Sottos Research Group - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sottos Group Members

Prof. Nancy Sottos
Ph.D.: Univ. of Delaware, 1991

Research Scientist and Post-Doctoral Researchers

Dr. Solar Olugebefola
Ph.D.:Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Research: Surface modification of microvascular networks

Dr. Rajesh Kitey
Ph.D.: Auburn University, 2006
Research: Quasi-static and dynamic fracture in multi-phase material systems, Wave propagation in anisotropic solids, Characterizarion of thin/thick film interfaces

Dr. Jinglei Yang
Ph.D.: Institute for Composite Materials at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2006
Research: Microencapsulation, processing, and evaluation of self-healing polymers

Graduate Research Assistants

Thomas Berfield
B.S.: University of Illinois, 2001
M.S.: University of Illinois, 2003
Research: mechanics of thin films and digital image correlation
Web: netfiles.uiuc.edu/berfield/www/

Benjamin Blaiszik
B.S.: Elmhurst College, 2003
Research: Self-healing through nanoencapsulation

Jason Goldman
B.S. and B.A.: Rice University, 2007
Research:

Andrew Hamilton
B.A.: SUNY Buffalo, 2002
B.A.: SUNY Buffalo, 2005
Research: mechanical characterization and self-healing of microvascular networks

Soma Kandula
B.S.: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, 2001
M.S.: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2004
Research:Thin film delamination

Cassandra Kingsbury
B.S.: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2007
Research:

Joel Krehbiel
B.A.: Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, 2006
Research: Digital Image Correlation on Soft Biological Materials

David McIlroy
S. B.: MIT 2003
Research:

Jericho Moll
B.S.: Hope College, 2005
Research: self-healing fiber reinforced structural composites

Phuong Tran
B.S.: Hanoi College of Natural Science, 2002
Research: thin film adhesion

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Brett Beiermann

Jillian Franke

Eleanor Good