Welcome to the webpage of the Computational Materials, Mechanics, and Manufacturing Laboratory (CM³ Lab) at the University of Oklahoma (OU)!

• Undergraduate students at OU are welcome to contact me for possible research opportunities.
• Undergraduate students from any major may check the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the First Generation UReCA Fellowship for doing research during the Spring/Fall semesters and the Provost's Summer UReCA Fellowships for doing research during the Summer semesters.
• Undergraduate students in the Gallogly College of Engineering (GCOE) may check the Engineering Research Entry Apprenticeships and Engineering Research Fellowships for doing research during any semesters.
• Undergraduate students in the Honors College may check the First-Year Research Experience program, the Honors Research Assistant Program, and the Honors Engineering Research Experience program for doing research during the Spring/Fall semesters.
• Other undergraduate student research opportunities at OU may be found on the UReCA website.
• No graduate research assistant openings are currenctly available in our group.
• Graduate students at OU can check the travel and research grants provided by the graduate college and the graduate student senate. Other scholarships/fellowships for graduate students at OU include CASH, Graduate Student Senate Outstanding Graduate Student Awards, Nancy L. Mergler Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Doctoral Dissertation Prizes, and Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards.
• Graduate students in GCOE please check the CGOE Graduate Student Travel Award. GCOE additionally offers Dissertation Excellence Award and several recruitment fellowships.
• Graduate students in AME plase check AME Bulletin Board for scholarship and travel grant opportunities.
• No postdoc openings are currently available in our group.
• Self-funded, prospective visiting scholars/students are welcome to contact me.

These webpages may be useful to prospective or current graduate/undergraduate researchers in our group:

• Using LAMMPS at OU
• Writing an academic paper

Ph.D. students

Mr. Anish Dhungana
Email: Anish.Dhungana-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Foundation potentials
Awards: Ken Starling Endowed Scholarship
In the CM³ Lab: 01/2026--present
M.S., Colorado School of Mines, 2025
B.S., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2016

Mr. Zeyu Dong
Email: Zeyu.Dong-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Discrete dislocation dynamics
Awards: AME Graduate Student Travel Support, Gallogly College of Engineering Graduate Fellowship
In the CM³ Lab: 08/2025--present
B.S., Northeast Electric Power University, China, 2025

Mr. Mohammad Younes Araghi
Email: Mohammad.Younes.Araghi-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Design of superalloys
First-authored publications in the CM³ Lab: Review of metal AM
Awards: Robberson Travel Grant, GCOE Graduate Student Travel Award, Thomas I. Brown, Jr. Endowed Scholarship, TMS International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship, AME Graduate Student Travel Support, Mathnasium Engineering Scholarship, Donald E. Hall Scholarship
In the CM³ Lab: 09/2023--present
M.S., University of Tehran, Iran, 2023
B.S., Arak University, Iran, 2020



Ms. Mahshad Fani
Email: Mahshad.Fani-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Confined layer slips, voids in metals, solidification in metal additive manufacturing
First-authored publications in the CM³ Lab: Void-free nanolaminates, Void-containing nanolaminates, Void collapse, Vacancy formation energies
Awards: Robberson Travel Grant, GCOE Graduate Student Travel Award, TMS Student Travel Grant, Dorothy Grace Barkow Scholarship, Thomas I. Brown, Jr. Endowed Scholarship, AME Graduate Student Travel Support, Exxon Mobil Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Scholarship, Graduate Student Senate Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award
In the CM³ Lab: 08/2023--present
M.S., Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, 2020
B.S., Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, 2017



Ms. Subah Mubassira
Email: Subah.Mubassira-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Chemo-mechanical coupling in non-dilute random alloys
First-authored publications in the CM³ Lab: MPEAs, Non-dilute random alloys
Awards: Ph.D. Recruitment Excellence Fellowship, Dorothy Grace Barkow Scholarship, Robberson Travel Grant, GCOE Graduate Student Travel Award, Thomas I. Brown, Jr. Endowed Scholarship, AME Graduate Student Travel Support, Exxon Mobil Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Scholarship
In the CM³ Lab: 08/2023--present
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2022



