Myrsini San Marchi
    Ph.D. Student
    B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

    Current project(s):
    Development and Modeling of Additively-Manufactured Complex Metallic Systems for High-Temperature Aerospace and Energy Applications

    Phone:
    Email: myrsinisanmarchi2030@u.northwestern.edu
    Address: 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

My interest in materials research was born out of experiences working in the aerospace industry during my undergraduate career. Internships with the Materials and Processing team at SpaceX and the Environmental and Life Support Systems team at Blue Origin among others, underscored the need for the continued research into the development and qualification of novel material systems that can withstand higher operating temperatures in harsh, corrosive environments.

As part of the Dunand Group at Northwestern University, I plan on conducting research into Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded and Multimetallic/Intermetallic Composite systems experimentally and through multiphysics numerical modeling. My goal is to develop an iterative testing and Finite Element modeling technique to better understand the behavior of complex materials systems in service-like conditions.

Selected Honors

  1. NSF-GRFP, Class of 2026
  2. Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UCLA: Outstanding Aerospace Engineering BS Award
  3. Brooke Owens Fellow, Class of 2024
  4. U.S. Department of Energy SULI intern at Sandia National Labs, Summer 2022

Publications

  1. Couch, D. E., San Marchi, M. M., & Hansen, N. (2024). Experimental observation of molecular-weight growth by the reactions of o-benzyne with benzyl radicals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(38), 24833-24840.
  2. Couch, D. E., Jasper, A. W., Kukkadapu, G., San Marchi, M. M., Zhang, A. J., Taatjes, C. A., & Hansen, N. (2023). Molecular weight growth by the phenyl+ cyclopentadienyl reaction: well-skipping, ring-opening, and dissociation. Combustion and Flame, 257, 112439.
  3. Li, W., Yang, J., Zhao, L., Couch, D., San Marchi, M., Hansen, N., ... & Kaiser, R. I. (2023). Gas-phase preparation of azulene (C 10 H 8) and naphthalene (C 10 H 8) via the reaction of the resonantly stabilized fulvenallenyl (C 7 H 5#) and propargyl (C 3 H 3#) radicals. Chemical Science, 14(36), 9795-9805.
  4. McNaught, K. J., Kuatsjah, E., Zahn, M., Prates, É. T., Shao, H., Bentley, G. J., ... & Beckham, G. T. (2023). Initiation of fatty acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Metabolic Engineering, 76, 193-203.