mphowardlab · mphoward · May 7, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026
diff --git a/_cite/.cache/cache.db b/_cite/.cache/cache.db
diff --git a/...he/99/c6/1e19fd86ca3281c097b18e5148f6.val → ...he/f4/af/19a5e66005165b6b05bec988e517.val b/...he/99/c6/1e19fd86ca3281c097b18e5148f6.val → ...he/f4/af/19a5e66005165b6b05bec988e517.val
diff --git a/_data/citations.yaml b/_data/citations.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,90 @@
 # DO NOT EDIT, GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY
 
+- id: doi:10.1063/5.0318270
+  title: Approximation of forces and torques from anisotropic pairwise interactions
+    using multivariate polynomials
+  authors:
+  - Mohammadreza Fakhraei
+  - Michaela Bush
+  - Chris A. Kieslich
+  - Michael P. Howard
+  publisher: The Journal of Chemical Physics
+  date: '2026-04-09'
+  link: https://doi.org/hb2vxf
+  orcid: 0000-0002-9561-4165
+  plugin: orcid.py
+  file: orcid.yaml
+- id: doi:10.1063/5.0307665
+  title: Effects of skewing collision cells on transport properties in multiparticle
+    collision dynamics simulations
+  authors:
+  - Jinny Cha
+  - Wilfred Kwabena Darko
+  - Jeremy C. Palmer
+  - Michael P. Howard
+  publisher: The Journal of Chemical Physics
+  date: '2026-03-06'
+  link: https://doi.org/hbs2gt
+  orcid: 0000-0002-9561-4165
+  plugin: orcid.py
+  file: orcid.yaml
+- id: doi:10.1039/D5ME00129C
+  title: Design of simple interactions to assemble complex crystals from binary mixtures
+    of colloidal particles
+  authors:
+  - Beth Hsiao-Yen Wei
+  - C. Levi Petix
+  - Qizan Chen
+  - Michael P. Howard
+  - Jeetain Mittal
+  publisher: Molecular Systems Design &amp; Engineering
+  date: '2026-01-01'
+  link: https://doi.org/hbs2gv
+  orcid: 0000-0002-9561-4165
+  plugin: orcid.py
+  file: orcid.yaml
+- id: doi:10.21105/joss.08962
+  title: 'lammpsio: Transparent and reproducible handling of LAMMPS particle data
+    in Python'
+  authors:
+  - C. Levi Petix
+  - Mayukh Kundu
+  - Michael P. Howard
+  publisher: Journal of Open Source Software
+  date: '2025-12-21'
+  link: https://doi.org/hbs2gw
+  orcid: 0000-0002-9561-4165
+  plugin: orcid.py
+  file: orcid.yaml
+- id: doi:10.1063/5.0302659
+  title: Inverse design of drying-induced assembly of multicomponent colloidal-particle
+    films using surrogate models
+  authors:
+  - Mayukh Kundu
+  - Michaela Bush
+  - Chris A. Kieslich
+  - Michael P. Howard
+  publisher: The Journal of Chemical Physics
+  date: '2025-12-10'
+  link: https://doi.org/hbhv7h
+  orcid: 0000-0002-9561-4165
+  plugin: orcid.py
+  file: orcid.yaml
+- id: doi:10.1063/5.0299726
+  title: "Mesoscale particle-based simulations of flow in expansion\u2013contraction\
+    \ microchannels at low Reynolds number"
+  authors:
+  - Tzortzis Koulaxizis
+  - Clara De La Torre Garcia
+  - C. Levi Petix
+  - Antonia Statt
+  - Michael P. Howard
+  publisher: The Journal of Chemical Physics
+  date: '2025-11-19'
+  link: https://doi.org/hbs2gx
+  orcid: 0000-0002-9561-4165
+  plugin: orcid.py
+  file: orcid.yaml
 - id: doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c01451
   title: Approximation of Anisotropic Pair Potentials Using Multivariate Interpolation
   authors:
@@ -28,8 +113,8 @@
   plugin: orcid.py
   file: orcid.yaml
 - id: doi:10.1039/D4SM01301H
-  title: Effects of ligand <i>vs.</i> linker on phase behavior and mechanical properties
-    of nanoparticle gels
+  title: "Effects of ligand\n                    <i>vs.</i>\n                    linker\
+    \ on phase behavior and mechanical properties of nanoparticle gels"
   authors:
   - Qizan Chen
   - Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan

diff --git a/_data/software.yaml b/_data/software.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 - title: flyft
   subtitle:
   group: featured
-  image: images/software.png
+  image: images/flyft_icon.png
   link: https://github.com/mphowardlab/flyft
   description: flyft is a classical density functional theory solver.
   repo:

