Principal Investigator
Jacob Hochhalter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Kahlert School of Computing
Ph.D. Students
Jonas Merrell
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Research: Interpretable Machine Learning for Microstructure-Sensitive Fatigue Crack Initiation from Defects in Additive Manufactured Components (funded by: NSF)
Kasandra Aulenbach
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
B.S. Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Hometown: Yorktown, Virginia
Research: Interpretable machine learning for stress intensity factor solutions of cracks propagating in natural gas pipelines using a hydrogen blend (funded by: Sandia National Labs)
Sam Brown
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Research: Rapid Certification of Additively Manufactured Components (funded by: DARPA Surge)
William Gilliland
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Research: Development of a surface patterning method to enable simultaneous microscale full-field strain measurement (funded by: Sandia National Labs)
Will Jenkins
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University – Idaho
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Hometown: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Research: Developing continuum damage model tensors for ceramic matrix composites using genetic programming based symbolic regression (funded by: Air Force Research Lab)
Tushar Gautam (co-advised by: Dr. Shandian Zhe and Dr. Mike Kirby)
B.S. Geophysical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
M. Tech. Geophysical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Hometown: Una, Himachal Pradesh, India
Research: Advances in probabilistic damage tolerance analysis using the Smart/DT software (funded by: FAA)
Zak Bastiani (co-advised by: Dr. Shandian Zhe and Dr. Mike Kirby)
B.S. Computer Science
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Research: AFRL STTR Phase 2: Human-Interpretable Machine Learning for Certification and Sustainment of Fatigue-Critical Additively Manufactured Components (funded by: Air Force Research Lab)
Masters Students
Avah Cherry
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee
Research: TBD
Daisy Quach
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Hometown: West Jordan, Utah
Research: IOWarp: Bending the I/O Fabric for Advancing AI-Infused Scientific Workflows (funded by: NSF) and Remote and Austere Conditions, BI-BOUGIE: SAFE, RELIABLE, EFFECTIVE INTUBATION
Macall Campbell
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Research: TBD
Undergraduate Students
Andrew Monson
Hometown: Millcreek, Utah
Isaac Bowen
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Maddie Salisbury
Former Students
Dr. Brian Phung
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Lab
Cooper Hansen
- Masters Student, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
David Randall
- Masters Student, Founder and CEO of Gracious Greetings and Software Engineer at Tagup, Inc.
Joe Cochran
- Masters Student, Colorado Springs Utilities
Josh Urbonas
- Masters Student, Edwards Lifesciences
Jacob Zamora
- Masters Student, Northrop Grumman
Dr. Karl Garbrecht
- Ph.D. Student, Los Alamos National Lab
Keven Carlson
- Masters Student, New York Times
Kian Ben-Jacob
- Undergraduate Student, UC-Irvine
Dr. Krishna Logakannan
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Kristen Stewart
- Undergraduate Student, University of Texas at Austin
Levi Marland
- Undergraduate Student, Polaris, Inc.
Matt Andrus
- Masters Student, United States Air Force - Hill AFB
Nolan Strauss
- Masters Student, Johns Hopkins University
Sam Parry
- Masters Student, Sandia National Lab
Sam Poulton
- Masters Student, Edwards Lifesciences
Prasanna Koirala
- Masters Student, University of Utah
Dr. Wes Tayon
- Ph.D. Student, NASA Langley Research Center