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Principal Investigators


Jason

Jason Trelewicz

Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Institute for Advanced Computational Science
Stony Brook Universitylink

Education: 2008 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
                          2004 BE, Engineering Science, Stony Brook University

Office: Engineering 209
Phone: (631) 632-1940
Email:  jason.trelewicz@stonybrook.edu
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Lance Snead

Lance L. Snead

Research Professor
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University link

Education: 1992 PhD, Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                           1988 MS, Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                           1986 BS, Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                           1986 BS, Physics, State University of New York

Office: Engineering 206
Email: lance.snead@stonybrook.edu
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David Sprouster

David Sprouster

Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2010 PhD, Physics, Australian National University, Australia
                           2005 B Med Phys (Hons I), University of Wollongong, Australia

Research Interests: X-ray Characterization; Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids;
                                               Fission and Fusion Energy Materials

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email:  david.sprouster@stonybrook.edu
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Administrative Staff


Mary

Mary Botha

Project Administrative Officer
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

ARPA-E MEITNER Award Project Engineer
ARPA-E GAMOW Award Project Engineer

Education: 2005 ME, Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
                           2002 BE
, Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: mary.botha.snead@stonybrook.edu

Postdoctoral Associates


Yang

Yang Zhang

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2020 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University
                          2015 MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University
                          2011 BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University

Research Interests: The Role of Grain Boundaries in Radiation Damage Accumulation in BCC
                                              Metals

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: yang.zhang@stonybrook.edu
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Spencer

Spencer Thomas

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Institute for Advanced Computational Science
Stony Brook University

Education: 2019 PhD, Material Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
                           2012 BS, Physics, Stony Brook University

Research Interests: Microstructural Evolution in Metals; Kinetics of High Entropy Alloys;                                                                 Finite Element and Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies of Materials                                                         for Fusion Energy Applications

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: spencer.thomas@stonybrook.edu 

Devanshi

Devanshi Bhardwaj

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2020 PhD, Material Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India                                                        2014 MSc, Chemistry, Delhi University, India
                          2012 BSc (Hons.), Chemistry, Hansraj College, Delhi University, India

Research Interests: Ceramic Materials Synthesis and Characterization

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: devanshi.bhardwaj@stonybrook.edu
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nirmala

Nirmala Rani

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2022 PhD, Physics(Material Science), National Institute of Technology                                                                                   Kurukshetra, India
                          2017 MSc, Physics, Chaudhary Devi Lal University (CDLU), Sirsa, India
                          2015 BSc, (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra                                                       (KUK), India

Research Interests: Alloys, Ceramic Materials Synthesis and Characterization

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: nirmala.rani@stonybrook.edu
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Abhinav

Abhinav Sharma

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2022 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology                                                                      Indore, India
                          2018 MTech, Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology                                                                Indore, India
                          2015 BE, Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal, India

Research Interests: Mechanical behavior of different alloy systems for fusion reactor                                                                         applications

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: abhinav.sharma.2@stonybrook.edu
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Praveen

Praveen Negi

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2023 PhD, Physics (Material Science), National Institute of Technology,                                                                                   Kurukshetra, India 
                          2015 MSc, Physics, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
                          2012 BSc (Hons.), Physics, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India

Research Interests: Isotropic Graphite, Ceramic Materials Synthesis and Characterization

Office: Engineering 222
Phone: (631) 632-8508
Email: praveen.negi@stonybrook.edu
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Graduate Research Assistants


Nicholas Olynik

Nicholas Olynik

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

EMREL Safety Coordinator

Education: 2017 BE, Engineering Science, Stony Brook University

Research Interests: Synthesis of Tungsten Alloys

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email: 
nicholas.olynik@stonybrook.edu

Sean

Sean Mascarenhas

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2019 MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University                                                              2015 BE, Mechanical Engineering , PCCE

Research Interests: Modelling Metals at High Temperatures for Fusion Reactor Applications                                                         using Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email: sean.mascarenhas@stonybrook.edu
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Cormac Killeen

Cormac Killeen

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2019 BS, Physics, Stony Brook University

Research Interests: Alloy Development and Characterization for Additive Manufacturing

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497

Email: cormac.killeen@stonybrook.edu

Mingxi

Mingxi Ouyang

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2018 BS, Material Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology                                                      Beijing

