People Type: Alumni

Biography Baily Syring is an undergraduate student majoring in Materials Science and Engineering with a certificate in German and expects to graduate in spring of 2021. She began doing research in the Grainger Institute for Engineering in November of 2018. She says that she enjoys working in the lab because “there are endless possibilities to …

Biography Mythili earned her B.Sc.Eng. (Hons.) degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2008, and M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston in 2017. She joined the Grainger Institute for Engineering in August 2017. Prior to that, she worked as a Research Assistant at the California Institute …

Biography Nafis is a scientist in the Materials Science and Engineering Department (Alloy Design and Development Laboratory) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, holding a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK. His current research focuses on “Additive Manufacturing of an Ultrahigh Temperature Mo-Base Alloy with an Environmental Protection System for Turbine …

Biography Janith specializes in designing novel heat treatments for alloys using dilatometry and high-throughput characterization techniques for additively manufactured metals. He is passionate about developing in-situ testing systems to understand the deformation mechanisms of new alloys. When he’s not busy with work, he enjoys exploring local coffee shops and traveling to new places. If you’re …