Our Ph.D. Students
Learn more about our Ph.D. students and the work they're doing on their profiles below.

- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Taehyun Shim
- Research Focus: Modelling, estimation and control of autonomous vehicles related systems
- Career Focus: Industry/Academia
- E-mail: adilsa@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Oleg Zikanov
- Research Focus: Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, Magnetohydrodynamics and magnetoconvection, Liquid metal technologies in energy applications, Turbulence
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: rusakhm@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Oleg Zikanov
- Research Focus: Computational Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Magnetohydrodynamics and magnetoconvection, Turbulence
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: aakhtari@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Pankaj Mallick
- Research Focus: Metal Forming, Composite Materials
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: emani@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Hugo Casquero
- Research Focus: My areas of interest are fluid dynamics, structural mechanics and computational engineering.
- Career Focus: Industry/Academia
- E-mail: sfaruque@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Hugo Casquero
- Research Focus: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational mechanics.
- Career Focus: Research and development branch of automotive industries
- E-mail: gmahmoud@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Christopher Pannier
- Research Focus: Additive Manufacturing, Fused Filament Fabrication.
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: ohabbal@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Youngki Kim
- Research Focus: Automotive system, Control System, Optimization
- Career Focus: Academia and industry
- E-mail: heyuz@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
- Research Focus: Automotive system, Control System, Optimization
- Career Focus: Industry based Research and Development in the field of Additive Manufacturing
- E-mail: jadhav@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
- Research Focus:Currently working in the field of additive manufacturing (cold-spray) to develop solid-state deposited coatings having desirable mechanical properties. Projects also include alloy development for a better wear and corrosion resistance.
- Career Focus: Industry based research and development in the field of material science
- E-mail: nkarmark@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: P.K. Mallick
- Research Focus: My research area focuses on the major influencing factors and modelling the problem of Spring back in thin Sandwich panels made of metal-plastic –metal , which are being used in the automotive industry for weight reduction
- Career Focus: Industrial Research and development in the Automotive OEMs
- E-mail: ckkella@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Ben Q Li
- Research Focus: Functional Thin Film Coatings, Metal Matrix Composites, Plasma Deposition Techniques
- Career Focus: Additive Manufacturing, Research and Development of Functional Coatings
- E-mail: akoneru@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Gargi Ghosh
- Research Focus: My research area focuses on characterizing and tuning the physical/mechanical/chemical properties of biomaterials (hydrogels/polymers) to regulate the functions of cells. I am looking at how altering these properties can impact the stem cell processes including viability, secretory activity, and morphology. The goal is optimization of cell-material interactions to enhance the therapeutic and tissue reparative activities of stem cells.
- Career Focus: Academia and Industry
- E-mail: orabimo@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Gargi Ghosh
- Research Focus: Using soft biomaterials for tissue engineering
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: rittika@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Amanda Esquivel
- Research Focus: Sport Related Biomechanics, Injury mechanics, Impact Mechanics and injury prevention using Finite Element Methodology
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: rtadakal@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Lei Chen
- Research Focus: Energy storage system, Computation materials
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: karntan@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Alan Argento
- Research Focus: My research interest is the mechanical and dynamic properties on the composites which are made from nano-sized cellulose and Bio-based polymer. Modeling and Manufacturing methods are also included.
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: yufengt@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Nilay Chakraborty and Joe Lo
- Research Focus: My current research involves cell characterization using techniques such as mitochondrial flux analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and Raman spectroscopy. Specifically, I’m applying these techniques to cryobiology to gauge post-thaw health as well as drug characterization. Future projects will characterization of 3D printed cell constructs for cancer and drug delivery research.
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: launderw@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Hugo Casquero
- Research Focus: Structural Mechanics, Computational Engineering, and Computer Aided Design.
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: wzuowei@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Oleg Zikanov and Cheol W. Lee
- Research Focus: Thermal convection in liquid metal batteries ,Metal pad instability in liquid metal batteries, Model order reduction for battery thermal management system in electric vehicle
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: linyanx@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Lei Chen
- Research Focus: 3D printing of alloy, welding, sintering cemented carbide, Gleeble simulation, Phase Field simulation
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: yaohongx@umich.edu
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Learn more about our Alumni and the work they're doing on their profiles below.

- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2020
- Advisor: Ben Q. Li
- Research Focus: Solar Energy, Nanotechnology, Nanoparticle Optics
- Career: Postdoctoral Researcher at UM-Dearborn
- E-mail: rongheng@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: Taehyun Shim
- Research Focus: Modeling, estimation and control of vehicle dynamics systems
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: yijunl@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: P. K. Mallick
- Research Focus: Core research interests include polymer composites, multi-material joints, and their implications on automotive crash worthiness. Current research is on analysis of crush resistant tubular adhesive joints in composite-composite and composite-aluminum Structures.
- Career Focus: Academia or Industry
- E-mail: mramakri@umich.edu
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- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: Lei Chen
- Research Focus: I work on applied machine learning with high-throughput multi-scale multi-physical AM simulations, with applications mainly to additive manufacturing (AM) of piezocomposites and metals for accelerating materials/structure discovery and design, property/performance prediction, and AM process optimization.
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: zwg@umich.edu
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Jason Solocinski
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: Nilay Chakraborty
- Research Focus: Translational research in biological systems and mechanistic characterization techniques. Using advanced methods such as Raman microspectroscopy and bioenergetics, attempt to create a platform for non-invasive single cell metabolic quantification. Applications include drug delivery/candidacy, genetic engineering analysis, alternative imaging/spectroscopy applications, preservation strategy evaluation, and exosome characterization for cancer identification.
- Career Focus: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Louisville, KY
- E-mail: jsolocin@umich.edu
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