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
Jake Foley
Undergraduate researcher, Fall 2025-present
John Schoenrock
Undergraduate researcher, Fall 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