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
Faramarz Joodaki
Mechanical Engineering
Molecular simulation to study chemical, physical, and mechanical properties
Doctoral Students
Suwei Liu
Mechanical Engineering, (co-advised with Rich Lueptow)
Molecular design of nanofiltration membranes
Xinyan Yang
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mechanics of networks and multistable architected materials
Heather White
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of graphitic polymer nanocomposites
Subhadeep Pal
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nanomechanics of soft materials, catch bonds
Jacob Graham
Mechanical Engineering
Nanomechanics of biomolecular materials
Akash Pandey
Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Prof. Wei Chen)
Machine learning for sequence – property relationships in protein-based materials
Arman Moussavi
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Molecular topology effects and mechanics of polymeric and biomolecular materials
Qingyue Guo
IBiS (Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences)
Biomolecular materials
Jinyue Dai
Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Prof. Junsoo Kim)
Hydrogel materials
Gourav Kumbhojkar
Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Prof. Wei Chen)
Machine learning and living materials
Undergraduate Researchers
Jerry Qin
Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Polymeric materials
Timothy Russell
Mechanical Engineering
Biomolecular materials – Spider Silk
Alex Gerber
Mechanical Engineering
Biomolecular materials – Mussel foot proteins (MFP)
