Multifunctional Polymers and Composites Lab

PEOPLE

People
Principal Investigator

Mostafa Yourdkhani, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Core Faculty Member, School of Advanced Materials Discovery (SAMD)
○ Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology,
   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
○ Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
○ M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
○ B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
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Graduate Students

Iman Naseri

Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
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Carter Dojan

Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
carter.dojan@colostate.edu>
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Alireza Masoumipour

Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
alireza.masoumipour@colostate.edu
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Soroush Dashtizad

Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
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Hanna Narans

M.Sc. Student
Mechanical Engineering
hanna.narans@rams.colostate.edu
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Samuel Radosevich

M.Sc. Student
Mechanical Engineering
samuel.radosevich@colostate.edu
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Walter Jordan

M.Sc. Student
Mechanical Engineering
walter.jordan@colostate.edu
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Undergraduate Students

John Kelly

Mechanical Engineering
jrfkelly@rams.colostate.edu

Patrick Baldwin

Mechanical Engineering
patrick.baldwin@colotate.edu

Will Greig

Mechanical Engineering
will.greig@colostate.edu

Erik Christoffersen

Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
erik.christoffersen@colostate.edu

Rowan Vannier

Mechanical Engineering
rowan.vannier@colostate.edu

Kate Leahy

Mechanical Engineering
katherine.leahy@colostate.edu

Kenna Doyle

Mechanical Engineering
kenna.doyle@colostate.edu

Aaron Bitter

Neuroscience
aaron.bitter@colostate.edu

High School Students
Alumni
  • Morteza Ziaee, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2018 – 2022)
  • Jackson Morris, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Visiting REU Student from Louisiana State University (2023)
  • Michael Wiest, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Visiting REU Student from Gonzaga University (2022)
  • Zelin Yang, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2021 – 2022)
  • Sarah Danekind, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2021 – 2022)
  • Ethan Anspach, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2020 – 2021)
  • Aaron Dejong, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2019 – 2022)
  • Sean Smith, B.Sc. in Engineering Science (2019 – 2020)
  • Isaac Morris, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2019 – 2020) 
  • Kellen Jensen, High school summer student (2022) 
  • Joseph Souverein, High school summer student (2022)
  • Jacob Nelson, High school summer student (2021).