People

The team

Graduate and undergraduate researchers in the IDM Lab.

Ph.D. Students

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Halston Sandford

Mechanics and design of 3D printed continuous fiber reinforced polymers.

Halston joined the IDM Lab in Jan. 2023 after earning his Bachelor's degree at Stanford. He studies process-property relationships, digital twins, and sustainability in composite 3D printing.

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Patrick Tash

Generative AI for the inverse design of metamaterials.

Patrick applies modern AI models, including generative models, to the inverse design of materials and structures, generating metamaterial designs directly from target properties.

Master's Students

Patrick Knowles

Simulation of 3D printed continuous fiber reinforced composites.

Patrick simulates failure in 3D printed composites, including crack propagation, interfacial failure between fiber and matrix, and fiber breakage.

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Undergraduate Students

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Idris Tinwala

Design of voxel materials.

Idris is a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate and EURēCA! Research Assistant working on voxel-printed multi-material structures.

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Kestin Kuhn

Process planning of 3D printed composites.

Kestin develops in-house slicers for the FFF process of continuous fiber deposition, allowing the location of fibers within a polymer composite to be customized.

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Chandler Slowik

Material extrusion of metallic materials.

Chandler prints lattice structures in an FFF process using metallic powder mixed with polymer.

Alumni

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Yuanrui Wang

Former Ph.D. Student

In the IDM Lab from Aug. 2023 to Aug. 2025

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Ladpha Teawdeswan

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Graduated in May 2026

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Raphael Provosty

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Graduated in May 2023

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Nikola Hilderbrand

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Graduated in May 2026

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Brian Lim

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award

Graduated in May 2025

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