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Founder
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In Memory of George Cook April 4, 1938 – September 14, 2020 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1965 M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1961 B.E. Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1960 |
Faculty Graduate Students Undergraduate Summer Research Students
Faculty
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Alvin Strauss, Professor
Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, West Virginia University, 1968 |
Current Graduate Students
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Lucas Wilkins, Ph.D. Candidate Education M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2021 B.S. Physics, Lycoming College, 2019 Research Interests Friction Stir Welding of Polymer Composites, Friction Stir Processing of Polymers, Energetic Materials |
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Brayden Terry, Ph.D. Student Education B.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2019 Research Interests Friction Stir Processing, Applications of Friction Stir Welding in Ballistics |
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Austen Shelton, Ph.D. Student Education B.S. Engineering Physics, Murray State University, 2021 Research Interests Friction Stir Extrusion |
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Ben Firestone, Ph.D. Student Education B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2022 B.A. Mathematics, Saint Vincent College, 2022 |
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Hayden Jenkins, Ph.D. Student Education B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama, 2022 |
Current Undergraduate Students
Graduate Alumni
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Former Undergraduate Research Students
 Eric Zhang Vanderbilt University, 2021-2023 |
 Jeremy Trujillo Vanderbilt University, 2021-2022 |
 Connor Seitz Lafayette College, 2015 |
 Jason R. Aguilar University of Tennessee, 2010, 2011 |
 Estevan Bunker Colorado School of Mines, 2008 |
 Yannick Dawant Northwestern University, 2009 |
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