Members

Director

Associate Professor

Email: Michael.Cullinan@austin.utexas.edu

Phone: (512) 471-0262

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering - MIT (2011)
M.S. Mechanical Engineering - MIT (2008)
B.S. Engineering - Swarthmore (2006)
B.A. Economics - Swarthmore (2006)

Dr. Cullinan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the University of Texas, Dr. Cullinan was a National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Cullinan received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2011. At MIT, Dr. Cullinan worked in the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP) as part of the Precision Compliant Systems Laboratory (PCSL) directed by Professor Martin Culpepper. Dr. Cullinan also holds an MS (2008) in Mechanical Engineering from MIT as well as a BS in Engineering and a BA in Economics from Swarthmore College.

Liam G. Connolly

My research focuses on precision machine design and control development of atomic force microscope based, in-line nanometrology tools for flexible substrates and roll-to-roll processes.

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University (2016)

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The Unviersity of Texas at Austin (2019)

Liam.Connolly@utexas.edu

Obehi Georgina Dibua

My research centers on modeling and simulation of nanoscale sintering phenomena of metallic nanoparticles for use in novel micro selective laser sintering additive manufacturing applications.

M.S. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2016)

ogodibua@utexas.edu

David Cayll

I work on the processing of a tunable graphene microelectromechanical (MEMS) resonator with applications in single molecule gas detection for the healthcare field.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University (2017)

dcayll@utexas.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-cayll

Dipankar Behera

Researcher in micro-scale selective laser sintering tool design.

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology

Joshua Grose

Project: Thermal Properties of Nanoparticle Beds in microscale Selective Laser Sintering

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2018)

Chenyang Luo

Project: Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Stiffness

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Southeast University

Eva Natinsky

Project: Big Data Processing, Visualization, and Error Correction Techniques for Large Area Nanometrology

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Physics, Austin College (2019)

Wyatt Eckstrom

Project: Fabrication and Functionalization of Novel Graphene Resonators

~~Post-Baccalurate Scholar~~ M.S./Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin (2019)

Barbara Groh

Research: Local Photoelastic Stress Mapping for Dynamic Roll-to-Roll Metrology

Ph.D. Student

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University (2020)

Yuanjun Fan

Project: Graphene electrostatic transducer in acoustic application

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, South China Agricultural University

yjfan@utexas.edu

Makenna J Hayes

My research centers on testing the performance of dry, flexible biopotential electrodes that will ultimately be a part of a wearable rehabilitation device.

M.S. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2021)

Aaron Liao

My research involves developing the novel micro-scale selective laser sintering tool.

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2020)

Ian S. Ladner

Now at Lawerance Livermore National Lab

My research explores the development of a MEMS tensile tester for material characterization of nanomaterials which exhibit scale dependent properties, such as photo-polymerization additive manufacturing processes.

Ph.D. UT-Austin (2018)

B.S. Mississippi State University

ladner.i.s@utexas.edu

Nilabh Roy

Now at Canon Nanotechnologies

Ph.D. UT-Austin (2018)

B.S INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-NEW DELHI

Joon Hyong Cho

Now Post-Doctoral Scholar at the National Institutte of Standards and Technology

I work in the design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) utilizing controllable strained mono/multilayer graphene to create repeatable nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) resonators with ultra-precise load detection.

B.S., M.S. YONSEI UNIVERSITY

joonyboy@utexas.edu

Guoao Sun

Now at DiDi

M.S. University of Texas at Austin (2016)

B.S. Purdue University

Tsung-Fu Yao

Now at ASML

I work in the creation of atomic force microscope nanometrology systems developed to work in-line in silicon wafer based manufacturing processes.

Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin (2018)

B.S., M.S. National Taiwan University

Anil Yuksel

Now at IBM

Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin (2017)

M.S. University of Texas at Austin

Martin Ward

Now a Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Michigan

My research addresses the creation and modeling of a silicon exfoliation process for flexible thin-film monocrystalline silicon devices.

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2020)

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2018)

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis (2015)

mjward@utexas.edu

Andrew Duenner

Now at Magic Leap

B.S. University of Texas at Austin

Cheng Zhao

Now at Applied Optoelectronics

My research concentrates on the design, modelling and fabrication of a bidirectional chevron-beam based MEMS thermal actuator, with the goal of utilizing the device for a metamaterial with programmable properties.

M.S. Student, UT-Austin 2018

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester (2016)

cz5344@utexas.edu