Dwayne Arola, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Research Associate Professor, Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland
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George D. Quinn
Professor
Project Leader, Paffenbarger Research Center, American Dental Association, National Institutes of Standards and Technology
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Duck Wang, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Kyungnam University, South Korea
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Dongsheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai China.
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Lab at Shanghai University

Juliana Ivancik
PhD Student 2007-Present
Research: Development of Models for Aging and the Mechanical Behavior of Hard Tissues
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Hessam Majd
PhD Student 2008 - present
Disstertation Title: Multi-site Damage and Fatigue Crack Growth Processes in Hard Tissues
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Balaji Sadasivam
PhD Candidate
Research: Using Elastic Prestress for Optimizing Abrasive Waterjet Surface Treatments
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Heonjune Ryou
Research Assistant
Rearch: Application of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Measures to Hard Tissues
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Brian Sparenberg
Research Assistant
Research: Processing Defects and Properties of Silicon Wafers
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Jason VerHoef
Research Assistant
Research: Identification of Property-Clinical Performance Relationships for Dental Ceramics
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Adeyemi Alade
Masters Thesis: AWJ Peening of Orthopedic Metals, 2005
Yemi is currently an engineer at Pratt and Whitney in Hartford, Connecticut. He is also pursing a Masters Degree in Business Administration.
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Pratt and Whitney

Devendra Bajaj, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Crack Growth Resistance of Human Tooth Enamel: Mechanisms of Toughening and Energy Dissipation, 2010
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School.
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Marie Cox
Research Project: Anisotropy in the Fatigue Behavior of Human Dentin
BS Mechancial Engineering, 2006. Marie is a Graduate Student in the Material Science Department at Northwestern Univeristy.
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Lucinda Galles-Martin
An Examination of Posterior Teeth with Composite Resin Restorations: A Deterministic and Stochastic Analysis of Mechanical Behavior, 2001
Lucinda is working as an engineer at Northrop Gumman in Linthicum, MD
Northrop Grumman

Chris Hall
Masters Thesis: Abrasive Waterjet Peening of Titanium: Surface Texture, Integrity and Chemistry, 2003
Chris is presently a Research Engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center
Naval Surface Warfare Center

Mark Huang
Masters Thesis: A Finite Element Analysis of Restored Molars Considering the Superposition of Mechanical and Thermal Loads, 1999
Mark is presently an engineer at the Department of Public Works for the City of Baltimore.
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Payman Kakoli, DDS, MS
Masters Thesis: The Effect of Age on Physical Properties and Bacterial Penetration of Radicular Dentin, 2007
Dr. Kakoli is now a practicing endodontist in Los Angeles, California
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Mark McCain
Masters Thesis: The Effect of Drilled Hole Quality on the Tensile Strength of Fiber Reinforced Plastics, 2001
Mark is currently a program engineer for CDI Marine Systems Development Division. He is working on many projects, aimed at supporting the Department of Homeland Security and Defense on detection, protection and countermeasures of various threats.
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CDI Corp

Afua Mireku, DDS
Resident, Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, University of Maryland Dental School

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Ahmad Nazari, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: A Hybrid Evaluation of Toughening and the Crack Growth Resistance of Human Dentin
Research and Development Engineer
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Justin O'Donnell
Masters Thesis: Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Composites in Restorative Dentistry: Physical, Chemical and Mechanical Properties, 2007
Justin is presently a Research Assistant at the American Dental Association facility located at the National Institutes of Standards and Technogy
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Saejin Park
Masters Thesis: Mechanical Properties of Human Tooth Enamel: Patient Age and Spatial Distribution
Saejin is presently a test engineer at Army Test Center (ATC) in Aberdeen, MD and is working in Ballistic Instrumentation Division (BID).
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Jason Reid
BS in Mechanical Engineering, 2007
Jason is currently a graduate student in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Standford University.
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Robert Reprogel
Masters Thesis: Aging and the Mechanical Behavior of Human Dentin, 2004
Robert is presently an engineer at Nortrop Grumman in Annapolis, MD. He is working in their manufacturing division.
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Northrop Grumman

Aftin Ross
BS in Mechanical Engineering, 2007
Aftin is currently a graduate student in the department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Joseph Rouland
Masters Thesis: An Experimental Evaluation of Cyclic Crack Growth in Mature Bovine Dentin, 2002
Joe is now employed as a testing and structures engineer at Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, MD.
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Northrop Grumman

Matthew Soappman
Masters Thesis: Fatigue Crack Growth in Dentin Resin and the Interface: Towards Development of New Test Methods, 2006
Matt and his wife are in the process of moving back to Colorado
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Shannon Spence
Masters Thesis: Modifications of the UHMWPE Surface Geometry for Wear Reduction, 2000
Shannon is presently an engineering associate at the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
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Naval Surface Warfare Center

Kirk Stoffel
Kirk Stoffel is currently a Research Scientist at the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, MD.
Masters Thesis: Bone Surface Preparation and Loosening of the Bone Cement/Bone Interface in Total Joint Replacements, 2004
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Army Research Laboratory

Mohamad Sultan
Masters Thesis: A Finite Element Analysis and Methodology for Chip Formation in the Machining of Fiber Reinforced Plastics, 1999
Mohamad is now employed at General Electric in North Carolina and is involved in the design and development of composite blades for wind turbines.
General Electric Energy

Narayana Sundaram
Masters Thesis: A Study of Fatigue Crack Growth in Human Dentin, 2004
Naryana is currently employed as an engineer at Ensco, Inc. in Springfield VA. He is involved in engineering analysis and development projects that are related to the DOT Federal Railroad Admin.
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Roja Vallabhaneni
Masters Thesis: A Parametric Study of a Tibial Component Design for Collecting Wear Debris in Artificial Knee Joints, 2004
Roja is currently a program manager at Scram Technologies, Inc. in Bowie, MD. She is involved in many aspects of product design and product evaluation.
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Scram Technologies

Cyril Williams
Masters Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Net-Shape Machining on the Performance of Fiber Reinforced Plastics and Metals Subjected to Fatigue Loading, 2000
After graduating Cyril took a position as a Research Engineering at Dupont. He is now a research scientist at the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, MD
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Army Research Laboratory

Tony Yang, Phd
Dissertation Title: The Bone/Cement Interface in Total Hip Replacement: An In Vitro Study of Bone Surface Preparation, Fatigue Loading and Interface Mechanics, 2005
Dr. Yang is now employed as a project engineer at a research company in Baltimore, MD.
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Charles Yeager III
Masters Thesis: Machining of Bone: The Influence of Cutting Parameters on Machining Forces and Surface Integrity, 2006
Chuck is employed as a service engineer for Henkel Surface Technologies.
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Henkel Surface Techologies

Bao Zhang, PhD
Disstertation Title: Elastic Image Registration Based On Strain Energy Minimization: Application to Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Research Scientist, Technest
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Technest Inc.

Wei Zheng
Masters Thesis: Stress Ratio and Rate Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth in Bovine Dentin, 2004
After graduation Wei took a position as an engineer at Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, MD. He is now an entrepreneur with focus on a resturaunt chain entitled "Numer One Taste".