Principal Investigator:
Xiaoyuan Lou
Associate Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University (2022 - present)
Associate Professor in Materials Engineering By Courtesy, Purdue University (2022 - present)
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Office: LMBS 5262
Phone: 765-496-2327
Email: lou49@purdue.edu
Prior Experiences:
Associate Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Materials Scientist, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA
Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
B.S., Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Graduate Researchers:
Jingfan Yang
PhD student in Materials Engineering
Research: Additive manufacturing, nuclear materials, environmentally-assisted cracking and radiation, high-throughput alloy development
Qingyu Pan
PhD student in Materials Engineering
Research: Additive manufacturing, Al alloy, high-throughput alloy development
John Snitzer
PhD student in Nuclear Engineering, DOE UNLP fellowship
Research: Additive manufacturing, nuclear material, irradiation assisted environmental cracking
Evan McDermott
MS with thesis in Nuclear Engineering
Research: IASCC, nuclear material, additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy
Chenglu Tang
PhD student in Materials Engineering
Research: Additive manufacturing, grain boundary engineering, nuclear material
Aleena Masaeng
MS with thesis in Materials Engineering
Research: Additive manufacturing, Al alloy development
Qianwen Zhang
PhD student in Nuclear Engineering
Research: Material degradation in nuclear system, alloy development, additive manufacturing
Undergraduate Researchers:
Peter Suarez (Undergraduate Research Scholarship)
Max Romano
Group Alumni:
Josh Le - M.S with Thesis, Auburn University (2020-2022).
Houshang Yin - Ph.D., Auburn University (2018-2022).
Catherine McConatha - M.S.(non-Thesis), Auburn University (2020-2022).
Gregory Steiger - M.S.(non-Thesis), Auburn University (2020-2022).
Ricardo Vinicius Barroso Gomes - M.S.(non-Thesis), Auburn University (2021-2022).
Dr. Pu Deng - PhD (co-advisor), Auburn University (2018-2020). Current position: R&D Engineer, Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd., China
Ilkin Hajiyev - M.S.(non-Thesis), Auburn University (2019-2020)
Catherine McConatha - CoE Undergraduate Research Fellow, Auburn University (2019-2020). Current position: Associate Engineer, ArcelorMittal
Micah Pavcik - Undergraduate Researcher, Auburn University (2020)
Samir Freij - Undergraduate Researcher, Auburn University (2018)
Prof. Jiangfeng Song - Visiting Scholar, Auburn University (2018)
Associate Professr, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China