Members."Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." - Henry Ford
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Graduate Students.
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Khalid Abdelaziz - Ph.D. Candidate
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. |
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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. |
Visiting Scholars.
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Paul Lebleu - ICAM (France)
Research Topic: Drop-weight impact tester design and calibration Bio: Paul Lebleu is a visiting scholar from ICAM (France, Lille) where he is studying mechanical engineering. He is doing his engineering diploma by apprenticeship, working half the time at Decathlon as a product engineer. To complete his five year curriculum, Paul is spending his last semester at K-State University in order to experience work in a research environment. |
Undergraduate Researchers.
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Josiah Satzler - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
Research Topic: Nanocomposite strain and fatigue sensor fabrication Bio: Josiah Satzler is an undergraduate pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Kansas State University where he will graduate with a Bachelor’s in May 2020. Josiah gained an interest for structural and materials engineering through his experience as a stress analysis intern at Spirit AeroSystems and as an undergraduate researcher at MSL. |
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Timber Hinson - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
Research Topic: Nanocomposite strain and fatigue sensor fabrication Bio: Timber Hinson is a Senior in Mechanical Engineering and plans to graduate in May of 2020. Throughout his undergraduate career Timber has been involved in research projects dealing with Engineering Education and Controls and has taught Engineering Graphics for 6 semesters. |
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Jared Medina - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
Research Topic: Ultra low-power microcontroller programming for peak detection and recording Bio: Jared Medina is an undergraduate pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science and plans to graduate in May of 2021. He is part of the McNair Scholars Program, Bridges to the Future, and the Developing Scholars Program (DSP). |
Past Researchers.
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Mathieu Rudloff - ICAM (France)
Research Topic: Low-power impact detection in composites |
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Nick Mignano - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
Research Topic: Nanocomposite strain and fatigue sensor fabrication |
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Martin Frys - ICAM (France)
Research Topic: Impact simulation and testing on composite plates for energy harvesting and structural health monitoring |
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T-Ying Lin - Mechanical Engineering Student, K-State
Research Topic: Designing a drop weight rig for low-velocity impact testing |
