Amit Misra

Edward DeMille Campbell Collegiate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

amitmis@umich.edu

G044 Lay Auto, 1231 Beal Ave
T: (734) 764-7799

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Research Group

Research Staff
Xuanxin Hu
Email: xuanxinh@umich.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic training

B.S. (2019), Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Ph.D. (2025), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison


Eunji Song
Email: ejsong@umich.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic training

B.S. (2016), Materials Science and Engineering, UNIST, South Korea

Ph.D. (2022), Materials Science and Engineering, UNIST, South Korea

 



Graduate Students
Ting-Yu Chen
Email: tingyuyu@umich.edu

Masters Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic Training:

 B.S. in Chemical and Materials Science Engineering (2020), CCIT, Taiwan


Arkajit Ghosh
Email: arkajitg@umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic Training:

Bachelor of Technology (2021), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, WB, India


Lucero Lopez
Email: lucerol@umich.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic Training:

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (2018), University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Master of Science in Material Science (2023), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA


Rohan Somashekara
Email: rohansom@umich.edu

Research Assistant, Material Science and Engineering

Academic Training:

B.E (2020), Mechanical Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology.
M.S (2024), Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan. 

Mustafa Tobah
Email: mtobah@umich.edu

Ph.D. Pre-Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic Training:

B.S. (2020), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

 


Forrest Wissuchek
Email: fwissu@umich.edu

 Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

Academic Training:

B.S. (2021), Materials Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles



Undergraduate Students
Nicholas Xavier Gaston
Email: nxgaston@umich.edu

Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Bio:

- From Fairfax, Virginia. Went to high school in Washington, DC.
- Current undergraduate student studying Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering. 
- Interested in innovative materials processing techniques and the development of high-strength, functional materials.

Robert Race
Email: rdavidra@umich.edu

Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Bio:

I am a current undergraduate at the University of Michigan studying Materials Science and Engineering. I am originally from Virginia Beach, VA and came to Michigan in the fall of 2024. I have had a previous research experience at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, which focused on the effects of extended heat treatment on the mechanical properties and diffusion interfaces of diffusion bonded Ti-6Al-4V - tantalum samples. In Dr. Misra’s laboratory, I am exploring various characterization methods via digital optical microscopy, in hopes of finding a less expensive process for metallographic characterization that is just as effective as the use of electron backscatter diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.



Alumni
Christopher Adams

Current Position:

Retired, Ann Arbor, MI

Email: cdadams@umich.edu

Adjunct Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering

Guest Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Academic Training:

Ph.D. (1992), Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

M.S.(1983), Materials Science and Engineering (Electronic Materials). Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

B.S. (with honor) (1981), Metallurgical Engineering (Physical Metallurgy),  Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI


Nicholas Champion

Undergraduate Student (2018-2019)

Email: nmchamp@umich.edu


Arya Chatterjee

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2019-2022)

Current Position:

Research scientist at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Email: archatte@umich.edu


Yuchi Cui

Ph.D. Student (2015-2020)

 Email: tedcui@umich.edu


Ben Derby

Ph.D. Student (2015-2020)

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA

Email: benderby@umich.edu

 


Alexandra Dewey
Email: avdewey@umich.edu

Undergraduate Student

B.Sc. Student, Materials Science and Engineering


Jacob Garves

Master's Student (2016-2018)

Current Poisition:

Lead Supplier Quality Engineering Specialist, GE Additive, USA

Email: jgarves@umich.edu


Zhihua Huang

Ph.D. Student (2014-2019)

Current Position:

Apple Inc., CA, USA

Email: huzhihua@umich.edu


Li Jiang
Email: gnaij@umich.edu

Research Associate (2019-2020)

Current Position:

Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology.


Metin KAYITMAZBATIR
Email: metink@umich.edu

Current position: Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Academic Training:

B.Sc., (2012),  Uludag University - Industrial Engineering

M.Eng., (2018) University of Michigan - Manufacturing Engineering

Ph.D., (2023) University of Michigan - Mechanical Engineering


Qian Lei

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2015-2018)

Current Position:

Associate Professor, Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, State Key Laboratory For Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, China

Email: leiqian@csu.edu.cn


Huai-Hsun(Burt) Lien

Ph.D. Student (2017-2021)

Current Position:

Apple Inc., CA, USA

Email: hhlien@umich.edu

 

 


Max Powers

Ph.D. Student (2017-2021)

Current Position:

Apple Inc., CA, USA

Email: maxpow@umich.edu

 


Evan Raeker
Email: eraeker@umich.edu
Undergraduate Student (2019-2020)
Current Position: Ph.D. student in UCSB
Email: eraeker@umich.edu

Bibhu Sahu
Email: bpsahu@umich.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2021-2023), Materials Science and Engineering

Current position: Researcher at Texas A&M University

Academic Training:

B.Tech. (2010), Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India

M.Tech. (2014), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India

Ph.D. (2020), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India


Alexander Shaw
Email: alexshaw@umich.edu

Undergraduate Student (Summer 2019)

B.Sc. Student, Materials Science and Engineering


Ethan Sprague

Ph.D. Student (2020-2022)

Current Position:

Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Email: Spraguee@umich.edu


Michael Stryk

Undergraduate Student (2021)

Email: mstryk@umich.edu

 


Mohsen Taheri Andani

Ph.D. Student (2015-2021)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2022-2023)

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Email: mtaheri@tamu.edu


Jeffrey Tschirhart
Email: Jeffrey Tschirhart

Undergraduate Student

B.Sc. Student, Materials Science and Engineering


Shujuan Wang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2016-2018)

Current Position:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA

Email: msewang116@gmail.com


Daniel Yin
Email: dbyin@umich.edu

Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

Academic Training:

B.Sc. Material Science & Engineering, Georgia Tech (2018)

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan (2023)


Yung Suk “Jeremy” Yoo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-2022)

Current Position:

Intel Corporation, Portland

Email: yooy@umich.edu

 


Zenan Zhang
Email: zenanz@umich.edu

Current position: Ph.D. Student, Ohio State University, USA

Academic Training:

M.S. (2024), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, USA

B.Sc. (2022), Material Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA

B.Eng. (2022), Material Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, China