PhD Theses

9. Michael Zakoworotny, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Philippe Geubelle, Advisor): "Multiphysics Modeling of Frontal Polymerization-Based Additive Manufacturing of Thermoset Polymers and Composites", May 2026. 

8. Yun Seong Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Sameh Tawfick, Advisor): "Nature Inspired Self-Organization and Additive Manufacturing", May 2026.

7. Avni Singhal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli, Advisor): "Predictive Modeling of Chemical Reactivity for Sustainability", September 2025.

6. Erica Flear, Stanford University (Yan Xia, Advisor): "From Molecular to Macromolecular Designs: Enhancing Mechanochemical Responses", August 2025.

5. Mohammad Tanver Hossain, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Randy Ewoldt, Advisor): "New Paradigms with Rheologically-Complex Materials: From Protorheology to Embedded 3D Printing Bioinspired Filaments", August 2025.

4. Yasmeen AlFaraj, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Jeremiah Johnson, Advisor): "Towards Industrially Adoptable Generation Invariant Reprocessable Polydicyclopentadien Thermoset Plastics", May 2025.

3. Timothy McFadden, University of Utah (Matthew Sigman, Advisor): "Development of a High Throughput Experimentation Platform and Interpretable Predictive Models of Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization", May 2025.

2. Luis Rodriguez Koett, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Nancy Sottos, Advisor): "Evolution of Material Properties in Patterned Semi-Crystaline Structures Enabled by Frontal Polymerization", December 2024.

1. Justine Paul, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Nancy Sottos, Advisor): "Molecularly Architected Polyermers Enabled by Frontal Polymerization Dynamics", December 2023.