Team

Principal Investigator

Devin J Roach

Tom & Carmen West Faculty Scholar

Devin is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Oregon State University (OSU). Prior to his time at OSU, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories leading a research group focusing on machine learning methods for real-time monitoring and autonomous optimization of additive manufacturing systems. He received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology under the direction of Prof. H Jerry Qi.

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Huan Jiang

Postdoc

Dr. Jiang’s research centers on advanced additive manufacturing of stretchable electronics. His broader scholarly interests include mechanical metamaterials, smart and responsive materials, fiber-reinforced composites, and 4D printing for adaptive and multifunctional systems. He is highly cited, with an h-index of 17, and has published in many high impact journals including Advanced Materials & Nature Communications.
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Huan Jiang

Postdoc

Dr. Huan Jiang received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Changsha University of Science and Technology in 2013 and his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Louisville in 2023. From 2023 to 2026, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado Denver before joining the VAMOS Lab in March 2026. Dr. Jiang’s research centers on advanced additive manufacturing of stretchable electronics. His broader scholarly interests include mechanical metamaterials, smart and responsive materials, fiber-reinforced composites, and 4D printing for adaptive and multifunctional systems.

PhD Students

Nicolas Gonsalves

PHD Student

Nic is pursuing a PhD in Material Science and a recipient of the prestigious DOE GAANN Fellowship. He graduated from the OSU Honors College in 2024 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Nicolas Gonsalves

PHD Student

Nic is pursuing a PhD in Material Science and a recipient of the prestigious DOE GAAN Fellowship. He graduated from the Oregon State University Honors College in 2024 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After working on the Formula SAE racing team studying composites, he found an interest in the unique and customizable properties that could be achieved using composite materials. His research interests are focused on using sustainable materials and advanced additive manufacturing techniques such as hemp fibers and frontal polymerization.

Saman Jamshididana

PhD Student

Saman is a PhD student and Research Assistant in the VAMOS Lab. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology.
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Saman Jamshididana

PhD Student

Saman is a PhD student and Research Assistant in the VAMOS Lab. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology. Saman's research focuses on modeling and simulations using software such as Abaqus. His interests include Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing methods, particularly DLP, as well as Computational Mechanics and Composite Materials. He is passionate about conducting research in these areas along with soft mechanics modeling.

Kassandra Hernandez

PhD Candidate

Kassandra completed her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Fresno State University in May of 2024. She is an expert in applied machine learning.
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Kassandra Hernandez

PhD Candidate

Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University. She received her Masters of Science in Future Convergence Engineering from Cheonan College of Engineering, Kongju National University, South Korea, Master of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and bachelor’s degree from Ekiti State University, Nigeria. Her research interest includes Additive manufacturing and 3D Printing, design of stretchable electronics, and design of polymer composites.

Zach Miller

PhD Student

Zach Miller

PhD Student

Zach Miller is a Ph.D. student, mechanical engineer, and pilot with a lifelong passion for aviation. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University in 2017 and went on to spend eight years in the aerospace industry, specializing in structural analysis and control system design. His current research focuses on nonlinear mechanics, linear elasticity and viscoelasticity, and damage tolerance and control. He is currently developing soft robotic actuators and investigating their mechanical behavior to enable precise, fine motor control.

Nuha Nishat

PhD Student

Nuha is a PhD student in Robotics and AI. After completing her MS, she spent 3 years as a Process Integration Engineer in R&D at Intel, where she developed and optimized advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes for AI hardware applications.
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Nuha Nishat

PhD Student

Nuha is a PhD student in Robotics and a member of the VAMOS Lab. She earned her M.S in Robotics and B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University. After completing her master's, Nuha spent three years as a Process Integration Engineer in R&D at Intel, where she developed and optimized advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes for AI hardware applications. She later returned to academia to pursue research at the intersection of robotics and intelligent manufacturing. Her research interests focus on bridging the gap between simulation and real-world performance in robotic and intelligent manufacturing systems. She is particularly interested in digital twins, computer vision-driven perception, and physics-informed AI methods that improve robustness, adaptability and sim-to-real transfer in physical systems.

Saegis Abbott

PhD Student

Saegis Abbott is a PhD Student who is working at Boeing while he completes his graduate studies. He graduated from OSU with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Aerospace.
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Saegis Abbott

PhD Student

Saegis Abbott is a PhD Student in an Air Force research project at OSU, recently graduating with his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Aerospace. Previously, he has worked at the Boeing Company in Supply Chain Engineering and Collins Aerospace in Vision and Sensor Systems. As he worked as an Intern for The Boeing Company, he found industrial additive manufacturing fascinating, motivating him to pursue his master's in Advanced Manufacturing, which he is currently completing this summer through the AMP program here at OSU. Previously, Saegis was the manager for the Brick Circuit LEGO store in Downtown Albany, where he managed inventory, projects, staff, and strategy for marketing, supply chain, and product flow. He has always liked engineering, science, building things, problem-solving, 3D printing, and creating rockets, which he has done through involvement in the HART and HALE Aerospace Clubs at OSU. His research focus is on IR Imaging and In-Situ Process monitoring for multi-metal additive manufacturing of complex geometries, tailored alloys, and multifunctional components.

