Members

Principal Investigator

Genevieve Palardy

gpalardy@lsu.edu 

Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, LSU (2023-)

Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, LSU (2017-2023).
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands (2014-2017).
Research Associate, Bombardier Aerospace/McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (2012-2013).
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (2012), in collaboration with the Industrial Materials Institute - National Research Council Canada, Boucherville, QC, Canada.
MEng., Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (2007).
BEng., Mechanical Engineering, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada (2004).

 

Awards and Honors

• LSU College of Engineering Instructor of Excellence Award, 2023
• NSF CAREER Award, 2021
• LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award, 2021
• Michael R. Mangham Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2020
• McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA), 2007 – 2010
• McGill Provost’s Graduate Fellowship, 2009 – 2010
• Hydro-Quebec Fellowship, 2007 – 2009
• 1st prize for poster competition of the 9th Annual Super Light Weight Composite Bridge Building Contest (SAMPE, Long Beach), 2006

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Graduate Students

Jonathan Johnson, PhD student (2023-present)

Felipe Savella, PhD student (2023-present)

Asmat Ullah, mullah2@lsu.edu, PhD student (2022-present)

Wencai Li, wli45@lsu.edu, PhD student (2019-present)

Emily Friedman, Accelerated Master student (planned from Fall 2023)

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Alumni - Graduate students

Debaroty Roy, M.Sc. (Fall 2020 - Summer 2023)

Luis Velazquez, M.Sc. (Fall 2020 - Fall 2022)

Madeline Kirby, M.Sc. (Fall 2020 - Summer 2022) – Boeing, NASA MAF, LA

Armaghan Naderi, PhD (Fall 2017 - Fall 2021) and Research Associate (Fall 2021 - March 2022) – HCL Technologies, NJ

Harry Frederick, M.Sc. (Fall 2018 - Fall 2020) – Waldemar S. Nelson and Company, Inc., LA 

Steven Williams (PhD student, 2018-2020) – M.Sc. in Robotics at LSU

David Hoskins, M.Sc. (Spring 2018 - Fall 2019) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, AL

Undergraduate Students (past and present)

We are regularly looking for motivated students to be a part of our research group! Contact Dr. Palardy about available positions.

Emma McCarthy – ME LSU (Fall 2023 - present)

Jenea Owens – Smart Polymers REU, Mississippi State University (Summer 2023)

Svetlana Stanley - ME LSU (Fall 2022 - present)

Brandon Turner - ME LSU (Fall 2022 - present)

Jackson Harris - ME LSU (Fall 2022 - present)

John Nguyen - ME LSU (Summer 2022 - present)

Jonathan Sardin – Smart Polymers REU, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Summer 2022)

Gabriel Hains – ME LSU (Summer 2021 - Fall 2021) 

Olufemi Ajayi – Smart Polymers REU, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Summer 2021)

Luke Weger – Smart Polymers REU, University of Iowa (Summer 2021)

Jacob Agostinho – ME LSU (Fall 2020-Spring 2021) 

Juan Amaya (Research Associate I, Winter-Summer 2020)

Judah Wolf – ME LSU (2019-2020)

Caroline Cochran – CIMM REU, ME LSU (Summer 2020)

Benjamin Vigier – Polytech Lyon intern (Spring-Summer 2020)

Kyle Huber (Honors Thesis) – ME LSU (Fall 2019 and Spring 2020) 

Quentin Moussiere – Polytech Lyon intern (Spring-Summer 2019)

William Sands – Smart Polymers REU, Clemson University (Summer 2019)

Clayton Terrebonne – ME LSU (2018-2019)

Marie Allain – ME LSU (2018-2019)

Melanie Toups – CIMM REU, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Summer 2018)

Erin Tsai – Smart Polymers REU, Trinity University (Summer 2018) - Now PhD student in Chemistry at LSU

Joshua Vrettos – ME LSU (Summer 2018)

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