Principal Investigator

Mostafa Hassani

Assistant Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

Mostafa Hassani is an Assistant Professor jointly within the Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Cornell.  Prior to that, he completed a Senior  Research Associate and Lecturer appointment at Cornell, a Post-doctoral appointment at MIT, and a PhD degree at Politecnico di Milano. His research interests lie at the intersection of solid mechanics, structural materials and additive manufacturing. Mostafa is particularly focused on understanding the behavior of materials under extreme conditions and solid-phase processing of materials.

Email: hassani@cornell.edu

Postdocs

Jianxiong Li

Education: 2022 PhD, Ohio State University

Research Interests: Laser-Induced Particle Impact

Email: jl3492@cornell.edu

Luis Alonso

Education: 2019 PhD, University Carlos III, Madrid

Research Interests: Cold Spray

Email: la384@cornell.edu

PhD Students

Qi Tang

Education: 2019 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Research Interests: Laser-Induced Particle Impact

Email: qt54@cornell.edu

Yuan Yao

Education: 2023 MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

Research Interests: High Entropy Alloys

Email: yy626@cornell.edu

Shrishty Sahu

Education: 2023 B.Tech, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, IIEST

Research Interests: Metal Matrix Composites

Email: ss3588@cornell.edu

Yuseok Kim

Education: 2023 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University

Research Interests: Heterostructured Alloys

Email: yk722@cornell.edu

Laura Wu

Education: 2023 BSc, Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College

Research Interests: High Entropy Alloys, Cold Spray

Email: lw763@cornell.edu

Master’s Students

Malcolm Schaenen

Education: 2019 BSc, Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests: Mechanics of Glass

Email: mds384@cornell.edu

Falak Patel

Education: 2022 B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, PDEU

Research Interests: Metal Matrix Composites

Email: fpp23@cornell.edu

Zhiyue Hua

Education: 2023 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research Interests: Micro-mechanics

Email: zh453@cornell.edu

Nicholas Sabella

Education: 2023 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College

Research Interests: Metal Additive Manufacturing

Email: ns849@cornell.edu

Undergrad Students

Luyan Li

Education: Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

Research Interests: High Entropy Alloys

Email: ll939@cornell.edu

Lain Li

Education: Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

Research Interests: Mechanical Alloying

Email: yl793@cornell.edu

Group Alumni

Graduate Students

Lewei He, MSc 2022

Internal load transfer in metal matrix composites revealed by in-situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction

Xuchen Wang, MSc 2020

Ultra-high strain rate constitutive modeling of pure titanium using particle impact test

Alex Derry, MEng 2022

Jonathan Leszczynski, MEng 2022

Undergraduate Students

Diego Prado, 2021

Visiting Scholars

Qi An, 2020, Harbin Institute of Technology

Gongjun Cui, 2020, Taiyuan University of Technology