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 Microprojectile Impact

Email: jl3492@cornell.edu

PhD Students

Qi Tang

Education: 2019 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Research Interests: Laser-Induced Microprojectile 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

Laura Wu

Education: 2023 BSc, Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College

Research Interests: High Entropy Alloys, Cold Spray

Email: lw763@cornell.edu

Master’s Students

Justin Wan

Education: 2021 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis

Research Interests: Metal Additive Manufacturing

Email: jw2696@cornell.edu

Jia Chen

Education: 2024 BSc, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests: High Entropy Alloys

Email: jc3674@cornell.edu

Hanmo Guo

Education: 2024 BSc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo

Research Interests: Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact

Email: hg494@cornell.edu

Henry Lee

Education: 2023 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley

Research Interests: Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact

Email: jl4362@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

Malcolm Shaenen, MSc 2024

Influence of Chemical Strengthening on the Mechanical Behavior and Deformation Mechanisms of Soda Lime Silicate Glass

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

Nicholas Sabella, MEng 2024

Zhiyue Hua, MEng 2024

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