Lab Members
Lab Director

Kasia Di Muzio
Administrative Assistant

Dr. Jan-Hendrik Bastek
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Topics: truss fracture toughness, machine learning applied to metamaterials, frame shells

Dr. Gerhard Bräunlich
Scientific Computing

Mathieu Brodmann
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: ferroelectric materials, multi-scale characterization, experimental mechanics

Dr. Emil Bronshtein
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Topics: mechanical avalanches, mechanics of materials, metamaterials

Rodrigo Castillo-Acuña
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: mechanics of tissues, meshless methods

Junyu Chen
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: reconfigurable metamaterials, multistable metamaterials, soft robotics

Hsu-Cheng Cheng
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: ferroelectric ceramics, phase-field modeling, phase transformation

Dr. Claire Griesbach
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Topics: ferroelectric materials, experimental micromechanics and structural characterization

Dr. Dotan Ilssar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Topics: reconfigurable metamaterials, nonlinear dynamics, machine learning, experimental identification of dynamic systems

Dr. Matheus Inguaggiato Nora Rosa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Topics: wave propagation, quasiperiodic metamaterials

Dr. Vignesh Kannan
Senior Scientist
Research Topics: ferroelectrics, experimental characterization, small-scale imaging

Kevin Kraschewski
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: coarse-graining techniques, truss metamaterials, meshless methods

Dr. Helen Le Clézio
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Topics: multiscale modeling of non-periodic and complex nonlinear structural networks

Elias Pescialli
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: computational mechanics, intertwined architected metamaterials

Shashank Saxena
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: coarse-grained atomistics and mass transport

Veit Schönherr
Lab Technician

Miguel Spinola
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: coarse-grained atomistics for multi-physics applications

Jean-Claude Tomasina
Lab Technician

Jung-Chew Tse
3D Printing Technician

Li Zheng
Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Topics: machine learning applied to mechanics