Principle Investigator
Marcia A. Cooper — Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (Affiliated) 
Graduate Students
Samuel Crawford — PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. June 2024 – present. BS (2020) and MS (2021) in Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Bryce Miller — MS Student, Mechanical Engineering. BS in Mechanical Engineering (2023), Texas A&M University. September 2023-present. Undergraduate Summer Research Grant awardee and undergraduate intern: June 2022-August 2023.
Muhammad Shafique Noor Azman — PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. June 2024-present. BS in Mechanical Engineering (2024), Texas A&M University. Undergraduate Intern: June 2023-May 2024.
Katie Teague — MS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. June 2024-present. BS in Mechanical Engineering (2024), Texas A&M University. Undergraduate Intern: May 2023-May 2024.
Valentina Torres Nieto — MS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. June 2024-present. BS in Mechanical Engineering (2023), University of Texas at Arlington.
Undergraduate Students
Jonathan Gruenewald — BS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. June 2024-present.
Alumni and Previous Visitors
Marina Durfey — 2023 O-REU Summer Internship. BS Student, Material Science and Engineering, Boise State University.
Leo Holloway — BS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. October 2023-May 2024.
Sebastian Vazquez Lizárraga — Graduate Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University. (September 2022 – August 2023).
Mark E. Luke — MS, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University (2023). August 2021-May 2023. Thesis Title: Polymer-Particle Composite Material Failure Characterization in Quasistatic Compression and Dynamic Impact Regimes. Current Position: BE-4 Test Engineer, Blue Origin.
Sam D. Martin — PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University (2024). September 2021-August 2024. Thesis Title: Calibration of Macroscale Elastic and Frictional Properties of Bonded Particle Grains
Anthony Park — BS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. June-August 2022.
Kayla Waswil — BS, Mechanical Engineering (2024). Undergraduate Intern: September 2023-March 2024. Current Position: Well Operations Supervisor, ExxonMobil.