Ph.D. Students
Dr. Alireza Rozati graduated with a PhD in Engineering (Summer 2024) and will start working as a Modular engineer at Intel. Dissertation title "Development of Multiscale Surfaces via Additive Manufacturing Approach for Boiling Heat Transfer using Pure Liquids and Binary Mixtures".
Dr. Aniket Rishi graduated with PhD in Microsystems Engineering (Summer 2021) and is currently working as Mechanical Thermal Engineer at Lam Research. Dissertation title "Development of Highly Functional, Surface Tunable, and Efficient Composite Coatings for Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement".
Dr. Poornima Kalyanram graduated with a PhD in Engineering ( Fall 2020) and is currently working as a Lipid Scientist at ADM. Dissertation title "Interactions of Photosensitizers with Model Membranes and their Applications in Photodynamic Therapy".
M.S. Students
Suyash Niraula, PhD Candidate at George Mason University. (Spring 2020) Project title "MATLAB coding to study the bubble dynamics in boiling applications".
Clement Kekessie, Manufacturing Engineer at First Solar. (Spring 2021) Thesis title "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Evaporative Drying Patterns of Manganese Oxide Laden Droplets".
Ankita Patil, Controls and Software Engineer at Zoomlion Heavy Industry. (Spring 2021) Thesis title "Comparing the efficacies of surfactant, ethanol, and commercial sanitizers in disruption of lipid membranes".
Bismark Oware, Manufacturing Engineer at First Solar. (Summer 2021) Thesis title "Synthesis and characterization of copper foams".