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Current and Alumni Student Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Current Student Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ojo Friday Abraham, PhD Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content: <\/strong>Using photoelectrochemical catalysis, Ojo is leading the way in sustainable ammonia production research.\u202f As part of his goal to create next-generation green energy solutions, he is shown in this picture with a specially constructed cell and a plasmonic photocathode intended for light-driven, lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gladys Duran Duran, PhD Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content: <\/strong>Gladys using the instron mechanical tester to measure the mechanical properties of her Cu (copper) Sn (tin) sample. As a PhD student in the Prieto lab, her research focuses on the relationship between mechanical properties and performance of sodium ion batteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Priya Suryavanshi, PhD Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content: <\/strong>Priya\u202fworks on photovoltaic cadmium telluride solar cell fabrication, characterization, and optimization in the Center for Photovoltaics (CSU Cap), under the supervision of Dr. James Sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rashedul Islam, PhD Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content: <\/strong>Thin ply high strain composite materials (HSC) are of great interest in deployable space structure. Engineers and scientists need more engineering approaches to predict the behavior of the HSC materials in the extreme space-environment although the constituent materials of HSC are aerospace-grade high-performance resin. My research concerns the characterization of the viscoelastic behavior of HSC materials from neat resin to laminae and laminate level to better understand viscoelastic behavior and design the efficient deployable space structure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Otoniel Duran, PhD Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Otoniel\u2019s (Oto) research aims to improve the formulation of calcium phosphate slurry to achieve the desired viscosity for 3D printing. Here, Oto is holding a 3D printed sample of TPMS (triply periodic minimal surface) calcium phosphate scaffold for bone regeneration. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Rettner, PhD Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Emma is holding a recent polymer she created- hard block made from cyclopentene, a cheap cycloolefin. You can read more about her work here<\/u><\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Boston Morris, PhD Grad, 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Boston works with block copolymer materials to create thermoplastic elastomers. You can read more about his research here<\/u><\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Carter Stotts, PhD Grad, 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Carter\u2019s research focus is on diffusion, phase transformations, and fracture of ultra-high temperature ceramics and composites with the intention of developing novel metal-ceramic multilayer composites for use as structured materials in extreme environments. To accomplish this, Carter uses a theoretical and computational approach including a combination of finite element, Monte Carlo, and ab-initio (VASP) simulations.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dominic Asebiah, PhD Grad, 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dominic works on new material discovery for semiconductor applications. He specifically works with perovskite materials. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rafael Almaraz, PhD Grad, 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rafael (Rafa) works with Dr. Justin Sambur\u2019s lab. In his research, Rafa transfers semiconductors from the water scale into electrochemical cells to measure their efficiency at transforming light into energy. Here, Rafa is cleaning and preparing to use instrumentation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nipa Khair, PhD Grad, 2024<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content:<\/strong> Holding a polymeric transcatheter aortic valve enhanced with hyaluronan. Nipa works with Dr. Sue James on a device that could replace diseased aortic valves in the human heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Preston, PhD Grad, 2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content: <\/strong>This picture is of stainless steel powder being sintered at heating rates within a graphite die. My research focuses on controlling the microstructure of materials and how these structures, such as porosity and grain size on the nano and micro scale, influence bulk mechanical properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nelson Isaacson, MS Grad, 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content:<\/strong>  SEM image of a fractured Hydroxyapatite scaffold. My research revolves around investigating the failure mechanisms of 3D-printed scaffolds for use in bone regeneration. This is an example scaffold that was fractured under compression loading, and the internal rod fracture surface is being investigated to determine how to better strengthen the material and the scaffold<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Sutherland, MS Grad, 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content:<\/strong> This photo is of ball-milled stainless steel scrap that will be sintered using spark plasma sintering. I am currently working on recycling stainless steel and titanium scrap using a more energy-efficient process while also maintaining or even improving some of its mechanical properties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roberta Maia Sabino, PhD Grad, 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content:<\/strong> Superhydrophobic titania nanotube with droplets of water, blood plasma, and whole blood. As you can see, the droplets do not spread on the nanotube\u2019s surface, which shows its superhydrophobicity (surface repels water\/blood). This material is for blood-contacting medical devices that prevents blood from clotting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brody DeBoer, MS Grad, 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Picture Content: <\/strong>I am currently working on the diffusion of cations into Mayenite electride. This diffusion study will lead into the doping of Mayenite electride to increase its material properties. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current and Alumni Student Research Current Student Research Ojo Friday Abraham, PhD Student Picture Content: Using photoelectrochemical catalysis, Ojo is leading the way in sustainable ammonia production research.\u202f As part of his goal to create next-generation green energy solutions, he is shown in this picture with a specially constructed cell and a plasmonic photocathode intended for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"microsite":[],"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"microsite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/microsite?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}