Current Team
Principal Investigator
Yirong Lin, Ph.D.
Professor
ylin3@utep.edu
(915) 747-6015
CV
Graduate Students
Joshua Dantzler
Ph.D. Student
Project: Utilizing Topology Optimization to Fabricate Ceramic Lattices with Tunable Mechanical and Thermal Properties
jzdantzler@miners.utep.edu
Alexis Lopez
Ph.D. Student
Project: I) Fused Filament Fabrication of High Temperature Piezo/Pyro Resistive Structures II) Multimaterial AM of Enhanced Piezoelectric Ceramics
alopez125@miners.utep.edu
Diana Leyva
Ph.D. Student
Project: I) Development of a Sintering Model Using COMSOL for Machine Learning Applications II) Fused Filament Fabrication of Metal, Ceramics, and Glass for Energy Applications
dhleyva@miners.utep.edu
Md Shahjahan Mahmud
Ph.D. Student
Project: I) Chemical Aging and Aging mechanism of SLA/DLP Printed Polymer Material. II) Synthesis of SLA/DLP Printable Novel Material which is Highly Resistant to Chemical Degradation.
mmahmud4@miners.utep.edu
Saqlain Zaman
Ph.D. Student
Project: 3D Printing of Ultra High Temperature Ceramic ZrB2 with Polymer Derived Ceramic and Silicon Carbide Short Fiber and Continuous Carbon Fiber, Developing Pyrolization Schedule to Achieve Highest Possible Flexural Strength from the 3D Printed Parts for Hypersonic Application
szaman3@miners.utep.edu
Sabina Arroyo
Ph.D. Student
Project: FFF Additive Manufacturing of PEEK and CNT Composites
ssarroyo2@miners.utep.edu
Diana Fontes
Masters Student
Project: Fused filament Fabrication for Additive Manufacturing of PEEK and CNT Composites for pyro sensing structures
dfontes@miners.utep.edu
Asahel Marinelarena-Diaz
Masters Student
Project:1) Selective Laser Sintering of Thermoset Structures and 2) Development of Foreign Object Debris simulation to analyze debris impact on aircrafts.
aamarinelare@miners.utep.edu
Luis Rodriguez
Masters Student
Project: Development of Finite Element Analysis Simulations of Foreign Object Debris to Predict Damage on Aircraft Components
lerodriguez15@miners.utep.edu
Joseph Munoz
Masters Student
Project:The Development of Processing Science for a Functional Geaded Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics
jmmunoz12@miners.utep.edu
Antonio Delgadillo
Master's Student
Project: I) Chemical Aging and Aging mechanism of SLA/DLP Printed Polymer Material. II) Synthesis of SLA/DLP Printable Novel Material which is Highly Resistant to Chemical Degradation.
adelgadillo8@miners.utep.edu
Undergraduate Students
Laura Molina
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Project: The Development of Processing Science for a Functional Geaded Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics
lnmolina@miners.utep.edu
Sofia Perez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Project:Fabrication of Fe3O4/Invar Magnetic Polymer Structures with On-Demand Tunable Compressive Properties
saperez8@miners.utep.edu
Amanda Borgaro
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Project: Mylar Repair in Space Environments
alborgaro@miners.utep.edu
Jessica Marie Cobos
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Project: The Development of Processing Science for a Functional Geaded Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics
jmcobos2@miners.utep.edu
