{"id":110,"date":"2014-10-07T21:42:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T01:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/moss\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:40:55","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/moss\/people\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; border: solid 0px black; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 0em;\">\n<hr style=\"border: 0; height: 1px; background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(0,0,0,0.75), rgba(0,0,0,0)); margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em;\" \/>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline; width: 23%; margin: 1% auto; border-right: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em; font-family: Verdana; font-variant: small-caps;\"><a href=\"\/moss\/research\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">research<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline; width: 23%; margin: auto; border-right: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em; font-family: Verdana; font-variant: small-caps;\"><a href=\"\/moss\/people\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">people<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline; width: 23%; margin: auto; border-right: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em; font-family: Verdana; font-variant: small-caps;\"><a href=\"\/moss\/courses\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">teaching<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline; text-align: center; width: 23%; margin: auto; border: 0px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em; font-family: Verdana; font-variant: small-caps;\"><a href=\"\/moss\/blog\/\" style=\"color: #cc0000;\">blog<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"border: 0; height: 1px; background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(0,0,0,0.75), rgba(0,0,0,0)); margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em;\" \/>\n<h2>Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/moss\/files\/2024\/03\/dpholmes2024.jpg\" alt=\"Douglas P. Holmes\" width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.5em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Douglas P. Holmes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- <span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Founder\/CEO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlenode.com\">Saddle Node LLC<\/a><\/span>--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">730 Commonwealth Ave., Room 213<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston, MA 02215<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">(617) 358-1294<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px; font-weight: bold;\">dpholmes<\/span> [at] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">bu<\/span> [dot] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/t49ff00qipamzu9m09xfm\/dpholmes-CV.pdf?rlkey=edvra5yq5sq77k6bnrexqgfel&#038;dl=0\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3870-6562\">ORCID<\/a><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2023\/08\/AmaniCampbell-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Amani Campbell\" width=\"42%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.5em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Amani Campbell<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D Student<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px; font-weight: bold;\"> amanic <\/span> [at] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">bu<\/span> [dot] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_1876-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jairaj Narendran\" width=\"42%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.5em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Jairaj Narendran<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. Student<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Materials Science and Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px; font-weight: bold;\">jairajn<\/span> [at] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">bu<\/span> [dot] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2023\/08\/Paolo-Limcaoco.jpg\" alt=\"Paolo Limcaoco\" width=\"42%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.5em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Paolo Limcaoco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Undergraduate Student<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/undergraduate\/research-opportunities\/distinguished-summer-research-fellowship-dsrf\/\">Distinguished Summer Research Fellowship (DSRF)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 15px; font-weight: bold;\">paololim<\/span> [at] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">bu<\/span> [dot] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>MOSS Group (2019)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2019\/06\/IMG_8705.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2019\/06\/IMG_8705.jpg\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/MOSS2018.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/MOSS2018.jpg\" width=\"32%\" align=\"center\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/MOSS2017.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/MOSS2017.jpg\" width=\"32%\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_3025.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_3025.jpg\" width=\"32%\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>2018, 2017, 2016<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_3906.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_3906.jpg\" width=\"32%\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_1936.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_1936.jpg\" width=\"32%\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_0452.jpg\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_0452.jpg\" width=\"32%\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2014, 2013, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--From left to right: Sophia Perriseau, Meadow Lakin, Michael McCarron, Gabriel Smith, Mark Steranka, Jay Schunter, Abdikhalaq Bade, Douglas Holmes, Xin Jiang, Axel Nilsson, Matteo Pezzulla, and Behrouz Tavakol.--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Alumni<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5483_Original-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sanika Barve\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Sanika Barve, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2025)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Functional Deformations in Thin Sheets and Textiles <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2016\/12\/MBrandenbourger.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Brandenbourger\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Martin Brandenbourger, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Postdoctoral Researcher, 2016-2017.<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2023\/08\/HsinHueiChen-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Hsin Huei Chen\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Hsin-Huei Chen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2024)<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mo Eydani\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Mo Eydani<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2019.<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2015\/03\/austin.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Fergusson\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Austin Fergusson<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Virginia Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2014)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Nanoscale Soft Matter Deformation<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/pic.jpeg\" alt=\"Kate Flanagan\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Kate Flanagan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2019)<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2015\/03\/callan2.jpg\" alt=\"Callan Gillespie\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Callan Gillespie<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Virginia Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2014)<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Arman Guerra\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Arman Guerra, Ph.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2023)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Elastogranular Structures: Deformable Objects in Contact<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2014\/10\/Xin-Jiang.jpg\" alt=\"Xin Jiang\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Xin Jiang, Ph.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2019)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Stability of Highly Nonlinear Structures<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2018\/09\/CR_7-18.jpg\" alt=\"Casey Lautzenhiser\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Casey Lautzenhiser, M.S.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2021\/04\/picture-for-lab-website.jpg\" alt=\"Jeong-Ho Lee\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Jeong-Ho Lee \uc774 \uc815 \ud638, Ph.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Co-Advisor: Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/parkhs\/\">Harold S. Park<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Stimuli-Responsive Shell Theory<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2015\/03\/Ahmad.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Rezaei Mojdehi\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Ahmad Rezaei Mojdehi, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Virginia Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2017)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Co-Advisor: Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esm.vt.edu\/people\/active\/dillard\/dillard-bio.html\">David Dillard<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Friction and Adhesion of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Elastomeric Materials<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2015\/03\/anupam.jpg\" alt=\"Anupam Pandey\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Anupam Pandey<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Virginia Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2014)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Bending, Creasing, and Snapping of Soft, Slender Structures<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2015\/12\/Matteo2.jpg\" alt=\"Matteo Pezzulla\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Matteo Pezzulla, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Postdoctoral Researcher, 2015-2017.<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2016\/11\/DJSJ-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Schunter\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Jay Schunter, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2020)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Elastogranular Mechanics: Far-from-Equilibrium Behaviors of Thin Elastic Structures Deforming in Granular Matter<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2014\/10\/lucia2017.png\" alt=\"Lucia Stein-Montalvo\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Lucia Stein-Montalvo, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Shape-Shifting and Instabilities of Plates and Shells<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2014\/10\/behrouz2.jpg\" alt=\"Behrouz Tavakol\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Behrouz Tavakol, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Virginia Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (2015)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Buckling at the Fluid&#8211;Soft Solid Interface<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"\/moss\/files\/2016\/10\/yiyang.jpg\" alt=\"Yi Yang\" width=\"15%\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.2em; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0em;\">Yi Yang \u6768\u6ea2, Ph.D. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Boston University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">Thesis: Functional Kirigami by Exploiting Elastic Instabilities<\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>research people teaching blog Principal Investigator Douglas P. 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