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Faculty

Martha Grady

Martha E. Grady

Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Scholar, Associate Professor; Associate Department Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Current Trainees

Sahar Afshari

PhD Mechanical Engineering

Nina Jazdzewski

MS Mechanical Engineering

Matthew King

BS Mechanical Engineering

Bryce Parmer

MS Aerospace Engineering

Brandon Quigley

BS Biomedical Engineering

Joy Resig

BS Mechanical Engineering

Ross Rodriguez

REU Student BS Engineering
Physics APSU

Sydney Walker

PhD Biomedical Engineering

Alumni & Past Group Members

Connor Adams

BS Aerospace Engineering, Lab Research 2025

Will Anderson

Will Anderson

MS Aerospace Engineering 2025

Margaret Blair

Margaret Blair

B.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2023, Lab Research 2022

JD Boyd

JD Boyd

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering 2021

Tony Butera

Tony Butera

B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2024, Grady Lab Research 2021-2024

Hao-Wen Chih

Hao-Wen Chih

Lafayette HS Class of 2021, Lab Research 2020-2021

Samuel Conti

Samuel Conti

Dental Student UK Dentistry

Justin Cornett

Justin Cornett

B.S. Biology, graduated 2019, Lab research Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2018

Sharon Edward

Sharon Edward

B.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2019, Lab research May 2017 - Dec. 2017

Amir Ehsani

Amir Ehsani

M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2021, now at Facebook (Meta) as optical engineer

Sarah Freeland

Sarah Freeland

BS Mechanical Engineering, Lab Research 2025

Brandon Goble

Brandon Goble

B.S. Agriculture and Medical Biotechnology graduated 2019, Lab research Aug. 2018 - Aug. 2020

Maria Hessin

Maria Hessin

Lab Research 2021-2022

Kaitlyn Kearns

Kaitlyn Kearns

B.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2020, Lab research Jan. 2018 - Aug. 2020

Riley Leadingham

Riley Leadingham

Lafayette Senior High School graduated 2019, Lab research Aug. 2018 - May 2019

Julian Little

Julian Little

B.S. Mechanical Engineering expected graduation 2021, Lab research May 2018 - Dec. 2018

Lauren Mehanna

PhD Chemical Engineering 2023, Grady Lab Research 2022-2024

Rebecca Meyer

Rebecca Meyer

B.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2019, Lab research Aug. 2018 - Dec. 2018

Camaya Newton

BA Integrated Strategic Communication

Stuart Ross

Stuart Ross

B.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2019, Lab research Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2017

Joree N. Sandin

Joree N. Sandin

M.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2020, now at Sandia National Laboratories as research engineer

Woody Schoenbachler

Woody Schoenbachler

BS Mechanical Engineering, Lab Research 2025

Austin Stallings

Austin Stallings

BS Mechanical Engineering 2025, Lab Research 2023-2025

Madison Stiefbold

Madison Stiefbold

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering; B.S. Biomedical Engineering graduated 2019, Lab research June 2017 - Aug. 2017

Luca Thorson

Luca Thorson

Lab Research 2020-2022

Hannah Tompkins

Hannah Tompkins

B.A. Applied Physics graduated 2019, Lab research May 2018 - Aug. 2018

Laura Waldman

Laura Waldman

OVPR University Research Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-2023

J. Trey West

J. Trey West

Lafayette High School 2023

Carolyn “Shelley” Williams

Carolyn “Shelley” Williams

B.S. Mechanical Engineering graduated 2021, Lab research March 2021 - Dec. 2021