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\nSummer 2026<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n
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\nAbigail Plummer<\/b>
\nAssistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering<\/a>
\nPh.D., Harvard Physics
\nOffice: EMA 217, 730 Commonwealth Ave
\nEmail: plummer@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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PhD Students<\/h3>\n
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\nRishabh <\/b>
\n Fracture <\/i>
\nEmail: rishy@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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\nJaafar Alaswad<\/b>
\n Metamaterials <\/i>
\nEmail: jalaswad@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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\nLeen Alnsour<\/b>
\n Metamaterials <\/i>
\nEmail: lalnsour@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n
\n

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\nAlex Tong<\/b>
\nDSRF award<\/a>, Summer 2026
\nEmail: alto335@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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\nTony Tong<\/b>
\nUROP award<\/a>, Summer 2026
\nEmail: leihuit@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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\nTatum Swanwick<\/b>
\nClare Booth Luce Scholar<\/a> & STARS award<\/a>, Summer 2026
\nEmail: tatumsw@bu.edu<\/p>\n

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Visitors<\/h3>\n
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\nKatarina Minas<\/b>
\nRET<\/a> researcher, Summer 2026
\nChemistry teacher at Josiah Quincy Upper School<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alumni<\/h3>\n
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Graduate students<\/h4>\n

\"\" Gus Loureiro
\nM.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2026)
\nThesis: Bistable mechanical metamaterials in noisy environments
\n Next: Systems Engineer at Raytheon<\/i><\/p>\n

Undergraduate students<\/h4>\n

\"\" Sumire Takeya
\nUROP award<\/a>, Summer 2025
\n Next: Undergraduate at Georgia Tech<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nJillian Martin
\n Next: Associate Systems Engineer at STR <\/i><\/p>\n

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\nAngela Sandev
\nUROP award<\/a>, Fall 2024<\/p>\n

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\nAzul Pieropan Sanchez
\nSTARS award<\/a>, Summer 2025<\/p>\n

\"Mankrit\"
\nMankrit Singh Kalra
\nUROP award<\/a>, Summer 2024 & Fall 2024
\n <\/p>\n

Visitors<\/h4>\n

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\nTaylor Lambo
\nPhysics REU<\/a> student from Hamilton College, Summer 2025<\/p>\n

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\nJustin Peyrat
\nVisiting researcher from ESPCI Paris, Summer 2025<\/p>\n

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\nSarah Dan\u00e9 Ta\u00efw\u00e9
\nVisiting researcher from Williams College, Summer 2025<\/p>\n

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