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

Xinyan Yang
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mechanics of networks and multistable architected materials
Doctoral Students

Suwei Liu
Mechanical Engineering, (co-advised with Rich Lueptow)
Molecular design of nanofiltration membranes

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

Yitong (Gary) Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of graphene-based nanocomposites

Sri Maddukuri
Mechanical Engineering
Nanomechanics of soft materials

Ahmet Burak Yildirim
Mechanical Engineering

Gwen Liu
Mechanical Engineering
Bioinspired materials
Undergraduate Researchers

Alex Gerber
Mechanical Engineering
Biomolecular materials – Mussel foot proteins (MFP)

Tate Darin
Physics and Integrated Science
Dynamics of structural proteins