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Research scientists and POSTdoctoral Students

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Jeffrey McGuire

Postdoctoral Student

BEAM Department

Virginia Tech

Summer 2020-Summer 2021

Current position:

R&D Engineer

Align Technology

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Adwoa Baah-Dwomoh

Postdoctoral Student

BEAM Department

Virginia Tech

Summer 2018 

Current position:

Clinical Application Specialist

W. L. Gore & Associates

Emanuele Rizzuto

Emanuele Rizzuto

Visiting Scholar

BEAM department

Virginia Tech,

Spring 2017-Summer 2017

Current position: 

Associate Professor

La Sapienza University

Graduate Students

William Snyder

William Snyder

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics 

Virginia Tech, 2024

Current position:

R&D Engineer

Align Technology

Alyssa Huntington

Alyssa Huntington

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2021

Current position:

Clinical Application Specialist

W. L. Gore & Associates

Garret Burks

Garret Burks

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech, 2019

Co-advised with Alex Leonessa

Current position:

Director of Research

Carilion Clinics

Adwoa Baah-Dwomoh

Adwoa Baah-Dwomoh

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

Virginia Tech, 2018 
Co-advised with R. Davalos 

Current position:

Clinical Application Specialist

W. L. Gore & Associates

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Joseph Rittenhouse

M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

Virginia Tech, 2016 
Co-advised with Robert Moore

Current position:

Technical Product Manager

W.L. Gore & Associates

Winston Becker

Winston Becker

M.S. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2014 

Current position:

Clinical Fellow

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Frances Davis

Frances Davis

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

 Virginia Tech, 2013

Current position: 

Associate Professor

Brightpoint Community College

Kandace Donaldson

Kandace Donaldson

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering 

Virginia Tech, 2023

Current position: Academic

Communication Specialist

University of New Mexico

Erica Pack

Erica Pack

Ph.D. in Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, 2021

Co-advised with David Schmale

Current position:

GC Applications Scientist III

Restek

Khaled Adjerid

Khaled Adjerid

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2019

Co-advised with Jake Socha

Current position:

Professor of Practice

Tulane University

Alyssa Huntington

Alyssa Huntington

M.S. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2018 

Current position:

Clinical Application Specialist

W. L. Gore & Associates

Tan Ting

Ting Tan

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2015

Current position: 

Associate Professor

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Albert Kwansa

Albert Kwansa

Ph.D. in Biomedical  Engineering

 Virginia Tech, 2013 

Co-advised with Joseph Freeman

Current position:

Assistant Research Professor

North Carolina State University

Zheying Guo

Zheying Guo

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

 Virginia Tech, 2011

Current position:

Senior Staff Development Engineer

Seagate

Christopher Jackson

Christopher Jackson

M.S. in Civil Engineering 

Virginia Tech, 2021

Co-advised with David Dillard

Current position:

Ph.D. student

Virginia Tech

Jeffrey McGuire

Jeffrey McGuire

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech, 2020

Current position:

Senior R&D Engineer

Align Technology

Zachary Miller

Zachary Miller

M.S. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2018

 

Current position:

Senior Software Engineer

TORC Robotics

Roshelle Wijeratne

Roshelle Wijeratne

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech, 2017

Co-advised with David Dillard 

Current position: 

Product Design Engineer

Apple

Matthew Webster

Matthew Webster

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2014

Current position: 

Research Physicist 

NASA

Victor Stewart

Victor Stewart

M.S. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2013 

Current position: 

Aerospace Engineer

NASA

Ratchada Sopakayang

Ratchada Sopakayang

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Tech, 2010 

Current position: 

Assistant Professor

Ubon Ratchatani University

UnderGraduate Students

Gina Om 

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department (Summer 2007) 
 

Jeffrey Twigg

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (2007-2009) 
 

Maria Imhof

Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2009) 
 

Jeffrey Morelli

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Spring 2008-Spring 2010) 
 

Sean Smith

Mechanical Engineering Department, Harding University (Searcy, AR) (Summer 2010) 
 

Stephen Restaino

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2009-Spring 2011) 
 

Laura Clatterbuck

Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2010) 
 

Sarah Steinke

Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2012) 
 

Jasmine Brown

Material Sciences and Engineering Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2012) 
 

Brian Lubnow

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Spring 2012-Fall 2012) 
 

Katherine Sheridan

Chemical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2013-Fall 2013) 
 

Quynh Pham

Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (Spring 2013, Fall 2013)


Taylor Johnson

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2014) 
 

Jim An

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2014-Spring 2015) 
 

Sarah Adam

Chemical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech (Spring 2016-Summer 2016) 
 

Zachary Miller

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Spring 2017-Summer 2017) 
 

David Case

Engineering, Virginia Tech (Summer 2017) 

 

Maia Huntington

Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech (Fall 2017)

Duncan Stebelton

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)

 

Dillon Richardson

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2018-Fall 2018)

Christie Crandall 

Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2018-Summer 2019)

Marco Brizzolara

Physics Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2019)

William Snyder

Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech (Summer 2019)

Jose Monclova

PREP student, Virginia Tech (Fall 2019-Summer 2020)

Skye Carlson

Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech (Summer 2020-Spring 2021) 

Talia Baddour

PREP student, Virginia Tech (Fall 2020-Summer 2021)

Adam Vossenberg

PREP student, Virginia Tech (Fall 2020-Summer 2021)

Alex Santiago-Anaya

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Virginia Tech (Fall 2021-Fall 2022)

Ethan Simaitis

Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Fall 2022-Fall 2023) 

Morgan Atkinson

Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, Virginia Tech (Spring 2022-Spring 2024) 

Emma Copening

Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech (Spring 2024-Summer 2024) 

Amalie Paar

Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia (Summer 2024) 

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