acharya, Nitish

PhD Student I Advisors: Hussein Aluie and Jessica Shang

Office Location
410 Hopeman
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Aluie, Hussein

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Mathematics

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Office Location
406 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 276-7170
Web Address
Website

Interests: Turbulence; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Compressible Flows; Magnetohydrodynamics; Hydrodynamic Instabilities

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Askari, Hesam

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
223 Hopeman
Web Address
Website

Interests: Mechanics of Solids and soft matter; Granular systems; Stocahstic response ; Manufacturing techniques

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Betti, Riccardo

Robert L. McCrory Professor

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Chief Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Director, Fusion Science Center of Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition

Office Location
212 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 274-1198

Interests: Thermonuclear plasmas; Controlled thermonuclear fusion; Magnetic and inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics

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Boster, Kimberly

Assistant Professor (Research) Department of Mechanical Engineering

Web Address
Website

Interests: glymphatic transport; cerebral fluid mechanics; phase change heat transfer; image processing and computer vision

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Burns, Stephen J.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Emeritus, Materials Science

Office Location
212 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-4082
Web Address
Website

Interests: Fracture Mechanics Applied to Grinding; Polishing, Adhesion and Slitting; Deformation Kinetics; Thermodynamic Energy Balances in Linear Systems

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Chang, Chris

PhD Student | Advisor: Varchas Gopalaswamy

Office Location
LLE

Interests: Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)

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Clark, Robert

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
214 Hopeman

Interests: Dynamic systems; Measurement and control; Single-molecule mechanics; Bio-nano-manufacturing; Scaffolds for tissue engineering

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Clark, Alfred, Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-4078

Interests: Astrophysical fluid dynamics; Oxygen transport; Disease transmission and epidemics

Gilbert 'Rip' Collins

Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'

Tracy Hyde Harris Professor

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Physics

Associate Director of Science, Technology and Academics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Director, Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP)

NSF Physics Frontier Center

Office Location
307 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-0255

Interests: Laboratory Astrophysics; High Pressure/High Energy Density Physics; Condensed Matter; Planetary Science; Plasma Physics ; Thermonuclear Fusion

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Damm, Eric

PhD Candidate I Advisor: Thomas Howard

Office Location
Gavett
Web Address
Website

Interests: Motion planning and control for high-speed, off-road, autonomous ground robots

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Davies, Jonathan

Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Interests: Laser-produced plasmas; Magnetic fields; Fusion; Plasma diagnostics

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Ellis, Jonathan D.

Associate Professor (Visiting Research) Department of Mechanical Engineering

Interests: Instrumentation; Metrology; Optical Interferometry; Precision Engineering; Machine Design

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Farmakis, Pericles

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PhD Candidate I Advisors: Riccardo Betti & Petros Tzeferacos

Office Location
LLE

Interests: ICF target design and optimization; Integrated implosion modeling; Laboratory astrophysics

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Funkenbusch, Paul D.

Associate Dean, Education and New Initiatives

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Materials Science

Office Location
222 Hopeman Hall

Interests: Microstructure, properties, and processing of materials; Variability in materials and processing especially as related to biomaterials and mechanics; Experimental design/robust design

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Gan, Yiming

Postdoctoral Associate I Advisor: Douglas H. Kelley

Office Location
112 Hopeman
Victor L. Genberg

Genberg, Victor L.

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
309 Hopeman Hall
Telephone
(585) 235-7460

Interests: Finite element analysis; Optimum structural design using nonlinear programming; Structural analysis of precision optical structures; Integrated opto-mechanical analysis and design

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Glade, Rachel

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
206A Hutchison
Telephone
Office: (585) 273-4059
Web Address
Website

Interests: Geomorphology; landscape evolution; sediment transport; fluids mechanics; granular physics; pattern formation

Valeri Goncharov

Goncharov, Valeri

Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Telephone
(585) 275-5877

Interests: Computational physics; Fluid mechanics; Partial differential equations with applications in fluid mechanics; Hydrodynamic instabilities; Plasma physics

