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2025 O-REU Summer Students

Shams Alwani

Texas A&M University

email: shamsalwani@tamu.edu

TAMU mentor:  Jean-Briac Le Graverend

Project Title:  Atomistic Modeling of Solid-state Phase Transformation in a Ni-rich NiTiHf Alloy

Mohammed  Barakat

The University of Texas at Tyler

email: mbarakat@patriotts.uttyler.edu 

TAMU mentor:  Wei Gao 

Project Title:  Deformation Modeling of Silicon Nanoparticles via Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning Potentials

Annetta Davoli

University of Southern California

email: adavoli@usc.edu 

TAMU & LANL mentors:  Michael J. Demkowicz and Daniel Blaschke

Project Title:  The Effect of Free Surfaces on Dislocation Mobility in Magnesium

Connor Doggrell

Auburn University

email: cpd0027@auburn.edu   

LANL mentors:  Andrew Richards and Josh P. Smith    

Project Title:  Powder Compaction Simulation Using ABAQUS

Greg Kenning

University of Pittsburgh

email: ggk12@pitt.edu 

TAMU mentor:   Jean-Briac Le Graverend

Project Title:  Using Recurrent Neural Networks to Predict Strain Memory in Materials

Carina Lee

University of California, Berkeley 

email: carinalee@berkeley.edu  

TAMU mentor:   Raymundo Arroyave

 Project Title:  Modeling Nonlinear Devices with Neural Networks

Khang Nguyen

Texas A&M University

email: khangnx11@tamu.edu

LANL mentors:  Blas Uberuaga and Elizabeth Peterson

Project Title:  Electronic Properties of Interfaces in Oxide Materials

Junior Binh Pham

Texas A&M University

email: junior.pham@tamu.edu   

LANL mentors:  Khanh Quoc Dang and Darshan Bamney 

Project Title: Using Cascade Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study the Mechanical Field Effects of Simple Defects on Irradiated Materials

Nicole Piedrahita

University of Washington

email: nicolep4@uw.edu

LANL mentors:  Jacob Startt and Saryu Fensin

Project Title:  Optimizing thermo-mechanical performance in VNbTaTiZr HEAs with Molecular Dynamics

Savannah Stotts

University of Southern California

email: sstotts@usc.edu

TAMU mentor:   Jean-Briac Le Graverend

Project Title:  Phase-Field Modeling of Precipitation in High–Temperature Shape Memory Alloys

Jos Thomas

DePaul University

email: jos_tm@icloud.com

LANL mentors:   Robert Stanton and Anders Niklasson

Project Title:  Development of a 2D Perovskite Force Field with Long-Range Flexible Charges for CsPbI-Based Materials

 

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