NEWS
VAMOS Lab News
2026
April – June (Spring Term)
– Aloha! Some of the team gave presentations and gave posters at the MRS Spring Meeting in Hawaii.
– VAMOS Lab Master’s student, Ryan Becquer, was not only accepted to the greatest university in the world as a PhD student but has also received the prestigous President’s Fellowship which is reserved for the top 10% of applicants!
January – March (Winter Term)
– The VAMOS lab welcomes Huan Jiang, a new Postdoctoral Scholar with an impressive resume and publications. Welcome!!! We look forward from learning and collaborating with such an excellent scientist.
– Congratulations to PhD student, Saegis Abbott, for receiving the NSF Early Career Travel Award to present his work at ASME MSEC in June.
– The VAMOS Lab has had multiple transitions from PhD “student” to PhD “candidate” after successful completion of qualifying exams. Congratulations to Kassandra Hernandez and Zach Miller!
2025
September – December (Fall Term)
– The VAMOS Lab welcomes 3 new lab members: Zachary Miller (PhD), Miya Klein (MS), and Ben Holmgren (MS). See the growing team on the VAMOS Lab Team page.
– Adam Bischoff successfully defends his thesis focused on 3D printing of smart material liquid crystalline elastomers. Congrats! He will begin a new position as a manufacturing engineer at Leidos as a manufacturing engineer.
June – August (Summer Term)
– VAMOS Lab visits the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) and lab of Prof. Mostafa Saber as a kick off meeting for the ongoing Oregon Metals Innovation Complex (OMIC) collaborative project.
– Kassandra Hernandez and Prof. Roach visited Ampere Scientific in Albany, OR and learned about their new technology for Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) monitoring.
– Adam Bischoff was awarded the 2025 Thesis Completion Award. Congratulations, Adam!
– Prof. Roach was named the Tom & Carmen West Faculty Scholar which will support VAMOS Lab research for the next 3 years. Thank you for the generous support of OSU and our lab’s mission!
May
– The VAMOS Lab was awarded its first grant from the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC) which will focus on AM of high performance materials for automotive tooling.
– Annual team outing to the Oregon Coast (which apparently had not come out of winter yet) and headed for fresh crab meat lunch.
March
-Prof. Roach was invited to present his work on printed electronics at TMS 2025.
– Prof Roach gave an invited seminar at Univ Wisconsin – Madison focusing on 4D printing and smart composite design.
– Ashlei Morgan has successfully defended her MS thesis!
February
– Elliot Yoo, a local high school student mentored by the VAMOS lab, had his science fair project selected for ISEF International Science Fair 2025.
January
– VAMOS Lab’s paper was selected as the cover article for Advanced Engineering Materials
2024
November – New members have joined over the Summer and Fall, VAMOS has nearly doubled in research students.
August – VAMOS lab receives a grant from Global Hemp Innovation Canter (GHIC) for PhD student Nicolas Gonsalves and Heidi Thiele.
September – VAMOS Lab welcomes three new PhD students: Kassandra Hernandez, Saegis Abbott, and Saman Jamshididana.
September – Seth O’Brien passed his Master’s Thesis defense!! He will begin working at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in October.
February – The first piece of equipment, a TA Instruments Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) machine, was installed in the lab.
January – VAMOS Lab officially began its journey of discovery at Oregon State University!
2023
September – VAMOS Lab welcomes its first PhD student, Adam Bischoff.
August – Prof. Roach accepts a courtesy appointment at OSU while he completes his group’s work at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.
January – March (Spring Term)
– The VAMOS lab welcomes Huan Jiang, a new Postdoctoral Scholar with an impressive resume and publications. Welcome!!! We look forward from learning and collaborating with such an excellent scientist.
– Congratulations to PhD student, Saegis Abbott, for receiving the NSF Early Career Travel Award to present his work at ASME MSEC in June.
– The VAMOS Lab has had multiple transitions from PhD “student” to PhD “candidate” after successful completion of qualifying exams. Congratulations to Kassandra Hernandez and Zach Miller!