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Principal Investigator

Douglas P. Holmes

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

730 Commonwealth Ave., Room 213
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 358-1294
dpholmes [at] bu [dot] edu

Curriculum Vitae, ORCID

 

Graduate Students

Amani Campbell
Ph.D Student
Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

amanic [at] bu [dot] edu

Jairaj Narendran

Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Boston University

jairajn [at] bu [dot] edu

 

Undergraduate Students

Paolo Limcaoco

Undergraduate Student
Distinguished Summer Research Fellowship (DSRF)
Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

paololim [at] bu [dot] edu

 

MOSS Group (2019)

2018, 2017, 2016

 

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Alumni

Sanika Barve, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2025)
Thesis: Functional Deformations in Thin Sheets and Textiles

Martin Brandenbourger, Ph.D.
Boston University
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2016-2017.

Hsin-Huei Chen
Boston University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2024)

Mo Eydani
Boston University
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2019.

Austin Fergusson
Virginia Tech
M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2014)
Thesis: Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Nanoscale Soft Matter Deformation

Kate Flanagan
Boston University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2019)

Callan Gillespie
Virginia Tech
M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2014)

Arman Guerra, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2023)
Thesis: Elastogranular Structures: Deformable Objects in Contact

Xin Jiang, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2019)
Thesis: Stability of Highly Nonlinear Structures

Casey Lautzenhiser, M.S.
Boston University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)

Jeong-Ho Lee 이 정 호, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)
Co-Advisor: Prof. Harold S. Park
Thesis: Stimuli-Responsive Shell Theory

Ahmad Rezaei Mojdehi, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech
Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2017)
Co-Advisor: Prof. David Dillard
Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Friction and Adhesion of
Elastomeric Materials

Anupam Pandey
Virginia Tech
M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2014)
Thesis: Bending, Creasing, and Snapping of Soft, Slender Structures

Matteo Pezzulla, Ph.D.
Boston University
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2015-2017.

Jay Schunter, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Thesis: Elastogranular Mechanics: Far-from-Equilibrium Behaviors of Thin Elastic Structures Deforming in Granular Matter

Lucia Stein-Montalvo, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)
Thesis: Shape-Shifting and Instabilities of Plates and Shells

Behrouz Tavakol, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech
Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2015)
Thesis: Buckling at the Fluid–Soft Solid Interface

Yi Yang 杨溢, Ph.D.
Boston University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)
Thesis: Functional Kirigami by Exploiting Elastic Instabilities