Nano Lab @ME

Nanomech Lab Current Student Members

	Allen Kim Ph.D. Student Dept.Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 email: aykim201@uw.edu Current topic: Microstructure and Mechanical Property Correlation of Additively Manufactured Metals B.S. and M.S. from UW Materials Science & Engineering
	Kristina Gill Ph.D. Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 email: krisgill@uw.edu Current topic: Energy Efficient Infrared Reflective Windshield Coating B.S. and M.S. from UW Physics
	Peyton Clark M.S. Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 email:peclark@uw.edu Research Topic: Rain Erosion Coating Interfacial Adhesion B.S. from Santa Clara University
	Jiaqiang Li M.S. Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 email:jli188@uw.edu Research Topic: Laser Ablation Coating Removal B.S. from Oregon State University
	Raghav Bhatt M.S. Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 email:rbhatt12@uw.edu Research Topic: Laser Ablation Coating Removal B.S. from Oregon State University

Nanomech Lab Graduate Alumni

	Melicent Stossel Ph.D. (2024), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Project: Laser Surface Treatment for Targeted Strengthening of Metallic Multilayer Thin Films M.S. from UW Mechanical Engineering and B.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Victoria Kotwica M.S. (2022), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Project: High Temp Adhesive Long Term Exposure Nanomechanical Characterization B.S. from Penn State University Currently at Amazon
	Yang Zhou Ph.D. (2021), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: Strain Engineering of Monolayer MoS₂ for Enhanced Catalysis M.S. University of Washington; B.S. Nanjing University of Science & Technology Currently at Apple Inc, Austin, TX
	Nana Yamagata M.S. (2021), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Project: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Terrestial Isopod Armadillidium Valgare Cuticle B.S. from UW Mechanical Engineering Currently at Aptiv
	Koichio Tanaka M.S. (2020), Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Thesis: Interface Engineering to Enhance the Mechanical Performance of Aluminum Thin Film Deposited on PET Substrate B.S. and M.S. from Tokyo University of Science Currently at JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
	Achyut Menon M.S. (2020), Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Research Topic: Residual stress Measurement of Cu/Al metal laminate using x-ray Diffraction B.Tech from NITK Surathkal Currently at Facebook Reality Labs
	Sameer D. Meshram M.S. (2019), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Research Topic: Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Metal Lattice Structures, Mechanics of Metal-Ceramic Multilayer Thin Films B.Tech from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, University of Mumbai Currently at Katerra Inc., Seattle, WA
	Chenyangzi Lin M.S. (2019), Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Research Topic: Functionally graded metal-intermetallic multilayer thin films B.S. from Shanhai Jiaotong University
	Ian McDonald M.S. (2018), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Research Topic: Residual Stress Measurement of Cu/Ni Multilayer Thin Films B.S. from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Currently Data Scientist at Starbucks, Seattle, WA
	Zhenyu Zhu M.S. (2019), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Research Topic: Intermetallic Strengthening of Cu/Al Multilayer Thin Films B.S. from Nankai University, Tianjin, China
	Mark Miller Ph.D. (2016), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: Advancements in Optical Properties of Thermochromic VO2 Films through Experimental and Numerical Investigations B.S. and M.S. from Kansas State University Currently at Intel Inc, Hillsboro, OR
	Zhou Yang Ph.D. (2016), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: Thermomechanical stability and strengthening mechanisms of Ti/Ni multilayer thin films M.S. from University of Washington; B.S. from Univ. Sci. & Tech. of China Currently at Lam Research, Fremont, CA
	Qian Tong M.S. (2016), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Research Topic: Deposition temperature effect on structure & mechanical properties of metallic multilayers B.S. from Northern Arizona University Currently at HC SeminTek Corporation
	Gabe Chow Ph.D. (2014), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: Mechanical Characterization of Nanoporous Thin Fillms by Laser-induced Surface Acoustic Waves M.S., B.S. from UC Riverside Currently at Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA
	Phillip Miller Ph.D. (2014), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: Ultra-high- Strain-rate Materials Study by Laser-induced Stress Waves M.S., B.S. from UC Riverside Currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory
	Wu-Feng Yeh Ph.D. (2011), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: MEMS-based optical imaging and micromechanical testing M.S. from UC Riverside, M.S., B.S. from National Taiwan University Currently at Apple, Cupertino, CA
	Jie (Jane) Lian Ph.D. (2010), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Disssertation: Nanomechanics of Materials: From Crystaline Solids to Biological Composites M.S. from UC Riverside, B.S. from Beijing Institute of Technology Currently at iPhone Hardware Reliability, Apple, Cupertino, CA
	Frank MacDonald Ph.D. (2010) (co-advised with Prof. Guanshui Xu), Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Riverside Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Mass Sensing with Surface Acoustic Wave Devices M.S. from University of Wyoming, B.S. from University of Oklahoma Currently at Naval Surface Warfare Center - Corona, CA
	Yan (Jennie) Liu Ph.D. (2009) (co-advised with Prof. Yushan Yan) Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UC Riverside Dissertation: Semi-Zeolitic-Silica as Low-K Film M.S., B.S. from Zhejiang University
	Elias Penila M.S. (2008), Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Riverside Thesis: An Exploration of Reactively Sputtered Nitrogen-Rich TiN Thin Films B.S. from Pomona College Currently Postdoctoral Scholar at UC San Diego
	Lili Hu Ph.D. (2007), Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Riverside Dissertation: Laser-induced Stress Waves for Thin Film Adhesion and High Strain-rate Materials Research B.S. from University of Science and Technology of China Currently faculty member at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
	Mark C. Johnson M.S. (2006), Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Riverside Thesis: Mechanical Reliability of Nanoporous Zeolite Materials B.S. from Gettysburg College Currently at R&D, Abbott Laboratory

Nanomech Lab Undergraduate Alumni

Lily Vu Currenty at ACI Mechancial and HVAC	Okasana Krokhaleva Currently at Contour Engineering LLC
Katherine Chun Currently at MIT grad school	Fiona Xue Currently at Amazon	Nana Yamagata
Craig Nolen	Romuntxo Duhart	Bobby Mirghafouri
Jason Owens	Mario Gonzalez	Tim Zhang

Pictures missing for undergraduate assistants: Karen Harban,Yonina Dekeyser, Dimitar Y. Yanev, Penny Jin, Yusheng Wang,Takuya Curtis, Phillip Miller, Gabe Chow, Jeffrey Lau, Nick Leung, Yichen Lin...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Washington