Principal Investigator
Materials Department, UCSB
ananyarb@ucsb.edu
Ananya is interested in how patterns form in materials and how those patterns in turn affect the materials behavior.
Ph.D. Students
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, USC
delinzha@usc.edu Profile
Delin is conducting research on how battery microstructures can be crystallographically designed to mitigate volume changes and internal stresses.
Materials Department, UCSB
devesh@ucsb.edu
Devesh is studying how light induces phase transformation in organo-metallic compounds causing them to bend, twist, or stretch.
Materials Department, UCSB
yunsu@ucsb.edu LinkedIn
Yunsu is researching how phase transformations impact material function to provide design rules to better exploit their properties for new and effective uses. On his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, guitar, and making pottery.
yucheng_lai@ucsb.edu
Yu-Cheng is a new member and is investigating symmetry-breaking phase transformations in crystalline solids. Outside of academic pursuits, he enjoys playing badminton, drumming, and practicing calligraphy.
Materials Department, UCSB
hongyi_guan@ucsb.edu
Hongyi is studying hysteresis in soft magnetic materials
Master Students
Physics, Chalmers University of Technology
lovakes@student.chalmers.se
Lovisa is interested in the combination between material and computational physics. She is currently researching micromechanisms of the photo-mechanical effect.
Undergraduates
