Faculty

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

Postdoctoral Researchers

Yuval Vidavsky
PhD in Chemistry from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
focus area: polymer mechanochemistry
yv38@cornell.edu

PhD Students

Suwon Bae
BS in Mechanical Engineering from Hangyang University
graduate field: Mechanical Engineering
focus area: mechanics of nanoparticle assemblies
sb997@cornell.edu

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

Naigeng Chen
BS in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua University
graduate field: Mechanical Engineering
focus area: mechanics of non-woven networks
nc387@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

Zelin Linghu
MS candidate in Mechanical Engineering
focus area: design of printed material microstructures

Julia Owens
BS candidate in Chemical and Biological Engineering
focus area: synthesis of electrically responsive polymers

Kenneth Fang
BS candidate in Electrical Engineering
focus area: wear of polymer seals