Alexandra Vaughn Resume | LinkedIn Email: alexandravaughn@utexas.edu Research Interest Mechanically-induced surface structural transformations in thin films and metallic materials Education (Aug 2025 – Present) Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin (Aug 2021 – May 2025) Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin Awards (2025) Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Fellowship in Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering UT Austin Publications Camille E. Edwards, Tomas F. Babuska, N. Scott Bobbitt, Ping Lu, Nicolas Molina, Alexandra K. Vaughn, David P. Adams, Michael Chandross, John F. Curry, Filippo Mangolini, Mechanochemical Reactivity of C2 Organic Molecules on Pt-Au, Carbon, 258, 121804, 2026.
