Pellegrino, Sergio

Committee Member — 64 thesises

• Song, Shiyan — A New Ground Motion Intensity Measure, Peak Filtered Acceleration (PFA), to Estimate Collapse Vulnerability of Buildings in Earthquakes (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Wenxin — Advanced Nano Manufacturing Enables Probing Fundamental Mechanical Behaviors of Materials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Soni, Divesh — Agile Slew Maneuvers of Ultralight Space Structures with Momentum Actuators (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilson, Lee L. — Analysis of Packaging and Deployment of Ultralight Space Structures (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Carmi, Meital Oshrit — Buckling of Open Cross-Section Deployable Composite Thin Shells with Manufacturing Imperfections (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deng, Xiaowei — Clefted Equilibrium Shapes of Superpressure Balloon Structures (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zelhofer, Alex James — Computational Modeling of the Mechanics of Elastic Structural Lattices: Effects of Lattice Architecture and Hierarchy (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsukamoto, Hiroyasu — Contraction Theory for Robust Learning-Based Control: Toward Aerospace and Robotic Autonomy (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wei, Yuchen — Deployable Piezoelectric Thin Shell Structures: Concepts, Characterization and Vibration Control (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pedivellano, Antonio — Deployment Dynamics of Thin-Shell Space Structures (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sakovsky, Maria — Design and Characterization of Dual-Matrix Composite Deployable Space Structures (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moestopo, Widianto Putra — Design, Fabrication, and Mechanical Analysis of Intertwined and Frictional Micro-Architected Materials (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meza, Lucas Rosendo — Design, Fabrication, and Mechanical Property Analysis of 3D Nanoarchitected Materials (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanagala, Sathvik R. — Discrete Shell Methods for Stimuli-Responsive and Deployable Structures: Buckling, Bistability, and Topology Optimization (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rivière, Benjamin Pierre — Do Robots Dream of Random Trees? Monte Carlo Tree Search for Dynamical, Partially Observable, and Multi-Agent Systems (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Delapierre, Mélanie — Dynamics and Stability of Spinning Membranes (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pajunen, Kirsti Mari — Dynamics of Lightweight Tensegrity-Inspired Metamaterials Fabricated with 3D-Printing (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marshall, Michael Aaron — Dynamics of Ultralight Flexible Spacecraft During Slew Maneuvers (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wojnar, Charles Stanley — Exploring the Kinetics of Domain Switching in Ferroelectrics for Structural Applications (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nakahara, Kevin Hiroshi Keesun — Fabrication and Mechanical Characterization of Nano-Architected Composites Across Scales and Strain Rates (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mizrahi, Oren Simon — Flexible Phased Arrays: Challenges & Opportunities (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan — Folding and Dynamic Deployment of Ultralight Thin-Shell Space Structures (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bowkett, Joseph John Douglas — Functional Autonomy Techniques for Manipulation in Uncertain Environments (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fikes, Austin Covey — Future Microwave Arrays Take Shape (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dorn, Charles Jacob — Geometry Synthesis and Multi-Configuration Rigidity of Reconfigurable Structures (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boechler, Nicholas Sebastian — Granular Crystals: Controlling Mechanical Energy with Nonlinearity and Discreteness (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maqueda Jiménez, Ignacio — High Strain Composites and Dual-Matrix Composite Structures (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ning, Xin — Imperfection Insensitive Thin Shells (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mihaly, Jonathan Michael — Investigation of Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena Using Real-time Concurrent Diagnostics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patterson, Keith D. — Lightweight Deformable Mirrors for Future Space Telescopes (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lopez Jimenez, Francisco — Mechanics of Thin Carbon Fiber Composites with a Silicone Matrix (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leclerc, Christophe — Mechanics of Ultra-Thin Composite Coilable Structures (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwok, Kawai — Mechanics of Viscoelastic Thin-Walled Structures (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connell, Michael Thomas — Methods for Robust Learning-Based Control (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Haolu Jane — Microstructure-Enabled Plasticity in Nano-to-Microscale Materials (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McMahan, Connor Glenn — Modeling and Programming Shape-Morphing Structured Media (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perotti, Luigi Emanuele — Modeling the Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Explosions (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Gwendolyn Brook — Modeling, Simulation, and Design of Self-Assembling Space Systems: Accurate Collision Detection, Robust Time Integration, and Optimal Control (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Steeves, John Bradley — Multilayer Active Shell Mirrors (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khatri, Devvrath — Non-Destructive Evaluation of Material System Using Highly Nonlinear Acoustic Waves (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Canales Escobedo, Fabricio Gianfranco — Numerical Analysis of Folding and Deployment Dynamics of Thin Shell Structures with Localized Folds (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bilgi, Pavaman — Optimization of CCD Charge Transfer for Ground and Space-Based Astronomy (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arya, Manan — Packaging and Deployment of Large Planar Spacecraft Structures (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kramer, Sharlotte Lorraine Bolyard — Phase-Shifting Full-Field Interferometric Methods for In-Plane Tensorial Stress Determination for Fracture Studies (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Royer, Fabien A. — Probing the Buckling of Thin-Shell Space Structures (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thevamaran, Ramathasan — Rate and Microstructure Effects on the Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube Foams (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stohlman, Olive Remington — Repeatability of Joint-Dominated Deployable Masts (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hogstrom, Kristina — Robotically Assembled Space Telescopes with Deployable Modules: Concepts and Design Methodologies (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dassanayake, D. M. Sahangi Pulsarani — Space Legos: A Concept for In-Space Assembly of Large Structures with a Stationary Robot (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Popov, George Arthur — Stable Method of Attaching Thin Films to Torsionally Compliant Space Structures (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aller, Brayden Gieschen — Strain Sensing in Thin Composite Laminates with Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Talon, Thibaud — Surface Reconstruction from Distributed Angle Measurements (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mateos Arrieta, Arturo José — Tensile Failure and Fracture of Three-Dimensional Brittle Nanolattices (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Plucinsky, Paul P. — The Deformations of Thin Nematic Elastomer Sheets (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Victoria Jin-Young — Theoretical, Computational, and Experimental Characterization of Nematic Elastomers (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pederson, John Monroe Jr. — Thermoelastic Deflections of Thin-Shell Composite Space Structures (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gdoutos, Eleftherios E. — Thin Metastructures with Engineered Thermal Expansion (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ubamanyu, Kanthasamy (Uba) — Time-Dependent Failure of Thin-Ply Composite Laminates (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ferraro, Serena — Topology Optimization and Failure Analysis of Deployable Thin Shells with Cutouts (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitchell, Sarah Louise — Topology Optimization of Silicon Anode Structures for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pastor, Daniel — Towards Learning Robotic Dynamics: Application to Multirotor Takeoff and Landing (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Allen, Thomas F. — Two and Three Finger Caging of Polygons and Polyhedra (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wen, Alexander Huai-Cheng — Vibration Damping of Coiled Structures Through Frictional Slip (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zheng, Ling — Wrinkling of Dielectric Elastomer Membranes (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))