Team

	Prof. Martin Mwangi Thuo (Gikuyu: Thuo wa Mwangi) Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Previously: Schafer 2050 associate Professor (2020-2022), assistant Professor (2014-2020) at Iowa State University Twitter: (at) mmthuo, email: mthuo (at) ncsu.edu

	Dr. Andrew Martin Andrew received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Iowa State University, where he developed a surface-driven understanding of metastable state in metal alloys. After graduating in 2020, he went to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to work in the Thermal Energy Group on Thermochemical Materials for Heat Storage. Andrew is currently a postdoc working on the topic of engineering energy landscape in materials through metastable states.
	Dr. Julia J. Chang Julia received her BS in chemical engineering from China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing (CUMTB), China and a PhD in materials science and engineering from Iowa State University. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Fudan University before joining the SMMT group. Her work is geared towards directed self-organization of synthons for development of neoteric computing platforms.
	Alana Pauls Alana graduated with a bachelors in materials engineering from Iowa State University. As an undergraduate student, she worked on engineering size polydispersity in undercooled metal particles. As a PhD candidate, she is exploring light-matter interactions as a pathway to engineering the energy landscape of a material. She is interested in interdisciplinary research across material classes to provide comprehensive technology solutions.
	Dhanush U. Jamadgni Dhanush is a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from India in 2020. He is currently working on developing a generalized model to understanding granular materials with potential applications in multi-stimuli materials processing, granular flow, and associated lubricants.
	Zizhi Zhuang Zizhi is a master student in Materials Science and Engineering. He received his B.S in Material Science and Engineering in NCSU in 2022. He is interesting in new approaches to microelectronics manufacture, new device architectures and beyond Moore’s law electronics.
	Lianett Pineda is a first year graduate student interested in sustainable materials.
	David Sky Kanoy I’m a junior in material science engineering. My research centers around development of data analysis or processing tools for use in understanding dynamic sub-nanometer stereo-structural phenomena in self-assembled monolayers.
	Shawn Fowler I’m a junior in Materials Science and Engineering. My research is focused on inductive stereo-electronic effects in magnetic spin coupling in self-assembled lanthanides.
	Eva Boyce I’m a student in materials science and engineering department, I’m interested in low-energy engineering of material states. I’m currently focusing on undercooled metal particles.
	Patrick Moran Patrick is studying material science and engineering. He is primarily investigating the application of undercooled metals in 3D printing on human tissue, with an interested in materials for biomedical applications.
	Ashley Reyes Ashley is a biomedical engineering student. She is interested in biomedical devices.