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Principal Investigator

Debora Lyn Porter

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering
University of California, Merced
Office: SRE 317
Email: deboralynporter@ucmerced.edu

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Graduate Students

Soroosh Salehi

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: sorooshsalehi@ucmerced.edu

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Tianxiang Zhao

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: tzhao32@ucmerced.edu

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Nathalia Bellio da Silva

Department of Materials and Biomaterials Engineering
Email: nbelliodasilva@ucmerced.edu


Undergraduate Students

Meena-Love White

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: mwhite32@ucmerced.edu

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Annika Juaneza

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: ajuaneza@ucmerced.edu

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Past Lab Members

  • Annika Juaneza (2025-2026) LinkedIn
  • Meena-Love White (2024-2026) LinkedIn
  • Emmely Villalta (2024-2025)
  • Gordon Mui (2024-2025) LinkedIn
  • Steven Choi (2023)