Principal Investigator

Douglas P. Holmes
Douglas P. Holmes

Associate 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

Sanika Barve
Sanika Barve
Ph.D Student
Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

sdbarve [at] bu [dot] edu


Amani Campbell
Amani Campbell
Ph.D Student
Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

amanic [at] bu [dot] edu


Hsin Huei Chen
Hsin Huei Chen 陳忻慧
Ph.D Student
Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

hhchen [at] bu [dot] edu


Jairaj Narendran
Jairaj Narendran

Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Boston University

jairajn [at] bu [dot] edu


 

Undergraduate Students

Paolo Limcaoco
Paolo Limcaoco

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

paololim [at] bu [dot] edu


 

MOSS Group (2019)

2018, 2017, 2016

2014, 2013, 2012

 


Alumni

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

Mo Eydani
Mo Eydani
Boston University
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2019.

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

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

Callan Gillespie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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