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Ph.D. Students

Halston Sandford

Research: Mechanics and deign of 3d printed continuous fiber reinforced polymers.

Halston gratuated from Stanford University in 2022 with a Bachelor's degree. He joined the IDM lab in Jan. 2023. Currently, he is working on the process-property relationship in the 3D printing of composites. His research also includes digital twin development and sustainability of composite 3D printing.

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Yuanrui Wang

Research: Advanced manufacturing of 3d printed composites.

Yuanrui gratuated from CU Denver in 2023 with a Master's degree in EE. He joined the IDM lab in Aug. 2023. Currently, he is working on the advanced manufacturing of 3D printed composites.

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Master Students

Ladpha Teawdeswan

Research: Design and simulation of multi-material lattice structures.

Ladpha gratuated from CU Denver in 2023 with a Bachelor's degree in ME. She joined the IDM lab in May 2022 as an undergraduate research assistant. Currently, she is working on the design and simulation of multi-material lattice structures.

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Undergraduate Students

Nikola Hilderbrand

Research: FDM printing of metal lattice structures.

Nikola is currently a senior student in the department of Mechanical Engineering. He joined the EUReCA as a research assistant in 2024 and also began working at the Additive Manufacturing lab in 2025. Now he works on EUReCA research of FDM modeling of metal-polymer lattice structures and refining post processing parameters.

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Idris Tinwala

Research: Design of voxel materials.

Idris is a highly motivated college student at CU Denver and pursuing his BS in Mechanical Engineering courses. He conducts research as a EURēCA! Undergraduate Research Assistant on voxel printed multi-material structures. He is passionate about robotics, 3D printing, programming, mechanical design, and deep learning.

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Alumni

Raphael Provosty

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Graduated in May 2023

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Brian Lim

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

Graduated in May 2025

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