People

Soft Materials and Structures Lab: Spring 2024

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Michael Bartlett
Principal Investigator

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
mbartlett@vt.edu
(540) 231-4886

Curriculum Vitae
Google Scholar

EmailTwitterCV
Information

Education
Ph.D., Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013
B.S.E., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, 2008

Selected Honors and Awards

NSF CAREER Award (2023)
Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award (2022)
Small Rising Star (2022)
ONR Young Investigator (YIP) Award (2021)
Soft Matter Emerging Investigator (2021)
ICTAS Junior Faculty Award (2021)
DARPA Director’s Fellowship (2020)
Adhesion Society Early Career Scientist Award (2020)
DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) (2018)
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2017)
Outstanding Faculty Award- ISU Engineering Student Council (Student nominated) (2017)
Alan Gent Distinguished Student Award – Adhesion Society (2013)
Frank J. Padden Jr. Award (Finalist) – American Physical Society (2013)

POSTDOCS & GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ravi Tutika
Research Scientist
EmailLinkedIn
Brittan Wilcox
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedin
Chanhong Lee
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Wuzhou Zu
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Yeunhee Kim
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Ohnyoung Hur
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Ella Williams
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Dane Wedgeworth
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Hugh Grennan
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
John Joyce
Graduate Student
EmailLinkedIn
Sai Balusu
Graduate Student
LinkedIn

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Daniel Adjei
LinkedIn
Changhyun Oh
Megan Reese
LinkedIn
Kelly Smith
LinkedIn
Ryan Rothermel
LinkedIn
Ivan Li
Join our team
Contact Prof. Bartlett for opportunitites

POSTDOC and GRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI

Dohgyu Hwang
PhD Graduate
LinkedInWebsite
A B M Tahidul Haque
Postdoctoral Fellow
LinkedIn
Ravi Tutika
PhD Graduate
Lin Ma
PhD Graduate
LinkedIn
Yuanye Jiang
Masters Graduate
Ted Barron
PhD Graduate
LinkedIn
Jonathan Charleston
PhD Graduate
LinkedIn
Tyler Pozarycki
Master’s Graduate
LinkedIn
Gwyneth Schloer
Master’s Graduate
LinkedIn
Daniel Albacarys
Master’s Graduate
LinkedIn
Ahmed Elashwah
Master’s Graduate
LinkedIn
Dong Hae Ho
Postdoctoral Fellow
LinkedIn

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI

Juan Barreto Jerez
LinkedIn
Ethan Camacho
LinkedIn
Sourish Vishwanatham
LinkedIn
Harrison Zima
LinkedIn
Aldo Heredia
LinkedIn
Hugo Carranza
LinkedIn
Bin Sun
LinkedIn
Anna Ingram
LinkedIn
Camryn Mills
LinkedIn
Austin Via
Anna Hahn
LinkedIn
Sai Balusu
LinkedIn
Chloe Alexander
LinkedIn
Gunnar Copeland
LinkedIn
Daniel Pappas
LinkedIn
Neal Klemba
LinkedIn
Max Wagner
LinkedIn
Gwyneth Schloer
LinkedIn
Cole Haverkamp
LinkedIn
Sarah O’Malley
LinkedIn
Rachel Byrum
LinkedIn
Orion Staskal
LinkedIn
Luis Granadillo
LinkedIn
Elizabeth Barr
LinkedIn
Ray Peterson
LinkedIn
Julie Mills
LinkedIn
Adam Eichhorn
LinkedIn
Claire Palmer
LinkedIn
Chanhong Lee
LinkedIn
Tyanna Whitaker
LinkedIn
Griffin Stout
LinkedIn
Katie Trent
LinkedIn
Matthew Wheaton
LinkedIn
Morgan Stecklein
LinkedIn
Matthew Swift
LinkedIn
Edward Wagner
LinkedIn
Sean Frey
LinkedIn
Jose Perez Gonzalez
LinkedIn
Amy Willers
Tyler Kirscht
Nicholas Huetter