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Gopalaswamy, Varchas

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
1609 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Interests: Thermonuclear plasmas; Controlled thermonuclear fusion; Inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics; Machine Learning

Sheryl M. Gracewski

Gracewski, Sheryl M.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
344 Hopeman Hall

Interests: Solid mechanics, more specifically in wave propagation and vibrations in elastic media; Bubble dynamics; Optics manufacturing and metrology

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Hadi Sichani, Pejman, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher | Turbulence and Complex Flow Group (Hussein Aluie)

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Harmatz-Kean, Kiera

Postdoctoral Associate | Jessica Shang

Office Location
330 Hopeman
Email
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Hu, Suxing

Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Group Leader, HEDP-Theory Group, LLE

Office Location
210 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Telephone
(585) 273-3794
Web Address
Website

Interests: Theoretical/Computational High-Energy-Density Physics; Inertial Confinement Fusion; Warm-/Hot-Dense Matter; Intense Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Dynamics; Attosecond Physics; Computational Atomic; Molecular; Optical Physics

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Douglas H. Kelley

Kelley, Douglas H.

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Office Location
218 Hopeman
Web Address
Website

Interests: Fluid dynamics of the brain’s waste removal system; Mixing in the inner ear; Liquid metal batteries and grid-scale energy storage; Mixing in metals casting; Coherent structures in reactive mixing

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John Lambropoulos

Lambropoulos, John

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Materials Science

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee

Office Location
216 Hopeman

Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth

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Lavell, Michael

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PhD Candidate I Advisor: Adam Sefkow

Office Location
322 Hopeman

Interests: Computational plasma physics; fusion modeling; high-performance computing

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Lee, Choongheon

Assistant Professor of Research

Office Location
404 Hopeman

Interests: Peripheral vestibular function assessment; Inner ear drug delivery and pharmacokinetics; Pharmacological targets for hearing and balance disorders

Amy L. Lerner

Lerner, Amy L.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics

Office Location
307 Goergen
Telephone
(585) 275-7847
Web Address
Website

Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics; Biomechanics of bone growth and development; Medical image based modeling of knee mechanics

James C. M. Li

Li, James C. M.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Emeritus, Materials Science

Office Location
221 Hopeman Hall

Interests: Materials science and micromechanics; Platinum nanowires and networks as fuel cell electrodes; Whisker growth from tin coatings; Nanocrystalline materials

Lin, Wei-Ching.

Lin, Wei-Ching

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PhD Candidate I Advisor: Jong-Hoon Nam

Office Location
110 Hopeman

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Martinez, Jordan

PhD Student | Advisor: Sean Regan

Office Location
Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Robert L. McCrory

McCrory, Robert L.

University Professor Emeritus

Office Location
343 Hopeman

Interests: Theoretical Plasma and Laser Physics; Hydrodynamic stability; Thermal transport in laser-driven plasmas; Inertial confinement fusion

Morris, Jill

Academics Operations Manager (Administrator)

Office Location
234 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-4048
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Mostafa, Afnan

he/him/his

PhD Student | Advisor: Niaz Abdolrahim

Office Location
125 Hopeman

Interests: Atomistic Simulations of Mo-based Nanocomposites and Graphene Derivatives

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Jong Hoon Nam

Nam, Jong Hoon

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
203 Hopeman Building
Telephone
(585) 273-4555
Web Address
Website

Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell and tissue mechanics

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John Palastro

Palastro, John

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor, Institute of Optics

Plasma Theory Group Leader and Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Interests: Laser matter interactions; nonlinear optics; plasma-based accelerators and radiation sources

Renato Perucchio

Perucchio, Renato

Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures

Office Location
236 and 415 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-4071

Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity

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Pickel, Andrea

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor, Materials Science

Assistant Professor, Institute of Optics

Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Office Location
219 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-9142
Web Address
Website

