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Graduate students (Current)

-       Christian Matthew, Phase field modeling of corrosion fatigue process of additively manufactured alloys, Engineering Science and Mechanics, April 2023-current

-       Kevin Sangoi, Corrosion fatigue properties of additively manufactured alloys, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, May 2022-current

-       Mahdi Nadmi, Processing-defects/microstructures-properties relationship of Cu/Ni by laser powder bed fusion, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, August 2023-current

-       Aqab Zahoor, Experiments and Modeling of nanoparticle-strengthened materials, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Janurary 2025-current

-       Emmanuel Adu-Gyamfi, Understanding the anisotropic behavior of nano-precipitates strengthened Ni-based superallooys, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, August 2023-current

-       Lucy Waite, Phase Transformation and Mechanical Behavior of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Manufactured Co-28Cr-6Mo, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, April 2023-current

-       John Riris, Lasser Powder Bed Fusion of Single Crystal Alloy, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, May 2025-current

Graduate students (Alumni)

-       Mohammad SalahLaser Metal Deposition of Aerospace materials and Hybrid Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Virginia Tech, March 2022-January 2025

-       Mengze Ma, Modeling statics and dynamics behavior of ionic block copolymer via coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, September 2017-June 2021

-       Balachander Gnanasekaran, Microstructure effects on corrosion properties of laser powder bed fused 316L stainless steels, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, January 2019-August 2021 

Undergraduate students supervised

-       Matthew Vorster, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, May 2023- August 2023

-       Matthew Cheung, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, May 2023- August 2023

-       Cora Meno, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, December 2022-current

-       Lucy Waite, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, December 2022-current

-       Lila Hutchison, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, April 2022-current

-       Huu Tri Nguygen, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, December 2020-August 2021

-       Karlee Birchfield, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, January 2019-August 2021

-       Mikele Boyd, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, May 2020-September 2020

-       Kanyinsola Oladejo-Lawal, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Cincinnati, September 2019-September 2020

-      David Krok, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, May 2017-Januaray 2018

 

Contact:

Dr. Yao Fu

1600 VTSS Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering (MC0203)

Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 241 1600 Innovation Drive Blacksburg, VA 24061 Email: yaof@vt.edu