Current Members

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Sunandita Sarker (co-advisor Dr. Ryan Sochol)

MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, 3D Printing

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Doctoral Students

Kieran Barvenik

Clark Doctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Instabilities of Shells, Finite Element Analysis, Fluid-Structure Interactions

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Michael Ritchie Bonthron

Research Interests: Mechanical Metamaterials, Wave Propagation

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Anthony Jones

Clark Doctoral Fellow, GEM Fellow

2022-2023 Maryland Robotic Center Graduate Research Fellowship

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Metamaterials, Finite Element Analysis

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Joseph C. Messou

Research Interests: Biomedical Imaging (cardiac MRI), Machine Learning, Aortic Dissection

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James Paul Marbaix (co-advisor Dr. Pino Martin)

Research Interests: Fluid-Structure Interactions, High-speed flow


Undergraduate Students

Zachary Coogan

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Instabilities of Shells, Manufacturing

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Heather Fettke von Koeckritz

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, underwater multifunctional materials

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Nicholas Kiwanuka

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, underwater multifunctional materials

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