X-STRM TEAM
who. we. are.
LESLIE LAMBERSON
XSTRM DIRECTOR
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Leslie is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering with affiliation in Materials Science at the Colorado School of Mines. Her area of expertise is in mechanics of materials under extreme conditions. She earned her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and B.A. in Dance Performance from the University of Michigan, her M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to her faculty position, Leslie was a postdoctoral researcher with K.T. Ramesh at the Johns Hopkins University. A former Lockheed Martin “Skunk Works” engineer, Leslie was a 2013 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow, a recipient of an ONR Young Investigator Award, and an NSF CAREER award. She is currently an Associate Editor for the journal Strain and a Technical Editor for Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials.
TULIKA DIXIT
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Research Focus: Dynamic Viscoelastic Constitutive Parameter Identification
PhD - Indian Institute of Technology Indore (Advisor: Dr. Eswar Prasad)
SANDOR HABOTS
Visiting Scholar - Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Project: Repetitive Impact Loading on Nested Cylinder Polymer Structures
XINGYUAN "ZAZZY" ZHAO
PHD CANDIDATE
PhD Focus: Understanding Deformation Mechanisms in Highly Oriented MAX Phases Under Compression Across Strain-Rates
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MS THESIS: Phase Content Influence on the Mechanical Behavior of Group V Transition Heavy Metal Carbides
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EMILY PITTMAN
PHD CANDIDATE / NDSEG FELLOW
PhD Focus: Thermomechanical Characterization and Dynamic Deformation of the TWIP Titanium Alloy Ti-15Mo
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Co-Advisor: Dr. Amy Clarke, Mines/LANL
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MS Focus: Dynamic fracture of aerospace composites
MEGAN SHEPHERD
PHD CANDIDATE / LLNL Summer Intern
PhD Focus:
Dynamic Fracture and Failure Behavior of Advanced Polymer Systems
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ALLISON ARRINGTON
PhD STUDENT / SANDIA Summer Intern
PhD Focus
Dynamic Failure and Fragmentation of Advanced Steels
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ALEXANDER WESTRA
PhD STUDENT / Mechanical Engineering Grad Fellow
PhD Focus:
Impact Investigations on 3D Layered Solids
In Collaboration with Boeing Shock Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA
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MOIRA FOSTER
PhD CANDIDATE / LLNL Mechanical Engineer
PhD Focus:
Repetitive Impact Behavior and Damage Tolerance of Elastomeric Foams
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JOSEPH MORTON
PhD STUDENT / Mechanical Engineering Grad Fellow
/ Sandia Summer Intern
PhD Focus:
Impact Investigations of Smart Composites​
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BODEN LANHAM
MS STUDENT
MS Focus:
An Improved Design for a Tensile Hopkinson Bar
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ANDREW FURST
MS STUDENT
MS Focus:
Dynamic Thermomechanical Behavior of Polymeric Foams
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XSTRM GRADUATES
DR. ISABELLA MENDOZA
PRESIDENT, MatchID US Inc.
Dissertation:
Impact Fatigue Damage in Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers
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DR. ANDREW MATEJUNAS
Lawrence Livermore National Lab Mechanical Engineer
Dissertation:
Development of an Image-based Inertial Impact Test for the Identification of Polymeric Material Parameters at High Rates
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JACKSON PARKER
R&D Engineer at CoorsTek
MS Thesis: Dynamic Strength and Fragmentation of Silicon Carbide
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DANIEL MORRISON
Composite Materials Engineer at Spirit AeroSystems
MS Thesis:
Temperature Dependent Dynamic Response of Open-Cell Polyurethane Foams
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CAROLINE TURNER
Structural Engineer at United Launch Alliance
MS Thesis:
Impact Fatigue Performance of Polyurethane Foams
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NICHOLAS BRUNSTAD
Staff Engineer at Applied Research Associates
MS Thesis:
A Study of Layer Orientation on the Fracture Behavior of Two Additively Manufactured Thermoset Resins
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