Principal Investigator

Mostafa Hassani
Mostafa Hassani is an Assistant Professor jointly within the Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Cornell. Prior to that, he completed a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer appointment at Cornell, a Post-doctoral appointment at MIT, and a PhD degree at Politecnico di Milano. His research interests lie at the intersection of solid mechanics, structural materials and additive manufacturing.
Email: hassani@cornell.edu
PhD Students

Lewei He
Education: 2019 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia
Research Interests: Mechanical Behavior, Material Characterizations, Surface Engineering
Email: lh644@cornell.edu

Qi Tang
Education: 2019 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
2016 BSc, Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University
Research Interests: Mechanical Behavior, Gradient Materials, Finite Element
Email: qt54@cornell.edu

Joseph Giliberto
Education: 2018 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
2013 BSc, Civil Engineering, Syracuse University
Research Interests: Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Alloy design, Indentation
Email: jvg36@cornell.edu
Group Alumni
Graduate Students
Xuchen Wang, MSc 2020
Thesis: Ultra-High Strain Rate Constitutive Modeling of Pure Titanium Using Particle Impact Test
Undergraduate Students
Diego Prado, 2020
Visiting Scholars
Gongjun Cui An, 2020, Taiyuan University of Technology
Qi An, 2020, Harbin Institute of Technology