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Melanie Adams

Graduate Researcher (2018-2023)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Next Position: Postdoc at Scripps Institution of Oceanography under Dr. Vashan Wright
[Mel-uh-knee] she/her/hers
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Education

2017, M.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

2013, SB , Materials Science and Engineering, MIT

Awards

Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, CNSI Heeger Fellowship, Karl Storz Research Accelerator Award, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship honorable mention 

Research

I work on extending polymer characterization through the use of noncontact, nondestructive methods such as transient grating spectroscopy.