Our Research Team

Principle Investigator

Thomas C. O'Connor

​Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Google Scholar  -  Curriculum Vitae

thomaso@andrew.cmu.edu


Graduate Researchers

Nattavipa (Cindy) Chongvimansin

PhD Student

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

nchongvi@andrew.cmu.edu 

Songyue Liu

PhD Student

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

sonyuel@andrew.cmu.edu 

Gihwan Joe

PhD Student

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

gjoe@andrew.cmu.edu

Benjamin Xu

PhD Student

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

benjamix@andrew.cmu.edu

William Ferguson

PhD Student

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

wferguso@andrew.cmu.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

Avi Wong

CMU class of 2026


Past Members

Eric Palermo

CMU MSE Masters Student '23

Project: The Mesoscale Dynamics of Polymer Additive Manufacturing 

Wenqian Zheng

CMU MSE Masters Student '23

Project: Lattice-Boltzmann Models for Non-Newtonian Polymer Flows


Amanda Perez

CMU class of 2026

Project: Discrete Element Models for Gravel Beds


Justin Guo

CMU class of 2025

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Project: Characterizing Molecular Models of Associative Bond Exchange