Timo Shearer

PhD Student

Timo is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering and is most interested in accessible and dynamic metal AM technologies, specifically in characterization and optimization of laser-based AM approaches.
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Timo Shearer

PhD Student

Timo is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering. He finished his BS in Mechanical engineering at OSU in 2024. Timo developed an interest in Advanced Manufacturing during his senior capstone designing and manufacturing carbon composite assemblies for the OSU Global formula racing team. Pivoting into metals, he now works with AM of metals in the OSU ATAMI lab space and is most interested in accessible and dynamic metal AM technologies.

Masters Students

Miya Klein

Masters Student

Miya completed her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University in 2024. She returned to Oregon State as a Master’s student in 2025 after interning at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).
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Miya Klein

Masters Student

Miya completed her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University in 2024. She returned to Oregon State as a master’s student in 2025 after interning at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), where she worked on 3D modeling and microfluidic sensor development. She has collaborated with both industry and international research institutions, including computational materials research in Spain using Python and AI methods, and product development at Araceli Biosciences. Her interests include Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing, CAD, and FEA, and she is passionate about applying these tools in research that creates meaningful impact in the medical field.

Ben Holmgren

Masters Student

Ben Holmgren is an M.S. student in Materials Science with a passion for sustainable materials and manufacturing as well as an entrepreneurial spirit.
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Ben Holmgren

Masters Student

Ben Holmgren is an M.S. student in Materials Science with a passion for sustainable materials and manufacturing. He focused on additive manufacturing and research skills while completing a B.S. in Plastics and Composite Engineering at Western Washington University. After undergrad he founded B. Carver Creatives, a prototyping, design and fabrication service, working with inventors and startups to develop their ideas. Additionally, he began working on independent research that he is continuing in the VAMOS lab. He is working to improve the adaptability of composites manufacturing using 3D printing and incorporating sustainable, biobased materials.

Ryan Becquer

Masters Student

Ryan is currently studying 3D printing of copper for aerospace propulsion applications. He recently graduated from OSU with his Honors Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Aerospace.
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Ryan Becquer

Masters Student

Ryan Becquer is an M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on advanced materials development and manufacture for space propulsion systems. He recently graduated from OSU with his Honors Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Aerospace. He completed his honors thesis modeling chemical kinetics and transport problems in rocket engines with Cantera, an open source Python library. Previously, he has worked at the Boeing Company as a propulsion tool design engineer and at Leupold Inc. as a design engineer. Both positions were characterized by a strong focus on additive manufacturing and the utilization of advanced additive geometric design. He led the 2023-2024 High Altitude Liquid Engine (HALE) team at OSU and oversaw the design and partial manufacture of HALE's first flight vehicle, Cetus. He also modeled HALE's second engine, Mira 2, a kerosene-LOX, pintle-injected, pressure-fed cycle engine. His team won the NASA OSGC award. He served as AIAA Treasurer and Vice President and facilitated connections with many outreach programs and philanthropic organizations. He applied to and was admitted into the Aerospace Ph.D. program at Georgia Institute of Technology, Professor Roach's alma mater.

Undergraduate Researchers

Heidi Thiele

Undergraduate Researcher

Heidi is a third year Physics student interested in pursuing engineering in the future (and in the lab).
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Heidi Thiele

Undergraduate Researcher

Heidi is a third year Physics student interested in pursuing engineering in the future (and in the lab).

Wesley Schwietert

Undergraduate Researcher

Wesley is a third-year Mechanical Engineering student specializing in product design and manufacturing with extensive experience in metal additive manufacturin.
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Wesley Schwietert

Undergraduate Researcher

Wesley is a third-year Mechanical Engineering student specializing in product design and manufacturing. He aims to combine his technical expertise with strong interpersonal skills to drive innovative solutions.

Tamira Shany

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Tamira is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student with a minor in Energy Engineering at UC Berkeley. She joined the VAMOS lab as an Undergraduate Research Fellow in Spring 2026.
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Tamira Shany

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Tamira is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student with a minor in Energy Engineering at UC Berkeley. They are passionate about sustainability and engineering for the future, with a large interest in mechanical design, material testing, and working with great people. Tamira is also currently working with OpenCAL, an open source volumetric bioprinter that was created at UC Berkeley under Professor Hayden Taylor. She is also passionate about cars where she is a Lead Design Engineer for Formula Electric at Berkeley, where she designs parts of the braking system for a student competition EV!

Rocky

Lab Research Assistant

When not playing with toys, or going on walks, Rocky ensures the cleanliness and safety of our lab is held up to a high standard.

Rocky

Lab Research Assistant

When not playing with toys, or going on walks, Rocky ensures the cleanliness and safety of our lab is held up to a high standard.

