Peter Satterthwaite
Peter Satterthwaite is a PhD candidate in electrical engineering and computer science whose research aims to create scalable approaches for fabricating devices and systems from novel nanomaterials, leveraging their most promising properties. His work to date has explored the clean, direct integration of 2D materials, demonstrating a completely dry and sacrificial layer-free approach to 2D material processing that addresses the long-standing challenge of degradations induced by processing. Sup ...
Baopu (Bob) Zhang
Baopu (Bob) Zhang is a PhD candidate in chemical engineering whose research seeks to develop innovative approaches in microchip fabrication to meet rapidly growing demands for enhanced computation performance and energy efficiency. Block copolymer (BCP) directed phase separation (DPS), or the utilizing of guiding templates to direct BCP phase separation, is a promising technique for large-scale and cost-effective microchip fabrication. To date, most work in this area has been in two dimension ...
Lale Yilmaz
Lale Yilmaz is a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering whose research focuses on nonlinear mechanics and granular media. Specifically, she is working to develop simulation tools to model uprooting processes in different soils and has created a MATLAB-based software package that combines nonlinear beam theory and a novel variant of the Resistive Force Theory (RFT) of granular media, enabling her to create the first simulations of flexible root-like structures that interact mechanically with ...
Julian Ufert
Julian Ufert is a PhD student in chemical engineering whose research is focused on ethylene production, the second-highest greenhouse gas emitter in the chemical industry and ubiquitous in manufacturing around the globe. As a MathWorks Fellow, Julian aims to develop a clean, economical ethylene production process utilizing novel high- and intermediate-temperature electrochemical approaches, which may offer a way to electrify the process while also coping with byproduct and separation issues. ...
Kristen Riedinger
Kristen Riedinger is a PhD candidate in civil and environmental engineering whose research focuses on environmental micropollutants. Specifically, Kristen investigates drinking water pollution by N-nitrosamines, a family of organic compounds that are ubiquitous in the environment and potentially harmful to human health, with a particular focus on N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). As a MathWorks Fellow, Kristen will pursue two primary objectives: to study the distribution of NDMA within treated w ...
Marie Floryan
Marie Floryan is a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering whose research is focused on designing microfluidic platforms to model human organ function. As a MathWorks Fellow, Marie will study the effect of fluid shear stress on tumor cell survival through the various stages of metastasis. She has designed a microphysiological system (MPS) that recapitulates the physical environment of tumor cells in vivo. In her previous work, Marie made significant contributions to the development of a novel ...
Devang Sehgal
Devang Sehgal is a PhD candidate in medical engineering and medical physics whose research aims to improve the clinical utility of electrical stimulation techniques for the treatment of neurological disorders. Specifically, Devang seeks to address the shortcomings of current trial- and-error-reliant methods by building a deeper understanding of the neurophysiological effects of stimulation and the brain network dynamics underlying diseases. He is testing a new multisite stimulation approach t ...
Bastien F. G. Aymon
Bastien F. G. Aymon is a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering whose research is located at the intersection of mechanics, soft active materials, and bioadhesives. Specifically, Bastien is working to develop super-biocompatible implants by studying and engineering their mechanics and biology. As a MathWorks Fellow, Bastien will address the challenge of the foreign-body response (FBR), an immune reaction leading to the development of a fibrotic encapsulation around the implant, with the goal ...
Carissma McGee
Carissma McGee is a PhD candidate in aeronautics and astronautics whose research is focused on high-contrast imaging and exoplanet characterization. As a MathWorks Fellow, Carissma will pursue several goals connected to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The goal of Carissma’s work, which draws significantly on MATLAB, is to ensure precise mass measurements and optimize observational strategies for the mission using a combination of advanced optical systems, deformable mirrors, and soph ...
Mahmudul (Ridul) Islam
Mahmudul (Ridul) Islam is a PhD candidate in materials science and engineering whose research aims to improve understanding of the properties and structure of metal alloys. Specifically, Ridul is examining the chemical short-range order of high-entropy alloys (HEA) to better understand and harness valuable characteristics of HEAs, such as mechanical strength and hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, and radiation damage resistance. His current work involves large-scale atomistic simulation ...