Graduate Students
Sahar Riazi Tabrizi
Ph.D. student
Project: Small scale deformation mechanisms in LCEs
Research Interests: smart materials, elastomers
| Ph.D. | Mechanical Engineering | planned 2028 |
| B.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | 2023 |
Email me: sriazit@okstate.edu
Fuad Ahmed
Master student, website
Project: 4D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composites
Research interests: Additive Manufacturing, Smart Materials, nanomaterials
| M.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | planned 2027 |
| B.Sc. | Industrial and Production (Manufacturing) Engineering | 2022 |
Email me: fuad.ahmed11@okstate.edu
Undergrads
Luella Hollis
Undergrad researcher Mechanical Engineering
Project: Triaxiality in LCEs
Research interests: Smart materials, seismic resilience of buildings
| B.Sc. | Architecture Engineering | 2026 |
Email me: Luella.hollis@okstate.edu
Sara Vance
Undergrad researcher Mechanical Engineering
Project: Radial orientation of LCEs
Research interests: Mechanics of materials, smart materials
| B.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | 2028 |
Email me: Sara.vance@okstate.edu
Cara Hubenett
Undergrad researcher Mechanical Engineering
Project: Musculoskeletal modeling of pregnancy
Research interests: Bioengineering, Women’s health
| B.Sc. | Mechanical and Aerospace Eng. | 2028 |
Email me: cara.hubenett@okstate.edu
Caroline Puckett
Undergrad researcher Mechanical Engineering
Project: Musculoskeletal modeling of pregnancy
Research interests: Bioengineering, Women’s health
| B.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | 2030 |
Email me: Caroline.puckett@okstate.edu
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Emotional support
Project: Sleep study
Research interests: more sleep and food.
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Former Team Members
Graduate researchers
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Nazmus Sakib, M.Sc. MechE 2025
4D printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Leila Rezaei, Ph.D. MechE 2024
Modeling the coupling between viscoelasticity and soft elasticity in nematic liquid crystal elastomers
Postdoc at Impressio
Abby Haddox, M.Sc. MechE 2023
A smart skin to treat and prevent pressure ulcers
Research Engineer at OAIRE
Jeremy Perez, M.Sc. MechE 2021
LCE behavior under pressure, ischemia in the dermis
Zozef Siddiqui, M.Sc. MechE 2021
Structure-property relationships in 4D printed liquid crystal elastomers
Likhitha Ippagunta, M.Sc. MechE 2021
Effect of pregnancy-induced mass gain and footwear on postural stability
Clément Brousse, M.Sc. MechE 2020
The viscoelastic Poisson’s ratio of webs
PhD student Colorado State U.
Manogna Jambhapuram, Ph.D. MechE 2020
Viscoelasticity phenomena in roll-to-roll manufacturing – Two case studies of industrial relevance
Process Engineer, Kimberly-Clark
Tyler Estrada, M.Eng. MechE 2018
Local polydomain-monodomain transition in liquid crystal elastomers
Mechanical Engineer at United States Air Force in the Non-Destruction Program Office
Undergraduate researchers
Somebody, MechE
Awesome project
Roselyn Ybarra, MechE, 2025
Radial orientation of LCEs
Olivia Fulkerson, MechE, 2025
Biomechanics of pregnant women
Caroline King, AerospaceE, 2025
Biomechanics of pregnant women
Cassandra Hardin, MechE, 2024
Radial actuation of LCEs
Iris Borunda, B.Sc. Mech, 2025
Influence of obesity on musculoskeletal models
Sam Leach, B.Sc.2023
Synthesis of model LCE systems
Hannah Kunze, MechE, 2024
Tristan Zoll, MechE
Radial actuation of LCEs
Oscar Mallet, Ecole Centrale Nantes, B.Sc. MechE 2020
Garett Johnson, B.Sc. MechE 2022
Tori Ruszkowski, B.Sc. ChemE Okstate 2018, M.Sc. ChemE Columbia 2019.
Self-folding of smart elastomers
MS2M Lab 