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Designed new materials via machine learning, CALPHAD modeling, and design optimization.

College Station, Texas

Design Systems LaboratoryAdvisor – Richard MalakCo-Advisor – Raymundo ArroyaveResearched computational materials design with interest in applications of machine learning in alloy design. Developed a novel computational methodology for the design of additively manufactured, compositionally graded alloys.

College Station, Texas

Center for intelligent Multifunctional Materials and Structures (CiMMS)Mentors – Dimitris Lagoudas, Theocharis BaxevanisExplored a new failure mode of shape memory alloys during phase transformation by designing and conducting experiments. Simulated the effect of transformation-induced plasticity on the fatigue life of shape memory alloys using finite.

Pasadena, California

Materials Development and Manufacturing Technology (357H)Mentors – Richard Otis, Samad FirdosyApplied novel methods developed during graduate thesis to design and model a functionally graded material from stainless steel to aluminum for applications in spacecraft.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Computational Multiphysics Systems LaboratoryMentor – John MichopoulosDesigned, modeled, and conducted experiments on material specimens using NRL’s proprietary imaging software in a collaborative effort with Texas A&M University on the fracture mechanics of shape memory alloys.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Computational Multiphysics Systems LaboratoryMentor – John MichopoulosDesigned, modeled, and conducted experiments on material specimens using NRL’s proprietary imaging software in a collaborative effort with Texas A&M University on the fracture mechanics of shape memory alloys.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude