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Marcial Gonzalez Marcial Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Email: marcial-gonzalez@purdue.edu
FacultyPostdoctoral ScholarsGraduate StudentsUndergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Alex Zhou
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Summer 2023 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP23)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Award: Best Poster Presentation

Fall 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Kyle Jennings
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2023 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP23)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials

Fall 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Tyler Falls
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Sota Yanagisawa
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Fall 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational powder technology
Alumni
Chelsea O'Donnell
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2022 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP22)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Award: Best Poster Presentation

Fall 2022, Spring 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Sophia Knap
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Fall 2022, Spring 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Sarah Bu Kzam
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
ME 498 Project: Dynamic micro-CT of swelling and disintegration processes

Fall 2022
ME 498 Project: 3D-printing of pharmaceuticals
Tyler Falls
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Summer 2022 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP22)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Sahaj Goyal
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2022, Summer 2022
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing
Sanidhya Jain
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Spring 2022
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing
Jack Iannamorelli
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
ME 499 Project: Characterization of micro-sized particles using a micro-compression tester

Summer 2021 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP21)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Award: Exceptional Dedication and Commitment Award

Fall 2021, Spring 2022
ME 499 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Tim Vander Woude
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Dominik Nasilowski
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing
James Swindell
Bagley College of Engineering
Mississippi State University
Summer 2021 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP21)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials
Molly Andriola
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021
ME 499 Project: Characterizing deformation and swelling of superabsorbent polymeric structures
Zack Zhang
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2021
ME 498 Project: Fabrication of a table-top compression feed screw for particulate materials
Kevin Chen
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2021
ME 498 Project: Fabrication of a table-top compression feed screw for particulate materials
George Elias
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2019, Fall 2019
ME 498|499 Project: Characterization of flow properties of cohesive powders
Matthew Bransky
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Fall 2019
ME 499 Project: Characterizing deformation and swelling of superabsorbent polymeric structures
Yi-Fang Hsiung
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Fall 2019
ME 499 Project: Postprocessing large numerical datasets from particle mechanics simulations using Python
Paul Beckwith
Pasadena City College
Summer 2019 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)

First position: Undergraduate student at California State University at Long Beach
Priya Desarazu
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2019
Project: Characterization of flow properties of cohesive powders
Julia Meyer
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2016 - Fall 2016
ME 497 Project: Micro-compression testing of micrometer-size plastic particles

Spring 2017 - Bottomley Scholar
Project: Experimental Contact Mechanics in Particulate Composite Materials

Fall 2017 - Spring 2019
ME 498 Project: Experimental Contact Mechanics in Particulate Composite Materials

First position: PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
Melanie Hacopian
Pasadena City College
Summer 2018 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction

First position: Undergraduate student at California State University at Long Beach
Isabel Bojanini
Pasadena City College
Summer 2018 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction

First position: Undergraduate student at University of California at Berkeley
Vidal Lopez
Pasadena City College
Summer 2018 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction

First position: Undergraduate student at California State University at Northridge
Jesse Hoffman
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Summer 2018 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)

First position: Undergraduate student at Purdue University
Jeonghee Lee
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2018
ME 497 Project: Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing
Joonyoung Yu
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2017
ME 497 Project: Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing

Fall 2017
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing

First position: PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan
Varun Save
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2017
ME 497 Project: Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing

Fall 2017
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing

First position: MS student in Mechanical Engineering at University of California at Berkeley
Danyal Cave
Pasadena City College
Summer 2017 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction - Fabrication of cylindrical powder compacts
Felix Monge
Pasadena City College
Summer 2017 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction - Individual particle measurements

First position: Undergraduate student at University of California at San Diego
Ayush Giri
Mechanical Engineering
Howard University
Summer 2017 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF & nanoHUB)
Project: Microstructure evolution during compaction of powder blends
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)
Wentao Chen
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2017 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF & nanoHUB)
Project: Understanding powder compaction with single particle measurements
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)
Alex Thomas
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Spring 2016 - Spring 2017
ME 497 Project: Microstructure evolution during compaction of plastic particles
Chen Shang
School of Material Science and Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2014 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF & nanoHUB)
Project: Microstructure evolution during powder compaction
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)

Fall 2014 - Spring 2016
Research project: Binary mixture of monodispersed systems under die compaction

First position: PhD student in Materials Science at University of California at Santa Barbara
Carlos Fernandez Caban
Chemical Engineering
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Summer 2016 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF & nanoHUB)
Project: Microstructure evolution during powder compaction, assisted by single particle measurements
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)

First position: PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Andrew Barthel
Computer Science
Purdue University
Spring 2016
Project: Energetic composite materials under near-resonant excitation
Nianshen Zhang
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2015 - Summer 2016
ME 497 Project: Contact mechanics of polyhedral particles

First position: Sakti3
Yuqi Fang
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2015 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF & nanoHUB)
Project: Microstructure evolution during powder compaction
Software development: Powder Compaction (nanoHUB tool)

First position: PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
Juan Lopez
Electronic Engineering
University of Los Andes, Colombia
Summer 2014 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF & nanoHUB)
Project: Efficient Exploration of quantified uncertainty in granular crystals
Software development: Granular Crystals (nanoHUB tool)
Nikilesh Krishnakumar
Mechanical Engineering
BITS Pilani University, Goa Campus, India
Summer 2014 - S.N. Bose Scholar (National Indo-US Technology Forum)
Project: Quantification of permanent losses in granular crystal dynamics

First position: MS student in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Jili Liu
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Summer 2014
ME 497 Project: Microstructure evolution during powder compaction

First position: MS student in Mechanical Engineering at University of California at Berkeley

Current position: Apple
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