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Center Members

The AIM for Composites Center currently has 16 senior investigators, 20 graduate students, 2 undergraduate students, 6 postdocs, and 9 staff members.​

Principal Investigators
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Dr. Mik Carbajales-Dale

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Associate Professor

Environment Engineering and Earth Sciences

Clemson University

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Dr. Feng Luo

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Assistant Professor

Sustainable Packaging

Clemson University

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Dr. Farhang Pourboghrat

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Professor

Integrated Systems Engineering

Ohio State University

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 Dr. George Karniadakis

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Professor

Applied Mathematics and Engineering

Brown University

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 Dr. Ivan Radev

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Professor

Computer Science

South Carolina State University

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 Dr. Dale Hitchcock​

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Senior Scientist

Savannah River National Lab

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Dr. Gang Li

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Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Clemson University

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Dr. James Sternberg

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Assistant Professor

Sustainable Packaging

Clemson University

 

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Dr. Taejoon Park​

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Associate Professor

Integrated Systems Engineering

Ohio State University

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 Dr. Biswajit Biswal

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Associate Professor

Computer Science

South Carolina State University

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 Dr. Srikanth Pilla

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Professor

Center for Composite Materials

University of Delaware

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Dr. Zhen Li

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Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Clemson University

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Dr. Qiong Zhang

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Associate Professor

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Clemson University​

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 Dr. Yong Huang

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Professor

Mechanical Engineering

University of Florida

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 Dr. Nikunja Swain

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Professor

Computer Science

South Carolina State University

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 Dr. Kevin Simmons

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Professor

Chief Materials Scientist

Pacific Northwest National Lab

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Graduate Students
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Bowen Cao

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Ezhin Aliahmadi

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Yezhuo Li

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Benjamin Ryder

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PhD Student

University of Florida

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Pierre-Yves Lavertu*

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PhD Student

University of Delaware

*NRT Fellow

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Mathias Heider*

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PhD Student

University of Delaware

*NRT Fellow

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Ryan Wan

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Ali Mohammadi

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Sathiska Kaumadi

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Mostafa Elnaggar

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PhD Student

Ohio State University

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Amit Deshpande

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PhD Student

University of Delaware

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Michael Vo*

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PhD Student

University of Delaware

*NRT Fellow​

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Haizhou Wen

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Faisal Tushar

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Hao Chen

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PhD Student

Clemson University

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Koorosh Delavari​

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PhD Student

Ohio State University

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Dhanashree Shinde*

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PhD Student

University of Delaware

*NRT Scholar

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Erik Anderson*

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PhD Student

University of Delaware

*NRT Fellow

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Ali Shams

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PhD Student

University of Florida

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Undergraduate Students
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Shawn Yong 

Undergraduate Student

University of Delaware

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Postdocs
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Feiyang Cai

Postdoc

Clemson University

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Kasturee Nayak

Postdoc

University of Delaware

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Yunxia Chen

Postdoc

University of Florida

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Venkatesh Ananchaperumal

Postdoc

Clemson University

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Govind Sharma

Postdoc

University of Delaware

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Elham Kianiharchegani

Postdoc

Brown University

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Sophie Sharafi 

Postdoc

Pacific Northwest National Lab

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Staff
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Sai Aditya Pradeep

Scientific Program Manager

University of Delaware

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SriHarsha Olety

NRT Program Manager

Clemson University

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Darrel Mayberry

Materials Scientist

Pacific Northwest National Lab

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Manjyot Chug

Research Communication Specialist

University of Delaware

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Khaled Shahwan

Senior Advisor

Pacific Northwest National Lab

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Matt Craps

Principal Scientist

Savannah River National Lab

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Nicholas Morgan

Outreach Program Coordinator

Clemson University

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Qiao Yao

Materials Scientist

Pacific Northwest National Lab

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Rosanna Wertheimer

Grants and Financial Specialist

Brown University

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Partner Institutions
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Clemson University

University of Delaware

Ohio State University

Brown University

University of Florida

South Carolina State University

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Savannah River National Laboratory

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AIM for Composites, an Energy Frontier Research Center is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at Clemson University under award #DE-SC0023389. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the PI(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the DOE.

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