Name: Claire Sauze
Program: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Date Joined: May 2025 – August 2025
Bio: Claire Sauze is an undergraduate student going into her last semester of an Honours Physics degree at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her honours thesis explored the velocity dependence correction for charge determination of exotic nuclei. She is interested in the future of nuclear energy, the development of Small Modular Reactors, and is excited to get experience within the field of additive manufacturing. At ANGAM, she worked on laser-directed additive manufacturing of Inconel 617. Outside of academic pursuits, she is a member of the Saint Mary’s University varsity soccer team.
Name: Akash Vyas
Program: Postdoctoral Fellow
Date Joined: July 2024 – July 2025
Bio: Dr. Akash Vyas earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surat, India, in 2023. His PhD research focused on the mechanical, metallurgical, erosion and corrosion behavior of laser-cladded high entropy alloy (HEA) coatings. Following his PhD, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Plasma Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Gandhinagar, India. His research at ANGAM focused on the development of next-generation ultra-high-strength high entropy alloy powders and coatings. Apart from research, Akash enjoys indoor and outdoor sports, travelling, and listening to music.
Name: Gloria Ghobrial
Program: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Date Joined: October 2024 – June 2025
Bio: Gloria Ghobrial was a research assistant working with the FEM team at ANGAM, specifically with laser powder bed fusion for the additive manufacturing of Inconel 617 high-temperature alloy and designing the experiment. Gloria is currently in my last year studying mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta. Outside of education, she loves nature, the beach, sunsets, and the outdoors in general!
Name: Pankaj Kumar
Program: Postdoctoral Fellow
Date Joined: May 2024 – April 2025
Bio: Dr. Pankaj Kumar is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Prof. Andre McDonald and Prof. Mostafa Yakout. His research at ANGAM focused on developing Next-Generation High Entropy Alloy Powders and Ultra High-Strength Coatings for extreme weather conditions.
Name: Mukul Anand
Program: Postdoctoral Fellow
Date Joined: September 2024 – February 2025
Bio: Dr. Mukul Anand was a Postdoctoral Fellow Employee at the University of Alberta, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India. He has amassed over 7 years of experience in Metal Additive Manufacturing, with a particular focus on Laser Additive Manufacturing and Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing of high-temperature materials. He has a proven track record of publishing high-quality research articles, book chapters and patents.
Name: Jie Zheng
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Dates: August 2024 – December 2024
Bio: Dr. Jie Zheng obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Dr. Hogan. His academic background includes brittle, metallic and composite materials, with specialized knowledge in materials science, fracture mechanics, failure analysis and experimental mechanics. For a short period of being a PDF with ANGAM, Jie’s research involved identifying suitable additive manufacturing technologies for printing silicon carbide (SiC), with the development of a performance evaluation matrix for the AMed-SiC materials and parts to be used in harsh environments, such as under corrosive, shock, ultra-high temperature, and irradiation loadings.
Name: Leah Fisher
Program: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Date Joined: Spring/Summer 2024
Bio: Leah Fisher is a fourth-year biomedical-mechanical engineering student at the University of Alberta. Working with ANGAM, Leah Led in website and logo development, as well as preliminary research into the characterization of additively manufactured zirconia for dental applications.
Name: Muhammad Hussain
Program: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Date Joined: Spring/Summer 2024
Bio: Muhammad is a second-year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Alberta. He worked as a volunteer undergraduate research assistant in the ANGAM Lab during the Spring/Summer 2024.
Name: Logan Krezan
Program: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Date Joined: Spring/Summer 2024
Bio: Logan Krezan is currently finishing up his undergraduate degree in the Mechanical Engineering Co-op program. He joined the lab in May 2024 as a Research Assistant. He worked on the NRCan project for small modular reactors (SMRs). In the lab, we are investigating metal additive manufacturing applications for SMRs. Logan assisted in the sourcing, characterizing, and designing experiments for different metal alloy powders. We will use this to determine the best use cases for metal additive manufacturing of specific alloys for parts in SMRs.
Name:Quoc Tuan Nguyen
Program: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Date Joined: Spring/Summer 2024
Bio: Quoc Tuan Nguyen is from Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Currently he will be in third year of Mechanical Engineering in 2024-2025. Quoc started with the group from the start of May 2024 as volunteer research assistant. He has worked on the probing system involved a microscope which is capable of inspecting microstructure of material.
Name: Levi Sulzle
Program: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Date Joined: Spring/Summer 2024
Bio: Levi researched and compiled information about the applications of Directed Energy Deposition (DED) and Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing in the aerospace industry. He also worked on 3D printing prototypes for typical aerospace parts, and he has printed a generic high-pressure turbine blade for his project.
