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Center for Research Excellence on Dynamically Deformed Solids

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

People

Leadership

Michael J Demkowicz

Principal Investigator
Professor, Texas A&M University

demkowicz@tamu.edu

Irene Beyerlein

Co-Principal Investigator
Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara

beyerlein@ucsb.edu

Avinash Dongare

Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

dongare@uconn.edu

Amit Misra

Co-Principal Investigator
Professor and Department Chair, University of Michigan

amitmis@umich.edu

Faculty

Jerard V Gordon

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

jerardvg@umich.edu

Karl ‘Ted’ Hartwig

Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University

thartwig@tamu.edu

Alan Needleman

University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
TEES Eminent Professor, Texas A&M University

needle@tamu.edu

George Pharr

University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
TEES Eminent Professor, Texas A&M University

pharr@tamu.edu

Tresa Pollock

ALCOA Distinguished Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara

tresap@ucsb.edu

Ankit Srivastava

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

ankit.sri@tamu.edu

Frank Zok

Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara

zok@ucsb.edu

Collaborator

Ching Chen

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut

ching.chen@uconn.edu

Marcia A Cooper

Associate Professor, Texas A&M University

macoope@tamu.edu

Ke Ma

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut

ke.2.ma@uconn.edu

Dinakar Sagapuram

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

dinakar@tamu.edu

Advisory Committee

Brad Boyce

CINT Scientist, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories

blboyce@sandia.gov

Lori Brady

Professor, Civil & Systems Engineering
Associate Director, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI)
Johns Hopkins University

lori@jhu.edu

Donald Brenner

Department Head and Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University

brenner@ncsu.edu

Ellen K Cerreta

Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory

ecerreta@lanl.gov

Pradeep R Guduru

Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering, Brown University

pradeep_guduru@brown.edu

Marisol Koslowski

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

marisol@purdue.edu

Mukul Kumar

Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

mukul@llnl.gov

Alumni

Umair Bin Asim

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

umair.asim@tamu.edu

Charles Borenstein

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

cborenst@tamu.edu

Marie-Agathe Charpagne

Post-Doc, University of California at Santa Barbara

mcharpagne@ucsb.edu

Arya Chatterjee

Post-Doc, University of Michigan

archatte@umich.edu

Edwin Chiu

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

edwinchiu624@tamu.edu

Mayank Chouksey

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

mayank@tamu.edu

Paul Christodoulou

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Santa Barbara

pchristodoulou@ucsb.edu

Ben Derby

Ph.D. Graduate, University of Michigan

Ta Duong

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

ddinhta@tamu.edu

Marco Echeverria

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut

marco.echeverria@uconn.edu

Benjamin Hackett

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

bhackett@tamu.edu

Wesley Higgins

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

whiggins4231@tamu.edu

Lai Jiang

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

futurejl_1993@tamu.edu

Rajesh Kumar

Post-Doc, University of Connecticut

rajeshpawar4u@gmail.com

James Lamb

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Santa Barbara

jlamb@ucsb.edu

Zachary Levin

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

zackslevin@gmail.com

Jessica Maita

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut

jessica.maita@uconn.edu

Avanish Mishra

Post-Doc, University of Connecticut

avanish.mishra@uconn.edu

Andrew Polonsky

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Santa Barbara

apolon@sandia.gov

Lauren Poole

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Santa Barbara

lpoole@ucsb.edu

Max Powers

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan

maxpow@umich.edu

Daniel Rubio-Ejchel

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan

danrubio@umich.edu

Bibhu P Sahu

Post-Doc, University of Michigan

bpsahu@umich.edu

Avery Samuel

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Santa Barbara

asamuel@ucsb.edu

Liya Semenchenko

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

liyasem@tamu.edu

Emmeline Sheu

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

emmelinesheu@tamu.edu

Andrew Shortridge

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut

andrew.shortridge@uconnn.edu

Jasdeep Singh

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

singhj@tamu.edu

Ethan Sprague

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan

spraguee@umich.edu

Phillip Tsurkan

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Connecticut

phillip.tsurkan@uconn.edu

Sebastian Vazquez Lizarraga

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

svazquez20@tamu.edu

Chris Walker

Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University

cwalke60@tamu.edu

Forrest Wissuchek

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan

fwissu@umich.edu

Wyatt Witzen

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Santa Barbara

wawitzen@ucsb.edu

Shwetabh Yadav

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

shwetabh@tamu.edu

Daniel Yin

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan

dbyin@umich.edu

Yuwei Zhang

Post-Doc, Texas A&M University

zhangyw@tamu.edu

In Memoriam

Jyoti Mazumder

Professor, University of Michigan

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