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
Undergraduate Students
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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 |
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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 |
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Tyler Falls School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Purdue University Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials |
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Sota Yanagisawa School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Purdue University Fall 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational powder technology |
Alumni
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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 |
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Sophia Knap School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Fall 2022, Spring 2023
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials |
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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 |
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Tyler Falls Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Summer 2022 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP22)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials |
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Sahaj Goyal School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2022, Summer 2022
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing |
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Sanidhya Jain School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Purdue University Spring 2022
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing |
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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 |
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Tim Vander Woude School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
ME 498 Project: Computational study of energetic materials |
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Dominik Nasilowski School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021
ME 498 Project: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing |
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James Swindell Bagley College of Engineering Mississippi State University Summer 2021 - PERC Summer Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP21)
Project: Computational study of energetic materials |
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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 |
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Zack Zhang School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2021
ME 498 Project: Fabrication of a table-top compression feed screw for particulate materials |
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Kevin Chen School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2021
ME 498 Project: Fabrication of a table-top compression feed screw for particulate materials |
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George Elias School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2019, Fall 2019
ME 498|499 Project: Characterization of flow properties of cohesive powders |
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Matthew Bransky School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Purdue University Fall 2019
ME 499 Project: Characterizing deformation and swelling of superabsorbent polymeric structures |
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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 |
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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 |
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Priya Desarazu School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Summer 2019
Project: Characterization of flow properties of cohesive powders |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Jeonghee Lee School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2018
ME 497 Project: Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing |
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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 |
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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 |
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Danyal Cave Pasadena City College Summer 2017 - Computational Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research Experience (NCN-URE)
Project: Understanding powder compaction - Fabrication of cylindrical powder compacts |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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Alex Thomas School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Spring 2016 - Spring 2017
ME 497 Project: Microstructure evolution during compaction of plastic particles |
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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 |
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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 |
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Andrew Barthel Computer Science Purdue University Spring 2016
Project: Energetic composite materials under near-resonant excitation |
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Nianshen Zhang School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Summer 2015 - Summer 2016
ME 497 Project: Contact mechanics of polyhedral particles First position: Sakti3 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |