Our Team

Soft Tissue Biomechanics Group

Graduate Students

Peter Kuetzing

kuetzing at umich.edu

Ph.D Candidate, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

M.S.E., Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S., Mech. Eng., Cal Poly Pomona

Nathaly Villacis Núñez

carlanvn at umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

M.S.E., Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S. Mech. Eng., Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito

Charlotte Andreasen

candreas at umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

M.S.E., Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S. Mech. Eng. & Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Michael A. Hernández Lamberty

maherlam at umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S. Mech. Eng., University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

Undergraduate Students

Dhiya Krupashankar

dhiyak at umich.edu

B.S. Mech. Eng. and Business Admin., University of Michigan, 25'

Charlie "Chuck" Lettenberger

clett at umich.edu

B.S. Mech. Eng., University of Michigan, 27'

Post Dogs

Apollo Arruda

10th Year Post Dog - accepted for tenure track position

Loki "Loko" Villacis Núñez

3nd year Post-Dog

Polymer Mechanics Group

Post Docs

Xuedong Zhai

xzhai at umich.edu

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan

Ph.D., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University

M.S., Mech. Eng., Stony Brook University

M.S.E., Mech. Eng., Tianjin University

B.S., Mech. Eng., Tianjin University

Graduate Students

Nathaly Villacis Núñez

carlanvn at umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

M.S.E., Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S. Mech. Eng., Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito

Karina Heye-Smith

kheyesmi at umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

M.S.E., Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S. Mech. Eng., Brown University

Dushyanth Rudra Mahesh Velugubantla

drmahesh at umich.edu

Master's Student, Mech. Eng., University of Michigan

B.S. Mech. Eng., JNTUH

Collaborators

Alan Wineman, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Rhima Coleman, PhD

Associate Chair for the Master's Program, Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Krishna Garikipati, PhD

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Mathematics

Lisa Larkin, PhD

Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Michael Thouless, PhD

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Janine Johnson Weins Professor

ME Associate Chair for Facilities and Planning

Staff

Ulrich Scheven, PhD

uscheven at umich.edu

Associate Research Scientist

Ph.D., Physics, Princeton

B.S., Physics, UC Berkeley

Andrea Poli

polia at umich.edu

Lab Manager, Engineering Technician

PhD Alumni

Ryan Rosario

Graduation Year: 2022

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Lafayette College

Marie Rice

Graduation Year: 2020

Callan Luetkemeyer

Graduation Year: 2020

Current Position: Assistant Professor of MSE, University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne

Benjamin Marchi

Graduation Year: 2017

Current Position: Senior Applied Scientist, Uber

Brian C. Syveryd

Graduation Year: 2017

Current Position: Staff R&D Engineer, Becton Dickinson and Company

Kaitlyn Mallet

Graduation Year: 2017

Current Position: Quality & Reliability Engineer, Intel

Tanaz Rahimzadeh

Graduation Year: 2016

Mike Smietana

Graduation Year: 2014

Current Position: Manager - Biologics R&D, Stryker

Jessica Deneweth

Graduation Year: 2013

Current Position: Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Keqin Cao

Graduation Year: 2013

Current Position: Engineering Manager, Intel

Jinjin Ma

Graduation Year: 2012

Current Position: Research Associate, Cleveland Clinic

Amit Kaushik

Graduation Year: 2010

Current Position: Group Scientist R&D, P&G

Sarah Calve

Graduation Year: 2006

Current Position: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Boulder

Wei Xu

Graduation Year: 2002

Current Position: Senior Product Development Engineer, Ivoclar Vivadent Manufacturing

Yan Wang

Graduation Year: 2001

Jeffrey E. Bischoff

Graduation Year: 2001

Current Position: Sr. Director, Biomechanics Research, Zimmer Biomet

Paris R. Von Lockette

Graduation Year: 1999

Current Position: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Penn State

Xiaoyong Lu

Graduation Year: 1998

Phillip Przybylo

Graduation Year: 1998

Current Position: Vice President, Child Safety, CYBEX

M.S. Alumni

Logan Boals

Graduation Year: 2023

Current Position:

Bo-Ram Oh

Graduation Year: 2011

Current Position: PPO-M Process Engineer, Apple

Harish Iyer

Graduation Year: 2011

Current Position: Research and Technology Team Leader, Siemens

Fatima N. Syed-Picard

Graduation Year: 2006

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Oral Biology, University of Pittsburg

Ying Li

Graduation Year: 1997

Sharon L. Smolinski

Graduation Year: 1995

Deanna G. Venske

Graduation Year: 1993

Undergraduate Alumni

Miranda Baltaxe

mbaltaxe at umich.edu

B.S. Comp. Eng. , University of Michigan, 24'

Audrey McManus

mcmanusa at umich.edu

B.S. Biomed Eng. , University of Michigan, 23'

Dylan Andresino

andd at umich.edu

B.S. Mech. Eng., University of Michigan. 23'

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