Principal Investigator

David L. Henann
James R. Rice Associate Professor of Solid Mechanics
PhD, SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, State University of New York at Binghamton
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Graduate Students

Zicheng Yan
PhD student
BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2019
Research: Nonlinear constitutive modeling of elastomeric foams: viscoelasticity, poroelasticity, and temperature dependence

Andrew Bagnoli
PhD student
BS, Virginia Tech, 2020
Research: Development of a predictive numerical simulation capability for optimization of helmet designs

Surya Sidhartha Kolluri
PhD student
MS, Johns Hopkins University, 2022
BS, BITS Pilani, 2019
Research: High strain-rate material characterization of porcine brain tissue using inertial microcavitation rheometry

Alumni

PhD students

Harkirat Singh
PhD, Brown University, 2024
BTech-MTech, IIT Kanpur, 2016
Thesis: Discrete and Continuum Modeling of Coupled Rheological Behavior and Size-Segregation in Dense Granular Materials

Anastasia Tzoumaka
PhD, Brown University, 2022
ScM, Brown University, 2018
DiplME, University of Thessaly, 2016
Thesis: Aspects of High-Strain-Rate Microcavitation in Soft Solids

Xiuqi Li
PhD, Brown University, 2021
ScM, Brown University, 2019
BEng, Tsinghua University, 2015
Thesis: Large-Deformation, Viscoelastic Constitutive Modeling of Elastomeric Foams

Shihong Li
PhD, Brown University, 2020
ScM, Brown University, 2017 and 2019
BS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2014
Thesis: Monodisperse and Bidisperse Dense Granular Flows: Continuum Modeling and Numerical Aspects

Michael Jandron
PhD, Brown University, 2019
ScM, Brown University, 2013
BS, University of Rhode Island, 2007
Thesis: Wave Propagation, Instabilities, and Pattern Transformation in Dielectric Elastomer Composites: Application to Tunable Soft Phononic Crystals

Daren Liu
PhD, Brown University, 2019
ScM, Brown University, 2015
BS, University of Science and Technology of China, 2013
Thesis: Continuum Modeling of Flow and Size-segregation in Dense Granular Materials

Masters students

Leinani Roylo
ScM, Brown University, 2022
ScB, Brown University, 2021
Thesis: Modeling of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) foam: Parametric studies of material properties and application to shoe midsoles

Yuhao Wang
ScM, Brown University, 2016
BS, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, 2014
Thesis: Modeling Surface Tension Effects in Soft Solids: Application to Stiffening Due to Liquid Inclusions and the Creasing Instability

Undergraduate students

Matthew Petersen
ScB, Brown University, 2017
Thesis: Measurement and Characterization of Monodisperse and Bidisperse Dense Granular Flows in a Split-Bottom Cell