IMPD Group PI

Dr. Yu (Michael) Zhong
Professor
Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
yzhong@wpi.edu
https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/yzhong
Director, CALPHAD inc.
Faculty and Post-Doc

Dr. Songge Yang
Research Assistant Professor, 2024-present
Post-Doc Fellow, 2022-2024
PhD Student, 2018-2022
M.S. Student, 2017-2018

Dr. M. Mustafa Azeem
Post-Doc, 2024-Present
Graduate Students

Jize Zhang
Ph.D. student, 2022-present
Lab Researcher, fall 2021
MS student 2019-2021

Soki Sem
Ph.D. candidate, Summer 2024-Present

Adam Shenk
Ph.D. student, Spring 2025-present
MS student, Summer, Fall 2024
Undergraduate Students

Nicolás Adrian
Undergraduate Researcher, Spring 2025-present
WPI MQP group
Alumni

Mohammad Asadikiya
Post-Doctoral Fellow
2018-2020
Ph.D. student, 2013-2018

Dr. Shadi Darvish
Post-Doc, 2018-2019
Ph.D. student, 2014-2018

Hooman Sabarou
PhD Student, 2015-2019

Xiaotian Yan
M.S. Student, 2017-2018

Rui Wang
PhD Student, 2018-2023

Fangzhou Xing
Visiting Student, 2018-2020

John George Haddad
Lab Technician, 2018-2019
MQP student, summer 2018

Brandon McLaughlin
MQP student, 2020-2021
MS student, 2021-2022

Jack Yebba
PhD candidate, fall 2024

Brian-Marcio Montenegro
MQP student
2022-2023

Edwin Joseph
MQP student
2022-2023

Sanjeet Pawar
MQP student
2022-2023
Stephen Davis
MQP student, summer 2022
Alexander Kochling
MQP student, summer 2022

Elizabeth Cullen
MQP student
Summer 2023

Taylor Johnson
MQP student
Summer 2023

Samuel Krimmel
BS/MS student 2019-present

Aritro Deb Sarker
MQP Student,
Summer 2024

Ethan Cummings
MS student, 2024

Elliot Dunham
MQP Student,
Summer 2024

Shannen Preble
MQP Student,
Summer 2024

Brian Chung
MQP student, 2024

Remington Janssen
MQP student, 2024

Daniel Moreau
MQP student, 2024

Davis Ladd
MQP student, 2019-2020

Andrew Smith
Lab Researcher, 2018-2019
M.S. Student, 2016-2018

Jose Belisario
M.S. Student, 2017-2018

Jun Lu
M.S. Student, 2018-2021

Connor Lemay
BS/MS student, 2018-2020
MQP student, summer 2018

Yifan Zhang
Ph.D. student, 2020-2025
MS student 2018-2020

Arkady Gobernik
MQP student, summer 2018

Vadym Drozd
Research Professor

Adam R. Rodeen
MQP student, 2019-2020

Rishi Gupta
MQP student, 2020-2021

Dominique Chen
MQP student, 2019-2020

Jordan Counsel
MQP student, 2019-2020

Kailey Catyb
MQP student, 2019-2020

Michael Cullen
MQP student, 2019-2020

Patrick Flinn
MQP student, 2019-2020

Tauny Tambolleo
MQP Student, 2019-2020
MS student, 2020-2021

Yi Shen
MS student 2019-2021