Research Interests: Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured Alloys

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497

Email: mingxi.ouyang@stonybrook.edu

Mirza

Md Mirza Anam Shawon

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2018 BSc, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of                                                                     Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Research Interests : Development of Metal Matrix Composite Shield for Fusion

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email address: mdmirzaanam.shawon@stonybrook.edu

Indra

Indrajeet Kumar

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education:2022 MTech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute ofTechnology                                                          (IIT) Kharagpur, India
                         2019 BTech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of                                                                       Technology (IGIT) Sarang, India

Research Interests: Advanced materials processing and mechanical behaviour of materials

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email: indrajeet.kumar@stonybrook.edu
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Wenbo

Wenbo Du

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2022 BS, Physics, Stony Brook University

Research Interests: Developement of Grain Boundary Doped Nanostructured Alloys  

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email: wenbo.du@stonybrook.edu

Cole

Cole Moczygemba

PhD Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stony Brook University

Education: 2021 BS, Physics, University of Texas at San Antonio

Research Interests: Machine Learning and Simulation Applications for Metallic Systems

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email:cole.moczygemba@stonybrook.edu
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Saima

Mobashera Saima Haque

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2014 MSc, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of                                                                       Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
                          2012 BSc, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of                                                                         Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Research Interests: Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Alloys for Plasma Facing                                                                      Components of Fusion Reactors

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email:mobasherasaima.haque@stonybrook.edu
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akhil

Akhil Kolanti

PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Education: 2022 MTech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of                                                                                       Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), India
                          2017 BTech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi University of                                                                      Knowledge Technologies-Nuzvid (RGUKT-Nuzvid), India

Research Interests: Recycling and Repurposing of the Graphite Waste from High
                                               Temperature Nuclear Reactors

Office: Engineering 201
Phone: (631) 632-8497
Email:akhil.kolanti@stonybrook.edu
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Alumni


Bin Cheng, Research Scientist, 2017 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University

W. Streit Cunningham, 2021 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University

Jonathan M. Gentile, 2020 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University

Melanie Brito, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 2020

Sally Phan, M.S., Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 2020
Thesis: Characterization and Thermal Stability of Ternary Nanocrystalline Alloys

Wenbo Wang, Ph.D., Material Science and  Chemical Engineering, 2019
Thesis: Grain Boundary Segregation Strengthening in Nanocrystalline Aluminum Alloys

Zhixian Zhao, M.S., Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 2019
Thesis: Nanoindentation of Ni-based and W-based alloys 

James Bylicky, Undergraduate Research Assistant, B.E., Engineering Science, 2018

Andrew Sullivan, M.S., Material Science and  Chemical Engineering, 2018
Thesis:Transition from Homogeneous to Discrete Plasticity in Crystalline-Amorphous Nanolaminates

Olivia Donaldson, Ph.D., Material Science and  Chemical Engineering, 2017
Thesis: 
Thermal Stability and Self Ion Damage in Nanocrystalline Refractory Metals

Jian Dong, M.S., Material Science and  Chemical Engineering, 2017
Thesis: Synthesis of Binary and Ternary Nanocrystalline Tungsten Alloys through High Energy Ball Milling

Bari Cohen, Cornell University, (NSF REU) , 2017

Kerry Baker, Bucknell University, (NSF REU) , 2016

David Wang, M.S., Material Science and  Engineering, 2016
Thesis: A Study of Shear Delocalization in MGM Composites using a Bonded Interface Indentation Technique

Lacey Schwab, M.S., Material Science and  Engineering, 2016
Thesis: 
Synthesis of Binary Nanocrystalline Aluminum Alloys through High Energy Ball Milling

Hannah Leonard, Undergraduate Research Assistant, B.E., Engineering Science, 2016

Brian Maddock, Undergraduate Research Assistant, B.E., Engineering Science, 2016

Samiha Shakil, Undergraduate Research Assistant, B.E., Engineering Science, 2016

Rebecca Wyborski, Visiting Undergraduate Scholar, CSU Long Beach, 2015

Rudy Haluza, Visiting Undergraduate Scholar, Penn State University, 2014

Brian Tackett, Visiting Undergraduate Scholar, University of Pittsburg, 2013