Anjana Sriram

Undergraduate Researcher

Anjana is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student with a minor in Aerospace engineering.
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Anjana Sriram

Undergraduate Researcher

Anjana is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student with a minor in Aerospace. During Spring 2024 she worked as an intern at OSU’s Hatfield Campus Innovation Lab. At the VAMOS lab, she is working on a mandrel printer that can print on the rotary axis.

VAMOS Lab Alumni

Dr. Jeremy Herman

Postdoc

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Dr. Jeremy Herman

Postdoc

Dr. Jeremy Herman received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2019. Subsequently, Jeremy completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering in Fall 2024 from the University of Colorado Boulder in the lab of Professor Timothy J. White. In his PhD, Jeremy researched the deformation mechanics of a class of soft, polymeric materials called liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE) and how new 3D printing technologies can be utilized for unique functional applications of these materials. Jeremy joined the VAMOS lab group in Summer 2025 as a research associate, and his work is focusing on the miniaturization of 3D printed LCEs to be used as actuators in microrobotics. Jeremy works in close collaboration with the Advanced Materials Lab (AML) at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, NM.

Galen Fox

Undergraduate Researcher

Galen is now a PhD student in Forestry at OSU. (Ranked #1 Forestry department in the US!)

Grant Hurd

Undergraduate Researcher

Grant is now a Rigging Engineer at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, CA.
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Grant Hurd

Undergraduate Researcher

Grant is a 4th year Mechanical Engineering major, minoring in Aerospace Engineering. His work focuses primarily on Silicon Elastomers. He currently is working on understanding certain strengths and weaknesses when combining multiple strands of together, under a wide variety of tests. He aims to bring new and innovative approaches to understand how we can use 3D printed elastomer for real world application. Outside of VAMOS, he is the Structural Co-Team Leader for Oregon State University's High Altitude Rocket Team (HART), which focuses on waterjet cutting, composites manufacturing, structural analysis, and much more.

Adam Bischoff

Masters Degree

Adam was the first VAMOS lab member. He graduated in 2025 and is working as a manufacturing engineer at Leidos in Seattle.
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Adam Bischoff

Masters Degree

Adam completed his BS in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from Oregon State in 2022. He returned to Oregon State as a doctoral student in 2024 after working as a manufacturing engineer in the silicon and small electronics industries. His research interests include developing and improving Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes by optimization of process parameters and multi-material design to best take advantage of the vast AM design space. He is also interested in vat-based processes such as Digital Light Processing (DLP).

Seth O’Brien

Masters Degree

General engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration in Jersey City, NJ.

Seth O’Brien

Masters Degree

Seth graduated in March 2022 from Oregon State University with a BS in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. During undergrad he completed several co-op internships with Lam Research and PCC Structurals. Seth returned to OSU to pursue an MS in Mechanical Engineering in August 2022 working in the Prototype Development Lab, co-advised by Dr. John Parmigiani. Seth’s main project is focused on the effect of process parameters on mechanical properties for high temperature polymers used in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). This project is sponsored by the FAA and partnered with Stratasys.

Andre Olarra

Undergraduate Researcher

Andre is now pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering in Prof. Paul Dalton's lab at the University of Oregon.
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Andre Olarra

Undergraduate Researcher

Andre is a Mechanical Engineering major with previous work experience interning at PacWave South as well working as a lab assistant at OSU’s Hatfield Campus Innovation Lab. His work focuses in marine environments involved additive manufacturing integrated with traditional machining, from prototyped parts to finalized drone accessories for remote whale tagging and LIDAR mapping.

Ashlei Morgan

Masters Degree

Ashlei Morgan

Masters Degree

Ashlei is currently pursuing her Master's in Materials Science at Oregon State University. She previously worked as a Project Engineer and Test Technician, focusing on thermal and moisture expansion testing of various materials. Ashlei has hands-on experience with product design, having worked as a Product Design Engineer, and was also an engineer on a project involving turning waste plastics into crude oil. Her interests lie in the intersection of materials science and sustainability, with a focus on creating innovative solutions for real-world challenges.

Maksim Sorkin

Masters Degree

Maksim Sorkin

Masters Degree

Maksim is primarily interested in composite simulation tooling design. He worked as a technical lead in the Formula SAE racing student team where he assisted in leading the composite monocoque chassis subteam. Maksim enjoys working on challenging products and bringing new technical ideas to life.

Team

Principal Investigator

Devin J Roach

Tom & Carmen West Faculty Scholar

Postdoctoral Fellows

Huan Jiang

PhD Students

Nicolas Gonsalves

Saman Jamshididana

Kassandra Hernandez

Zach Miller

Nuha Nishat

Saegis Abbott

Timo Shearer

Masters Students

Miya Klein

Ben Holmgren

Ryan Becquer

Undergraduate Researchers

Heidi Thiele

Wesley Schwietert

Tamira Shany

Rocky

Anjana Sriram

VAMOS Lab Alumni

Dr. Jeremy Herman

Galen Fox

Grant Hurd

Adam Bischoff

Seth O’Brien

Andre Olarra

Ashlei Morgan

Maksim Sorkin

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