Members.

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."  - Henry Ford

Graduate Students.

Khalid Abdelaziz - Ph.D. Candidate
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Research Topic: Morphing buildings for wind-induced vibration mitigation

​Bio: Khalid Abdelaziz is a graduate of Cairo University, where he earned his B.Sc. as well as M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering. His past research focused on the design optimization of solar water desalination systems as well as truss and frame structures. He has been involved in mechanical design and manufacturing projects for the Automotive Wiring Harness industry through his employment at IDACO Egypt.
Tyler Albright - Ph.D. Candidate

​Research Topic: Minimally invasive distributed sensing for structural health monitoring in composites 

​Bio: Tyler Albright is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2017. During undergrad, Tyler gained experience working in the aerospace industry through multiple internships with Spirit Aerosystems. At Spirit, Tyler designed, and performed stress analysis on primary aircraft structures.
Nathan Featherstone - MS Student

​Research Topic: Control of beam buckling with smart materials

​Bio: Nathan Featherstone graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from K-State in 2021. His areas of interest are Mechanical Design and Controls. Nathan has designed tooling used to manufacture diesel tanks for Alumitank and worked with a team to develop methods to predict permanent deformation of shear panels under diagonal tension for Textron Aviation.
Bryce Teaford - MS Student

​Research Topic: Integrated linear generator design for powering UAVs with hybrid free-piston engines

​Bio: Bryce Teaford earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2021 from Kansas State University. During undergrad, Bryce worked on multiple undergraduate research projects within the realm of mathematical simulation and machine control. In Bryce's final undergraduate project, he helped design, build, and develop a random positioning machine that will be used for microgravity simulation of cell cultures.

Visiting Scholars.

Undergraduate Researchers.

Brett Funk - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State

​Research Topic: Assembly and verification of a scaled aeroelastic building model with a smart façade system.

​Bio: Brett Funk is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Physics at Kansas State University. He is an active member of Wildcat Rocketry, where he has gained experience designing and manufacturing a variety of systems for use in high stress applications.
Drew Plum - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State

​Research Topic: Assembly and verification of a scaled aeroelastic building model with a smart façade system.

​Bio: Drew Plum is an undergraduate student at Kansas State University. He is pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in physics.

Past Researchers.

Zoey Gothard - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
​Research Topic: Procedures and experiment design for materials testing
Paul Lebleu - Visiting Scholar - ICAM (France)
​Research Topic: Drop-weight impact tester design and calibration
Timber Hinson - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State​
​Research Topic: Nanocomposite strain and fatigue sensor fabrication
Jared Medina - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
​Research Topic: Ultra low-power microcontroller programming for peak detection and recording
Mathieu Rudloff - Visiting Scholar - ICAM (France)​
​Research Topic: Low-power impact detection in composites
Nick Mignano - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
​Research Topic: Nanocomposite strain and fatigue sensor fabrication 
Martin Frys - Visiting Scholar - ICAM (France)
​Research Topic: Impact simulation and testing on composite plates for energy harvesting and structural health monitoring
T-Ying Lin - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
​Research Topic: Designing a drop weight rig for low-velocity impact testing ​