Mr. Anshu Raj
Email: Anshu.Raj-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Dissertation: Composition-structure-property relationships in multi-principal element alloys
First-authored publications in the CM³ Lab: CNT-PMMA composite, MPEA: basics, MPEA: CRSS, MPEA: dislocation/void interactions, Dataset of MPEAs, MPEA: LSR on high-order planes
Awards: Data Institute for Societal Challenges Graduate Student Seed Funding, AME Conoco Phillips Scholarship, Nettie Vincent Boggs Grad Fellow Scholarship, Robberson Travel Grant, GCOE Graduate Student Travel Award, TMS Student Travel Grant, Nancy L. Mergler Dissertation Completion Fellowship, AME Graduate Student Travel Support, Exxon Mobil Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Scholarship
In the CM³ Lab: 01/2023--present
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2022

Master's student

None

Undergraduate students

Ms. Aziza Chugh
Email: Aziza.Chugh-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Atomistic simulations
Award: Engineering Research Entry Apprenticeships
In the CM³ Lab: 05/2026--present


Ms. Yvette Niyokwizerwa
Email: yvetteniyo (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Atomistic simulations
Award: Engineering Research Entry Apprenticeships
In the CM³ Lab: 03/2026--present


Mr. Caleb Seba
Email: Caleb.G.Seba-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Multi-agent framework
In the CM³ Lab: 08/2025--present

Mr. Hayyan Kisitu
Email: Hayyan.Kisitu-1 (at) ou (dot) edu
Research: Generative large language models
Awards: Engineering Research Entry Apprenticeships, Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Summer Fellowship
Program: Honors Engineering Research Experience program
In the CM³ Lab: 01/2025--present

Mr. Peter K. Amprako
Research: Hydrogel infused additive manufacturing
Awards: Engineering Research Entry Apprenticeships, Engineering Research Fellowship
Undergraduate researcher and master's student in the CM³ Lab: 01/2024--05/2026
Co-advisor: Dr. Jingyao Dai
First position after graduation: HDR, Inc. (Kansas City, MO)

Mr. Oluwatimilehin Akinloye
Research: Density functional theory calculations and atomistic simulations
Publications in the CM³ Lab: Vacancy formation energies
Awards: Engineering Research Entry Apprenticeships, Engineering Research Fellowship, Outstanding Senior Award
Program: Honors Engineering Research Experience program
Undergraduate researcher in the CM³ Lab: 08/2024--02/2026



Mr. Thu Nguyen
Research: Universal machine learning-based interatomic potentials [Thesis]
Master's student in the CM³ Lab: 10/2024--05/2025
Main advisor: Dr. Iman Ghamarian
First position after graduation: Mingo Aerospace (Owasso, OK)



Mr. Richard S. Brinlee
Research: Atomistic simulations and machine learning
Publications in the CM³ Lab: Non-dilute random alloys, Unstable stacking fault energy
Undergraduate researcher in the CM³ Lab: 05/2024--05/2025
Co-advisor: Dr. Iman Ghamarian



Mr. Anthony H. Vo
Research: Generative large language models
Undergraduate researcher in the CM³ Lab: 08/2024--12/2024



Mr. Luis Cervantes
Research: Atomistic simulations of void-containing nanolaminates
Publication in the CM³ Lab: Void-containing nanolaminates
Undergraduate researcher in the CM³ Lab: 01/2024--05/2024




Mr. William Chadwell
Research: Atomistic simulations of a void-containing Cu single crystal
Publication in the CM³ Lab: Void collapse
Program: First-Year Research Experience program
Undergraduate researcher in the CM³ Lab: 01/2024--05/2024