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Current Members
	Joost J. Vlassak Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Materials Engineering vlassak@seas.harvard.edu
	Gyeong-Seok Hwang gshwang@seas.harvard.edu Postdoctoral Fellow
	Quan Jiao Associate qjiao@seas.harvard.edu
	Atte Kadoma Graduate Student (Vlassak and Suo lab) akadoma@g.harvard.edu
	Shuming Kang Graduate Student kyriekang@g.harvard.edu
	Carlos Rios Associate
	Hang Yang Graduate Student hangyang@g.harvard.edu
	Juanjuan Zheng Associate juanzheng@g.harvard.edu
	Ben Schafer Associate schafer@g.harvard.edu
	Hyeonho Cho Postdoctoral Fellow hyeonho_cho@seas.harvard.edu
	Melissa Majkut Faculty Administrator mmajkut@seas.harvard.edu

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Former Ph.D. Students
Dr. Yucong (Mark) Miao	(May 2022)
Dr. Kevin Tian kvntian@gmail.com	(May 2019)
Dr. Dongwoo Lee roboticsbylee@gmail.com	"Nanocalorimetry Experiments and First-Principles Theoretical Studies of Solid-State Reactions in Nanolaminates" (May 2016)
Dr. Widusha Illeperuma	(May 2015) (Download)
Dr. Jianyu Li	(May 2015) (Download)
Dr. Kechao (Charlie) Xiao	(May 2015)(Download)
Dr. George (Matt) Pharr	(Download) (May 2014)
Dr. Kamyar Davoudi	(May 2014)(Download)
Dr. Kejie Zhao kejiezz@gmail.com	"Mechanics of Electrodes in Lithium-ion Batteries" (May 2012)
Dr. Patrick McCluskey patrick.j.mccluskey@gmail.com	"Thermal Sensor Arrays for the Combinatorial Analysis of Thin Films" (May 2012)
Dr. Han Li Postdoctoral Researcher in Materials Science and Reliability IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center lihan.seas@gmail.com	"Mechanical Properties, Fracture and Water Diffusion in Nanoporous Low Dielectric Constant Materials" (May 2010) http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hanli/
Dr. Nanshu Lu Postdoctoral Fellow Beckman Institute, UIUC nanshulu@illinois.com	"Mechanics of Hard Films on Soft Substrates" (May 2009)
Dr. Xi Wang Associate Research Professor Institute of Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China xiwang@imech.ac.cn	“Crystallization and Martensitic Transformation Behavior of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films” (May 2007)
Dr. Youbo Lin CCB, Harvard lin@esag.harvard.edu	“Structure, Mechanical Properties and Fracture Behavior of Organosilicate Glass Thin Films" (March 2007)
Dr. Yong Xiang Professor of Materials Science School of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China P. R. China xiang@uestc.edu.cn	"Plasticity in Cu thin films: an experimental investigation of the effect of microstructure" (March 2006)

Former Visitors, Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
Jong-hyoung Kim
Quan Jiao
Lola Eelen
Luis Alberto Garcia Morales
Won-Seok Song
Dr. Gayatri Cuddalorepatta
Zhuang Zhuang
Javier Rodriguez Viejo
Sean Telford
Yanlin Zhu
Dr. Jinhye Bae
Dr. Ye Shen
Zongkai Yan
Haitao Zhang
Bingge Zhao
Dr. Gidong Sim
Yanhui Chu
Lu Wu
Jeong-Yun Sun
Dr. John Gregoire
Dr. Christopher C. Chama
Dr. Xi Chen
Dr. Jun-Hyun Han
Dr. Johan Hoefnagels
Dr. Hyun-Jong Kim
Dr. Jae-Hyun Kim
Professor Jun-Hyub Park
Dr. Prita Pant
Yahya Motemani Sharabiani
Dr. Yuki Sugimura
Dr. Zhiliang Zhang

Former Undergraduate Researchers
Xueying Hai Summer 2010	Emory & Henry College (2011), USA	MD Simulatioins of OSG-based Low-k Dielectrics
Ron Tenne Fall 2009	Technion University (2010), Israel	High Heating Rate DSC of Thin Film Metallic Glasses
Ofer Kfir Summer 2008	Technion University (2009), Israel	Calorimetric Characterization of Thin Film Ternary Ni-Ti-Zr Shape Memory Alloys
Ohad Rosenberg Summer 2007	Technion University, (2008), Israel	Thermal Measurements of Copper Thin Films Using PnTCA
Michael Rein Summer 2006	Technion University, (2007), Israel	Effect of Film Thickness on the Crystallization Kinetics of Amorphous NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films
Ofer Shopen Summer 2005	Technion University (2006), Israel	Time-Dependent Adhesion in Organosilicate Glass Coatings
Michael Albert III Summer 2005	North Carolina A&T State University (2007), USA	Hysteresis of the Martensitic Reaction in a Ternary TiNiZr Alloy
Iping Lam Summer 2004	Lehigh University (2005), USA	In-situ Stress Measurement During the Crystallization of Amorphous NiTi Thin Films
Iran Zvulun Summer 2004	Technion University (2005), Israel	An Investigation of the Fe-Pd-X Shape Memory Alloys Using a Combinatorial Approach
Tzahi Cohen Summer 2003	Technion University (2004), Israel	The Deposition of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Fe-Pd Thin Films and Their Thermo-Mechanical Properties
Ann Lai Summer 2003	Harvard University (2005), USA	Effect of Annealing Conditions on Shape Memory Behavior of Ti-Rich Thin Films
Roy Kaiser 2003	Harvard University (2004), USA	M-BOSS: A Multi-Beam Optical Sensor System Using Diffraction Heads
Christopher_Mercaldi Summer 2002	Harvard University (2004), USA	Investigation of Stress in ZnO Films
Emily Cofer Summer 2001	MIT (2004), USA	Design and Construction of an Electrochemical Cell for In-Situ Adhesion Studies
Uri Lev Summer 2001	Technion University (2002), Israel	Origin of Anomalous Stress Development in Sputtered ZnO Coatings
Alexandre Fare-Bulle 2000-2001	University of Lausanne (2001), Switzerland	Development of a Sample Preparation Method for Bulge Test
Kyle Clark 2000-2001	Harvard University (2004), USA	Development of an Apparatus to Measure Mechanical Properties of Thin Films
Anat Samoilov Summer 2000	Technion University (2001), Israel	Growth and Characterization of ZnO Films

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