Marcial Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: marcial-gonzalez@purdue.edu
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: marcial-gonzalez@purdue.edu
Graduate Students
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Sunidhi Bachawala Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2020 - ...
Thesis: Lubricant feeder and tablet press integration in continuous pharmaceutical tableting process Awards: Second place in the Three Minute Thesis competition at Peck Symposium 2023 |
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Shumaiya Ferdoush Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2020 - ...
Thesis: A mechanistic reduced order model (ROM) of pharmaceutical tablet dissolution for design, optimization, and control of manufacturing processes Awards: Purdue Bilsland Fellowship (Spring 2024) ; Winner of the 2023 Student Video Competition hosted by the Granular Materials Technical Committee (GMTC) of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) |
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Muhammad Shahin Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Summer 2021 - ...
Thesis: Awards: Winner of the 2023 Student Video Competition hosted by the Granular Materials Technical Committee (GMTC) of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) |
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Sameer Kamath M.S. Student (co-advised with Prof. Carl Wassgren) School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Summer 2021 - ...
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Abhinav Ramkumar Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Fall 2021 - ...
Thesis: Awards: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (DoD NDSEG) Fellowship (2022-2025) |
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Elizabeth Foesch M.S. Student (co-advised with Prof. Carl Wassgren) School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Fall 2021 - ...
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Titiksha Singh Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Fall 2023 - ...
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Visitors
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Abhay Kumar Ph.D. Student Rubber Technology Centre Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India Spring 2022 - Spring 2023
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Frederik Doerr Ph.D. Student CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. Fall 2017
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Alumni
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Caleb Overstreet Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Fall 2021 - Summer 2022
ME 699 Project: Computational study of energetic materials |
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Yasasvi Bommireddy M.S./Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2015
ME 597 Project: Packing of granular systems Spring 2016 - Fall 2022 ME 699 Project: Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing |
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Abhishek Paul Ph.D. Student (co-advised with Prof. Carl Wassgren) School of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2017
ME 597 Project: Granular micromechanics of shells Spring 2018 - Fall 2022 Thesis: A continuum model for milled corn stover in a compression feed screw Awards: Best presentation at the Fall 2019 Annual AIChE Meeting; Winner of the 2022 Student Video Competition hosted by the Granular Materials Technical Committee (GMTC) of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) First position: Process Modeling Scientist at Sanofi |
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Caroline Baker Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2014 - Spring 2021
Thesis: Particle mechanics approach to modeling impact and wave propagation in bonded particulate systems Awards: Purdue Ross Fellowship (Fall 2014-Spring 2015) ; Purdue Lambert Fellowship (Spring 2018-Fall 2018) First position (since Spring 2019): Assistant Professor of Engineering, Anderson University |
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Muhammad Shahin M.S. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2020 - Sprin 2021
Thesis: Contact laws for large deformation unconfined and confined compression of spherical plastic particles with power-law hardening First position: PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University |
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Pedro Martins Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Spring 2017 - Spring 2021
Thesis: Particle mechanics approach to modeling disintegration of confined granular systems due to hydration and swelling First position: Sr. Applications Engineer at COMSOL |
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Ankit Agarwal Ph.D. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2014 - Summer 2020
Thesis: Particle mechanics and continuum approaches to modeling permanent deformations in confined particulate systems Awards: Purdue Andrews Fellowship (Fall 2014-Spring 2016) First position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Purdue University |
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Nathan Gasteyer M.S. Student (co-advised with Prof. Carl Wassgren) School of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2018 - Summer 2020
Thesis: Modeling biomass transport in a compression screw feeder Awards: Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship (Fall 2018-Spring 2019) First position: Northrop Grumman |
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Ashwini Khandelwal M.S. Student School of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2017 - Spring 2019
ME 597 Project: Modeling and optimization of polyolefin elastomers (POE) handling First position: Engineer at Cummins |
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Yu Liu Ph.D. Student (co-advised with Prof. Carl Wassgren) School of Mechanical Engineering Summer 2016 - Fall 2018
Thesis: Modeling granular material mixing and segregation using a finite element method and advection-diffusion-segregation multi-scale model Awards: Purdue Bilsland Fellowship (Fall 2018-Spring 2019) First position: Research Scientist at The Dow Chemical Company |
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Vikas Yettella M.S. Student (co-advised with Prof. Vikas Tomar) School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Spring 2017 - Fall 2017
Thesis: Experimental characterization of micro-crystalline cellulose particles with a micro-compression tester |
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Kiran Balakrishnan M.S. Student School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Spring 2014
ME 597 Project: Microstructure evolution during compaction of confined granular systems |