Gilbert Group
Group Members
Dustin Gilbert, Assistant Professor, Materials Science
Dr. Dustin Gilbert is the head of the Gilbert Group at JIAM. He is a professor in the Tickle College of Engineering Materials Science Department.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Student Researchers
Namila Liyanage, Ph.D. Student of Physics, 2017-
Namila Liyanage began work at JIAM in 2018 after completing his first year of classes. He earned his master's degree from The University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Cameron Jorgensen, Ph.D. Student of Materials Science, 2019-
Cameron Jorgensen joined the lab in 2019. He previously worked at Idaho National Lab after earning a bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University in physics.
Charlotte Buchanan, Ph.D. Student of Materials Science, 2023-
Charlotte Buchanan joined the lab in 2023. She was an undergraduate student from our very own department and has decided to pursue a Ph.D. in our lab.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Graduated Lab Members
Nan Tang, Ph.D. Student of Materials Science, 2018-2023
Nan Tang joined the lab in 2018 after graduating with a master's degree in materials engineering at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. He graduated in 2023 and currently works at Western Digital.
Corisa Kons, Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2021-2022
Corisa started with our lab in 2021, working on electrodeposited high-entropy alloy nanostructures for high-temperature applications. Corisa was an amazing asset for our DARPA/AFOSR work, but has successfully found a great job at Northrop Grumman, starting August 2022.
Lizabeth Quigley, Senior, 2019-2021
Liz Quigley received her B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2021. She was recruited from Prof. Gilbert's 2018 MSE 201 class. She spent the summer of 2019 at NIST as part of the Gaithersburg SURF program. Liz is currently enrolled in a a Ph.D. program at Purdue University in Materials Science and Engineering.
James Lee, Senior, 2019
James Lee is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Materials Science. He worked with us in the summer in 2019 and built an arduino controlled thermoelectric tester for high-throughput investigations.
Joshua Norton, Senior, 2019
Joshua Norton was recruited from Prof. Gilbert's 2019 MSE 201 class. He helped build vacuum systems for thin-film deposion in our lab. Currently, Joshua is pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee.
Noah Hobson, Senior, 2019-21
Noah Hobson received his B.S. in Computer Science in 2021. He wrote this website and has worked to improve the communication of our laboratory research to a broader audience. Noah is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Purdue University in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Winston Wright, 2021
Winston joined our lab in the summer of 2021 and was part of my MSE 410 class before he graduated with his B.S. in MSE
Senior Design Teams
(Name [post-graduation program])
2021-2021
Title: Prevention of Flaking in Metal Coatings Serving as Electrodes in High Purity Germanium Gamma Radiation Detectors
Team: David Crigger, Eli Cristoph, Mollie Daniell, Joshua Moorey, Mohamed Shoieb
2020-2021
Title: Development of a Free Surface Electro-spinner for Respirator Applications
Team: Austin Houston, Katherine Gordon, Quinton Wright [Ph.D. @ Cornell], Richard Gaddis
Graduate Student Mentor Cameron Jorgensen
Title: Magnetic Properties of Compositionally Complex Materials
Team: James Lee [5+1 Ms.E. @ UTK], Ryan Heldt, Logan White, Winston Wright
Co-mentored with Prof. Philip Rack
Graduate Student Mentor Nan Tang and David Garfinkel
Title: Design and Construction of a High-Temperature Vacuum Furnace for Materials Synthesis and Planetary Geoscience Applications
Team: Cole Franz [Fulton Bellows, Ms.E. @ UTK], Kate Eikel, Noah Sloan, Kah Choong
Co-mentored with Dr. Wetteland and Prof. Sickafus
2019-2020
Title:Design and Construction of a Thermal Evaporator.
Team: Trent Charnock, Morgan Yount [Ph.D. @ UMN], Melanie Buziak [Ph.D. @ UTK], Caitlin Harpell
Co-mentored with Prof. Mashid Ahmadi
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