Xiaolong Luo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering | The Catholic University of America
G37 Pangborn Hall | Email: luox@cua.edu | Tel: 202-319-6952
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 2008
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Temple Univ., 2003
B.E., Mechatronics, Zhejiang University, China, 2001
Provost Young Faculty Scholar's Award, CUA, 2017
NSF CAREER award, 2016
Kaman Excellence in Research Award, SOE, CUA, 2016
Burns Junior Faculty Fellowship, 2013
Graduate Students:
Hadeel Alqasiri
Ph.D. in BME
(co-advised with Dr. Raub)
Sheela Bhujel
Ph.D. in BME
Maha Dev Bist
Ph.D. in BME
(co-advised with Dr. Raub)
Peter Chivanga
M.S. in Physics
Long Duong
Ph.D. in ME
Hanh Hoang
Ph.D. in BME
(Co-advise with Drs. Raub, Solares)
Akib Jabed
Ph.D. in BME
(Co-advise with Drs. Raub, Solares)
Joseph Robben
Ph.D. in BME
(co-advised with Dr. Raub)
Navid Sium
M.S. in ME
Undergraduate Students:
Sean Owens
B.S. in ME
Riley Welch
B.S. in ME
(Co-advise with Dr. Wang)
Alumni (Degree, graduation time; immediate after/current position):
PhD --
Khanh Ly (co-advised with Dr. Raub), PhD in BME, 09/2023; NIH postdoc
Le Hoang Phu Pham, PhD in ME, 02/2023; WellSIM Biomedical Technologies
Piao Hu, PhD in ME, 11/2021; Credit Suisse
Masters --
Louis Nwuha, BS in BME, 05/2025; USPTO
Reindolf Addai-Mensah, MS in Biology, 12/2024; PhD student at Howard University
Mireille Muhoza, MS in Materials Science, 05/2021; Ecellix Inc.
Khanh Ly, MS in BME (with thesis), 01/2020; PhD student at CUA
Seyed Ali Rooholghodos, 10/2019; PhD student at U Nebraska-Lincoln
Piao Hu, MS in ME (with thesis), 05/2018; PhD student at CUA
Thinh Lee, MS in ME (with thesis), 01/2018; PhD student at U Connecticut
Manal Alsamiri, MS in ME, 10/2017, USPTO
Thanh Vo, MS in ME (with thesis), 10/2017
Laurie Wei, MS in ME, 01/2018; PhD student at CUA
Phu L.H. Pham, MS in ME (with thesis), 05/2017; PhD student at CUA
Fahad I. Jambi, MS in ME, 05/2017; Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI)
Kathleen Sheridan, BS & MS in BME, 05/2017; GWU Medical School
Luis Bautista, MS in ME (with thesis), 10/2015; Primerica
Undergraduates --
Maria Hargrave, senior in BME
Claire Wang, senior at UMD
Priscilla Ye, senior at Cornell
Emma Wallace, BS in BME, 5/2026
Maria Erquiaga, BS in ME, 5/2024; TAMU Medical School
Hanh Hoang, BS in BME, 2021; CUA graduate program
Anne Perry, BS in ME, 05/2019; NET Ministries
Alexa Guittari, BS in BME, 05/2020; Transferred to UVa
Saba Owens, BS in BME, 05/2019; National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
Jesse Williams, BS in ME, 05/2019; CUA graduate school
Kuanyu Li, BS in ME & Philosophy, 05/2018; John Hopkins graduate school
Colleen Cahill, BS in ME, 05/2017; MECCO Inc
Alex Quicksell, BS in ME, 05/2016; Mid Atlantic Contracting
Alex Laprade, BS in ME, 05/2016; Boston Scientific
Elizabeth Coyle, BS in BME, 05/2016; MS student, GIT
Dominic Renner, BS in ME, 05/2015; PhD student, GIT
Deyvid Carniel Vargas, BSMP, 2015; Bosch
Daniele De Avila, BSMP, 2015
High Schoolers --
Sammuel Lee, Hammond High School, 2026
Jonnathan He, Atholton High School, 2025
Annabelle Du, Atholton High School, 2024
Priscilla Ye, Reservoir High School, 2022 - 2023
Jabez Luo, Reservoir High School, 2022
Abigail Vanasse, Elizabeth Seton High School, 2021
Taisia Mertz, Rockville HS, 2019
Zach Hsieh, Dematha Catholic HS, 2016 - 2017
Aaraj Vij, Sophomore at TJHSST, 2016 - 2017
Vishnu Murthy, TJHSST, 2016
Other Short-term Students (Degree, graduation time):
Emma Needham, BS in ME, 2015
Ali Alshafai, MS & BS in ME, 2015
Yao Dejiepor, MS in ME, 2015
Frances Mackinnon, BS in ME, 2014
Jason Quisberth, BS in ME, 2014
Spring 2026
April 2026
Spring 2024
Spring 2024
Summer 2021
Spring 2019
Summer 2019
Summer 2017
Winter 2016
Summer 2016
BMES 2016
Summer 2015
iBMF Open House, May 2016