Members

Director

Dr. Michael Cullinan

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Director of the Semiconductor Science and Engineering Program

Email: Michael.Cullinan@austin.utexas.edu

Phone: (512) 471-0262

Curriculum Vitae

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.

Mert Gülçür

Horizon Europe Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellow

Project: Prototyping compatible micro manufacturing platform development using additively manufactured soft tools

PhD, University of Bradford, UK – Centre for Polymer Micro-Nano Technology (2017 – 2020)
MSc, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GERMANY – Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (September 2013 – August 2016)
Minor degree, Gebze Institute of Technology, TURKEY – Physics (2010 – 2013)
BSc (Hons), Gebze Institute of Technology, TURKEY – Materials Science and Engineering (2007 - 2011)

Joshua Grose

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

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2024)

M.S. Mechanical Enineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2021)

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

Emmanuel Ekoi

Project: Structural Evaluation through Non-contact Sensor Embedding in Additively Manufactured Parts

Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-Advised with Dr. Kovar)

Ph.D. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin (2019)

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Swansea University (2014)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Michael Okpara' University of Agriculture Umudike (2011)

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

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)

Yohannes Bekele

Ph.D. Student

Graphene-Copper Nanocomposite Conductors

B.S. The University of Texas at Austin (2022)

Rachel Paddock

High-voltage copper-graphene composite conductors

3D printing of long acting drug delivery implants

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2022)

Farzana Tasnim

Fingerprinting topological transition in SEM datasets of microscale selective laser sintering using a self-supervised learning approach

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

M.S. Chemistry, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2021)

James Garcia

3D printing of high-precision, large-area telescope mirrors

Ph.D. Student

B.A. The University of Texas at Austin (2021)

Luis Aguirre

Design of a roll-to-roll 3D nanolithography system

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (1981)

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M (1988)

Xiangyu (Sean) Gao

Design and 3D printing of nanoporous ion capture systems for critical material recycling

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology (2017)

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2018)

Gavin Stafford

Project: Precision 3D alignment in Holographic Metasurface Nanolithography

Ph.D. Student

MS in Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University (2024)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University (2023)

B.S. in Physics, Clemson University (2023)

Joshua Cielo

Project: Design and Fabrication of a MEMS-Based Interfacial Force Microscope

Ph.D. Student

B.S. in Physics, UCLA (2023)

Andrew Gray

Project: Design and Fabrication of a MEMS-based Mechanical Neural Network

Ph.D. Student

B.S. in Engineering Science, Trinity University (2023)

Emmanuel Bamido

Project: Modeling the Dynamics of the Blown Powder Directed Energy Deposition Process

Ph.D. Student

M.S. in Mechancial Engineering, New York University (2023)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos (2019)

Seungjun Lee

Project: Development of Metal-Polymer Hybrid Resins

Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering (Co-Advised with Dr. Page)

M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2024)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)

Ang Guo

Project: Digital Twin of the Hybrid Bonding Process

Ph.D. Student

B.S. in Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Minor in Material Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Certificate in German, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Adhvayith Sriram

Project: Mechanical Testing of Additivly Manufactured Parts with Embedded Sensors

M.S. Student

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2024)

Yifeng Liao

Project: Electromagnetic Damping of Flexure-based Nanopositioning Stages

M.S. Student

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Makenna J Hayes

Now at 3M

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

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

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2022)

Daniel Moser

Now at Sandia National Lab

Multi-Scale Computational Modeling of Selective Laser Sintering for Process Improvements

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

Chenyang Luo

Now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of British Columbia

Project: Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Stiffness

B.S. Southeast University

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Sridharan Thirumalai

Now at Amazon

Project: Optimization of a Multi-Axis Nanopositioning Stage

M.S. Student

Liam G. Connolly

Now at National Institute of Standards and Technology

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.

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

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

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineerting, The Unviersity of Texas at Austin (2022)

Liam.Connolly@utexas.edu

Obehi Georgina Dibua

Now at Schlumberger

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.

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

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

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2022)

ogodibua@utexas.edu

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

David Cayll

Now at Qorvo, Inc.

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)

M.S. Mechancial Engineereing, The University of Texas at Austin (2020)

Ph.D. Mechancial Engineereing, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)

dcayll@utexas.edu

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

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 at Samsung

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

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2019)

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

joonyboy@utexas.edu