diff --git a/_members/chmel-emilio.md b/_members/chmel-emilio.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+name: Emilio Chmel
+image: images/chmel-emilio.jpg
+role: undergrad-student
+links:
+  email: eac0178@auburn.edu
+---
+
+Emilio joined the lab in 2026 as an undergraduate researcher. He and Benjamin are 
+currently investigating the drying behavior of binary mixtures of big and small particle 
+ssuspension using different solvent models.
diff --git a/_members/dempsey-miles-mari.md b/_members/dempsey-miles-mari.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+name: Mari Miles Dempsey
+image: images/dempsey-miles-mari.jpg
+role: phd-student
+links:
+  email: mzd0127@auburn.edu
+education:
+  - Auburn University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering
+---
+
+Mari Miles joined the lab in 2025 and is co-advised by Dr. Virginia Davis. Her 
+research combines experimental and computational approaches to understand the 
+physical properties of anisotropic nanoparticles.
diff --git a/_members/forson-benjamin.md b/_members/forson-benjamin.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: Benjamin Forson
 image: images/forson-benjamin.jpg
-role: phd-student
+role: phd-candidate
 links:
   email: bzf0037@auburn.edu
 education:

diff --git a/_members/israel-amusan-aanuoluwa.md b/_members/israel-amusan-aanuoluwa.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+name: Aanuoluwa Amusan Israel
+image: images/israel-amusan-aanuoluwa.jpg
+role: phd-student
+links:
+  email: aia0017@auburn.edu
+education:
+  - Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), B.Sc. Chemical Engineering
+---
+
+Aanuoluwa joined the lab in 2025. His research uses particle-based modeling and
+machine learning to understand the self-assembly of colloidal-particle coatings
+with composition gradients.
diff --git a/_members/kundu-mayukh.md b/_members/kundu-mayukh.md
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 ---
 name: Mayukh Kundu
 image: images/kundu-mayukh.jpg
-role: phd-candidate
+role: phd-alum
 links:
   email: mzk0148@auburn.edu
   google-scholar: iwXef-gAAAAJ
 education:
   - S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur (IN),
     B.S. in Chemical Engineering
+  - Auburn University, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2025)
 ---
 
-Mayukh joined the lab as its first graduate student in 2021. His research uses
-computational modeling to design self-stratifying colloidal films and
-supraparticles.  
+Mayukh joined the lab as its first graduate student in 2021 and was a member 
+until 2025. His research used computational modeling to design self-stratifying 
+colloidal films and supraparticles. He was awarded the Department of Chemical 
+Engineering Outstanding Professional Progress Award in 2023. 
diff --git a/_members/mcelheny-dylan.md b/_members/mcelheny-dylan.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: Dylan McElheny
 image: images/mcelheny-dylan.jpg
-role: undergrad-student
+role: undergrad-alum
 links:
   email: drm0066@auburn.edu
 ---
 
-Dylan joined the lab in 2025 as an undergraduate researcher. He and Mohammadreza are currently studying surrogate models to approximate pairwise interactions of proteins. 
+Dylan was part of the lab from Spring 2025 to Spring 2026 as an undergraduate 
+researcher with Mohammadreza. He studied surrogate models to approximate pairwise 
+interactions of peptides. 
diff --git a/_members/overton-griffin.md b/_members/overton-griffin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: Griffin Overton
+image: images/overton-griffin.jpg
+role: undergrad-student
+links:
+  email: gdo0009@auburn.edu
+---
+
+Griffin joined the lab in 2025 as an undergraduate researcher. He and Levi studied the axial dispersion of polymers in microchannels. He was awarded an undergraduate research fellowship to study nanocrystal stability in ionic liquids. 
+
diff --git a/images/2026-04-group.jpg b/images/2026-04-group.jpg
diff --git a/images/chmel-emilio.jpg b/images/chmel-emilio.jpg
diff --git a/images/dempsey-miles-mari.jpg b/images/dempsey-miles-mari.jpg
diff --git a/images/flyft_icon.png b/images/flyft_icon.png
diff --git a/images/israel-amusan-aanuoluwa.jpg b/images/israel-amusan-aanuoluwa.jpg
diff --git a/images/overton-griffin.jpg b/images/overton-griffin.jpg
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ computational scientists.
 
 {%
   include feature.html
-  image="images/2025-02-group.jpg"
+  image="images/2026-04-group.jpg"
   link="people"
   title="Our Team"
   flip=true

diff --git a/research/index.md b/research/index.md
@@ -242,5 +242,4 @@ also conducting a sensitivity analysis for the different climates found
 throughout the United States. This work will enable optimization of and improved
 decision-making about materials used in advanced bus technologies.
 
-This work is supported by the Federal Transit Administration (Low- and
-No-Emission Component Assessment Program).
+This work is supported by the Federal Transit Administration Component Assessment Program.