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