Powder Materials Group

Previous Group Members

Name	Graduation Year	Thesis Link	Current Position
Barbara Robinson	2009 BS/MS	Characterization of the Viscoelastic Behavior of Pharmaceutical Powders
Brandon McWilliams	2008 Ph. D.	Numerical Simulation of Electric Field Assisted Sintering
Wenhai Wang	2007 Ph. D.	Towards an improved understanding of strength and anisotropy of cold compacted powder
Adam Procopio	2006 Ph. D.	On the compaction of granular media using a multi-particle finite element model	Merck
Steven Galen	2005 Ph. D.	Path dependence and strength anisotropy of mechanical behavior in cold-compacted powders
John Cunningham	2005 Ph. D.	Experimental studies and modeling of the roller compaction of pharmaceutical powders	Johnson & Johnson
Jing Zhang	2004 Ph. D.	Numerical simulation of thermoelectric phenomena in field activated sintering	Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dan Solari	BS/MS
Pete Millili	BS/MS

Summer Undergraduate Students

Name	Year	Reserach Topic	Institution
Allison Hoch	Summer 2008	Quantitatively Measuring the Abuse Potential of Tablets	Bucknell Univeristy (DREAM Program)
Hans Formon	Summer 2009	Fracture Toughness of Pharmaceutical Excipients	Drexel University (STAR Program)
Ben Locke	Summer 2009	The Use of Nanoindentation to Characterize Microcrystalline Cellulose	Florida Institute of Technology (DREAM Program)