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

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

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

Lingji Jiang
PhD candidate, fall 2024-present
Undergraduate Students

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

Brian Chung
MQP student, 2024

Remington Janssen
MQP student, 2024

Daniel Moreau
MQP student, 2024
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

Rishi Gupta
MQP student, 2020-2021

Jack Yebba
PhD candidate, fall 2024

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

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

Yi Shen
MS student 2019-2021

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

Patrick Flinn
MQP student, 2019-2020

Michael Cullen
MQP student, 2019-2020

Kailey Catyb
MQP student, 2019-2020

Jordan Counsel
MQP student, 2019-2020

Dominique Chen
MQP student, 2019-2020

Davis Ladd
MQP student, 2019-2020

Adam R. Rodeen
MQP student, 2019-2020

Vadym Drozd
Research Professor

Arkady Gobernik
MQP student, summer 2018

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

Jun Lu
M.S. Student, 2018-2021

Jose Belisario
M.S. Student, 2017-2018

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