Interests: Nanoscale heat transfer; Luminescence nanothermometry; Single-nanoparticle and super-resolution imaging and spectroscopy; High-temperature thermal metrology; Electrothermal measurements

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Polsin, Danae

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
200A LLE

Interests: x-ray diffraction and crystallography; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion; high-energy-density physics

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Regan, Sean

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Director, Experimental Division, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Office Location
LLE

Interests: Inertial Confinement Fusion; High Energy Density Physics; Novel Diagnostic Development; X-ray spectroscopy and imaging; Neutron and Charged Particle Spectroscopy and Imaging; 3-D Diagnostics

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Remus, Anna

she/her/hers

PhD Student I Advisor: Renato Perucchio

Office Location
409 Hopeman

Interests: nonlinear finite element analysis; structural assessment of heritage monuments; quasi-brittle material investigation; present case studies: Huaca de la Luna (Perú), Bonampak Temple (México)

Chuang Ren

Ren, Chuang

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Physics

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Office Location
203A Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 978-9673

Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; Plasma astrophysics; High performance computing including AI/ML

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Rygg, J. Ryan

Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Physics

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Office Location
307 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 475-1549

Interests: Experimental high-energy-density physics; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion

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Sefkow, Adam

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Office Location
205 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 276-4130
Web Address
Website

Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; magneto-inertial fusion; high energy density physics; laser-plasma interaction; computational physics; magnetohydrodynamics; particle-in-cell simulations

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Sexton, Andrew

PhD Student I Advisor: Adam Sefkow

Interests: High Performance Computing, heterogeneous hardware programming, and GPGPU Acceleration

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Shang, Jessica

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Office Location
206 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-2730
Web Address
Website

Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics; biological fluid systems; fluid-structure interactions; vortex dynamics; HED hydrodynamics and transport

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Singh, Sobhit

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Web Address
Website

Interests: Novel quantum materials (bulk and 2D); Theoretical condensed matter physics; Density-functional theory; Polar metals; Ferroelectrics; Magnetism; Superconductivity; Topological phases of quantum matter

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Slane, Laura

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
217 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 276-6872

Interests: Soft tissue mechanics; Quantitative ultrasound; Orthopaedic biomechanics; Injury and rehabilitation; Scholarship of teaching and learning

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Storer, Benjamin, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher | Turbulence and Complex Flow Group (Hussein Aluie)

Office Location
410 Hopeman
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Summers, Athena

she/her/hers

PhD Student I Advisor: Professor Douglas H. Kelley

Office Location
112 Hopeman

Syeda, Afreen

PhD Student I Advisors: Hussein Aluie and Jessica Shang

Office Location
403 Hopeman

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Wolfgang Theobald

Theobald, Wolfgang

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
LLE

Interests: Inertial Confinement Fusion; Diagnostic Development for High Energy Density Physics; High-Intensity Short-Pulse Laser-Matter Interaction

John H. Thomas

Thomas, John H.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences

Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Office Location
344 Hopeman

Interests: Astrophysical fluid dynamics; Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun and other stars; Fluid dynamics of the brain's waste-removal system

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Vaidyanathan, Sandhya

PhD Student | Jessica Shang

Office Location
335 Hopeman

Interests: Bio-inspired hydrodynamic sensing; experimental fluid dynamics; fluid-structure interaction

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Yeo, Seungju (Jamie)

she/her/hers

PhD Student I Advisor: Hesam Askari

Interests: Dynamic Resistive Force Theory; Resistive Force Theory; Cohesive Granular Material Physics

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Zang, Wenjie

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
305 Hopeman
Web Address
Website

Interests: Nano-scale heterogeneous catalysts; Advanced electron microscopy and spectroscopy; Clean energy and sustainability; Energy storage devices; Machine learning for materials science

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Zhang, Yu (Victor)

PhD Candidate I Advisor: Jonathan Davies

Office Location
LLE
Web Address
Website

Interests: Laboratory astrophysics; Collisionless shocks; Numerical simulations