Members
Principal Investigator
Genevieve Palardy
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
Graduate Students
Jonathan Johnson, PhD student (2023-present)
Felipe Savella, PhD student (2023-present)
Asmat Ullah, mullah2@lsu.edu, PhD student (2022-present)
Emily Friedman, Accelerated Master student (planned from Fall 2023)
Alumni - Graduate students
Wencai Li, PhD (2019-2023) – Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Debaroty Roy, M.Sc. (2020 - 2023)
Luis Velazquez, M.Sc. (2020 - 2022)
Madeline Kirby, M.Sc. (2020 - 2022) – Boeing, NASA MAF, LA
Armaghan Naderi, PhD (2017 - 2021) and Research Associate (Fall 2021 - March 2022) – HCL Technologies, NJ
Harry Frederick, M.Sc. (2018 - 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 - Spring 2024)
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)
Melanie Toups (REU Summer 2018)
Erin Tsai (REU Summer 2018)
William Sands (REU Summer 2019)