Principal Investigator
Steven E. Naleway
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah office: 2157 MEK email: steven.naleway@mech.utah.edu Ph#: (801) 581-6881 Google Scholar ResearchGate LinkedInPh.D. Students
Jim Gallagher
email: u1479354@utah.edu
Atul Agrawal
email: atul.agrawal@utah.eduMasters Students
Jessica Redmond
email: Jessica.N.Redmond@utah.eduFormer Group Members
Name | Thesis/Dissertation Title | Graduation Year | Current Info |
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Ph.D. Students |
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| PhD6 | Ihsan Elnunu | Investigating structure-property relationships in fungal sporocarps structures for bioinspiration | 2026 | |
| PhD5 | Maddie Schmitz | An investigation of microstructural alignment in magnetically freeze-cast scaffolds | 2025 | |
| PhD4 | Josh Fernquist | Bioinspired freeze casting of iron oxide and titania porous scaffolds under oscillating magnetic fields | 2023 | |
| PhD3 | Tony Yin | Freeze-cast hydroxyapatite-based biomaterial scaffolds for bone graft substitutes | 2023 | |
| PhD2 | Debora Lyn Porter | Fungal structures: Their material properties and application to bioinspired design | 2023 | Google Scholar ResearchGate |
| PhD1 | Isaac Nelson | Bioinspired freeze casting of iron oxide subject to uniform low strength magnetic fields | 2019 | Google Scholar |
Masters Students |
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| MS5 | Elise Hotz | Effect of agar concentration on structure and physiology of fungal hyphal systems | 2023 | |
| MS4 | Josh Alexander | Bioinspired aligned magnetic features in aerogels for humidity sensing | 2021 | |
| MS3 | Max Mroz | Ultrasound freeze casting of a biomimetic layered microstructure in epoxy-ceramic composite materials to increase strength and hardness | 2020 | LinkedIn ResearchGate Google Scholar |
| MS2 | Paul Wadsworth | Manufacturing bioinspired flexible hierarchical engineered materials for energy applications through integrating ultrasound directed self-assembly and 3D printing | 2019 | |
| MS1 | Taylor Ogden | Bioinspired ultrasound freeze casting: Engineered porous scaffolds through freeze casting and ultrasound directed self-assembly | 2019 | Website GitHub |