Faculty

Meredith N. Silberstein
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, CV
meredith.silberstein@cornell.edu; 607-255-5063; 281 Kimball Hall

PhD Students

Michael R. Buche
BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Notre Dame
graduate field: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
focus area: mechanochemically responsive elastomers
mrb289@cornell.edu

Hongyi Cai
BE in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering from Zhejiang University
graduate field: Materials Science and Engineering
focus area: electric-field regulated polymers
hc953@cornell.edu

Srikar Srivasta
BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan
graduate field: Mechanical Engineering
focus area: mechanical metamaterials
sms722@cornell.edu

Zhongtong Wang
MS in Solid Mechanics from Xi’an Jiaotong University
graduate field: Mechanical Engineering
focus area: polymer multiphysics
zw582@cornell.edu

Steven J. Yang
BS in Biological Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
graduate field: Mechanical Engineering
focus area: polymers
sjy32@cornell.edu

Xinyue Joy Zhang
MS in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Pennsylvania
graduate field: Materials Science and Engineering
focus area: antifouling polymers
xz557@cornell.edu

Undergraduate and Masters Students

Prathamesh Raiter
MS candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
focus area: electric field responsive polymers

Allison Rzepka
BS candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
focus area: fabric composites

Alwany Angeles Taveras
BS candidate in Biological and Environmental Engineering
focus area: polymer mechanical testing design