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
PhD Students
Qi Tang
Education: 2019 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
Research Interests: Extreme Mechanics, Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact
Email: qt54@cornell.edu
Yuan Yao
Education: 2023 MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
Research Interests: Heterostructure Material, High Entropy Alloys
Email: yy626@cornell.edu
Laura Wu
Education: 2023 BSc, Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College
Research Interests: Extreme Mechanics, Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact
Email: lw763@cornell.edu
Ashwin Dahal
Education: 2024 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama
Research Interests: Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact, Cold Spray
Email: ad2372@cornell.edu
Luyan Li
Education: 2024 BSc, Material Science, Cornell University
Research Interests: Extreme Mechanics, High Entropy Alloys
Email: ll939@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: Heterostructure Materials, Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Email: hg494@cornell.edu
Carlos Jesus Garrido
Education: 2025 BSc, Structural Engineering (Aerospace Structures), University of California San Diego
Research Interests: Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact
Email: cjg292@cornell.edu
Saul Rios
Education: 2025 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of California San Diego
Research Interests: Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact
Email: sgr72@cornell.edu
Pawsdoc 🐾
Mina
Education: 2025 Pawchelor, Meowchanical Engineering, Cornell University
Research Interests: Fracture strength and tribology property of card boards, toys and food
Advisor: Qi Tang
Group Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jianxiong Li, Assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Laser-Induced Microprojectile Impact, High Entropy Alloys, Mechanical Alloying
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
Luyan Li, BSc 2024
Mechano-Chemical Competition in Driven Complex Concentrated Alloys
Diego Prado, 2021
Visiting Scholars
Qi An, 2020, Harbin Institute of Technology
Gongjun Cui, 2020, Taiyuan University of Technology