Group Members

Principal Investigator

Sinan Keten, Ph.D.

CV, Email: s-keten@northwestern.edu

Jerome B. Cohen Professor of Engineering

Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)

Northwestern University Tech A133, 2145 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL 60208-3109, Tel: (847) 491-5282

Postdoctoral Researchers

Doctoral Students

Akash Pandey

Akash Pandey

Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Prof. Wei Chen)

Machine learning for sequence – property relationships in protein-based materials

Arman Moussavi

Arman Moussavi

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Molecular topology effects and mechanics of polymeric and biomolecular materials

Qingyue Guo

Qingyue Guo

IBiS (Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences)

Biomolecular materials

Jinyue Dai

Jinyue Dai

Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Prof. Junsoo Kim)

Hydrogel materials

Gourav Kumbhojkar

Gourav Kumbhojkar

Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Prof. Wei Chen)

Machine learning and living materials

Yitong (Gary) Chen

Yitong (Gary) Chen

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanics of graphene-based nanocomposites

Sri Maddukuri

Sri Maddukuri

Mechanical Engineering

Nanomechanics of soft materials

Ahmet Burak Yildirim

Ahmet Burak Yildirim

Mechanical Engineering

Polymer networks
Gwen Liu

Gwen Liu

Mechanical Engineering

Bioinspired materials

Gabby Leinbach

Gabby Leinbach

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanics of bioinspired materials

Undergraduate Researchers