Alison C. Dunn – director (CV) (Google Scholar Profile)
Twitter: @tribo_tweets
Current Students:
Md Mahmudual Hasan – PhD candidate, hydrogel contact and tribology
Nabila Ali – PhD student, soft material friction
Nusrat Chowdhury – PhD student, hydrogel permeability and friction mechanisms
Md Habibur Rahman – PhD student, contact mechanics of rough surfaces and friction mechanisms
Alumni:
Chris L. Johnson – research engineer at a U.S. National Lab
Ph.D. 2021
Shabnam Bonyadi – applications engineer at Anton Paar USA
Ph.D. 2020
Jiho Kim – assistant professor at Hongik University, Seoul
Ph.D. 2020
Yaswanth Sai Jetti – PhD student in Ostoja-Starzewski group
M.S. 2021 rail tribology
Lihua Wei – PhD student at University of Toronto
M.S. 2019 insect tribology
Hao Fu (Foundry Methods Engineer at Harrison Steel Castings Co.)
M.S. 2019 rail tribology
Michael Atten (Regal Development Program in Engineering at Regal Beloit)
M.S. 2017 hydrogel wear and surface properties
Prabhakaran Balasubramanian (mechanical engineer at LobePro Rotary Pumps)
M.S. 2018 wear of steel in combined rolling and sliding
Enrique Chavez Villalobos (FEA Analyst at Katcon)
M.S. 2014-2016 “Surface Friction and Bulk Properties of Cortical Gray and White Matter in LE/Blu Gill Rats“
Ruben Esparza (Product Development Engineer at Navistar)
graduate independent study on contact mechanics, Fall 2015
Erik Reale – (Smith research group) M.S. 2014-2016, “Poroelasticity-driven lubrication“
undergraduates:
AJ Aguero, Martiza Murillo-Hernandez, Piya Kapoor, Grace Smith
David Xu, Helen Jo, Sukrit Patwardhan (2019)
Kavita Desai, Chenghao Duan, Honglu He, Tabare Torres, Jingfan Zhang
Ahmad Abdulla, Hannah Ahn, Sherveen Masghati, Kevin Niedzwiecki, Liying Peng
Visiting PhD students:
Chao Wang (2018) – Chassis Brakes International Germany GmbH