Our Ph.D. Students
Learn more about our Ph.D. students and the work they're doing on their profiles below.
![Hossein Abbasi](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Abbasi%20photo.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Lei Chen
- Research Focus: Computational modeling
- Career Focus: Industry/Academia
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Syed Adil Ahmed](/sites/default/files/2023-03/picture_syed.jpg)
- 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: [email protected]
- Learn More about Syed Adil Ahmed
![Dawood Al Nabhani](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Portrait%20-%20Dawood%20Al%20Nabhani-500x.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
- Advisor: Christopher Pannier
- Research Focus: Additive Manufacturing, Control Systems and Sustainability.
- Career Focus: Academia/Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Ali Akhtari](/sites/default/files/2023-03/img_0877.jpg)
- 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: [email protected]
- Learn more about Ali Akhtari
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Youngki Kim
- Research Focus: Energy-efficient Electric Vehicle Thermal Management
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Kai Duan Profile](/sites/default/files/2023-04/duan.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Joe Lo
- Research Focus: Microfluidics, Diabetes, Disease modeling.
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Sadman Faruque](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/img_2250.jpg.png)
- 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: [email protected]
- Learn nore about Sadman Faruque
![Mahmoud Golestanian](/sites/default/files/2023-03/img_20200116_222503.jpg)
- 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: [email protected]
- Learn more about Mahmoud Golestanian
![Osama Habbal](/sites/default/files/2023-03/headshot.jpg)
- 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: [email protected]
- Learn more about Osama Habbal
![Maytham Ismail](/sites/default/files/2024-01/Maytham%20Ismail.jpeg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Mathumai Kanapathipillai
- Research Focus: Peptide Aggregation for Drug Delivery
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Kyle Mathews](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Kyle%20Mathews-500x.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Hugo Casquero
- Research Focus: Computational Solid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Isogeometric Analysis
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Kaniz Nishath](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Profile_Picture.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Hugo Casquero
- Research Focus: My areas of interest are fluid mechanics and splines.
- Career Focus: Industry/Academia
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Mohamad Orabi](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Orabimo.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Joe Fujiou Lo
- Research Focus: Microfluidics, Biphotonics, Biomaterial Functionalization, Disease Modeling, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and Mathematical Modeling of Energy Systems.
- Career Focus: Research and Development Engineer/Associate Professor
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Learn more about Mohamad Orabi
![Jesus Pereira](/sites/default/files/2023-09/unnamed%20%281%29.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Rafael Ruiz
- Research Focus: Computational Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Metamaterials.
- Career Focus: Industry/Academia
- Research Interests: Modeling of mechanical metamaterials, taking advantage of model reduction schemes, substructure synthesis, and data-driven models to reduce the computational cost associated with their design and optimization.
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Sajad Shirzad Koohsareh](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Sajad.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Christopher Pannier
- Research Focus: Computational Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Metamaterials.
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Rittika Somadder](/sites/default/files/2023-03/photo_of_rittika_somadder.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Mathumai Kanapathipillai, Gargi Ghosh
- Research Focus: Using soft biomaterials for tissue engineering
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Learn more about Rittika Somadder
![Mehdi Shoushtari Yeganeh](/sites/default/files/2024-01/profile-picture.png)
- Program: PhD in Bioengineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Joe Lo
- Research Focus: Exploring the frontiers of Microfluidic studies by advancing applications in disease modeling and Diabetes research, Biophotonic, MEMS.
- Career Focus: Academia, Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Ruixin Zheng](/sites/default/files/2023-09/unnamed.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Status: Ph.D. Candidate
- Advisor: Youngki Kim
- Research Focus: Battery Control and State Estimation
- Career Focus: Industry
- Email: [email protected]
Learn more about our Alumni and the work they're doing on their profiles below.
![Ruslan Akhmedagaev](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/ruslan.jpg)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2022
- Advisor: Oleg Zikanov
- Dissertation: Magnetoconvection at Very Strong Magnetic Fields
- Career: ASM International, Phoenix, AZ
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Chandra Kishore Reddy Emani](/sites/default/files/2023-03/chandra_kishore_reddy_emani.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated December 2022
- Advisor: Pankaj Mallick
- Research Focus: Metal Forming, Composite Materials
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Yu He](/sites/default/files/2023-03/yu_he_3.png.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated December 2022
- Advisor: Youngki Kim
- Research Focus: Automotive system, Control System, Optimization
- Career Focus: Academia and industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Aniket Jadhav](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/aniket_c_jadhav.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2022
- Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
- Dissertation: Microstructure Control and Property Prediction in Inductively Coupled Selective Laser Melting
- Career Focus: Industry based Research and Development in the field of Additive Manufacturing
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Neeraj Sanjay Karmarkar](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/neeraj_sanjay_karmarkar.jpg_3.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2022
- Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
- Dissertation: Development of a Precipitation Free High-Nitrogen Alloy
- Career Focus: Industry based research and development in the field of material science
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Caroline Kella](/sites/default/files/2023-03/caroline_image.png_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated December 2022
- 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: [email protected]
![Animesh Koneru](/sites/default/files/2023-03/animesh_koneru.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated August 2023
- Advisor: Ben Q Li
- Dissertation: Development and Characterization of CuCr Composite Coatings & Thin Films as Contact Materials for Vacuum Interrupters
- Career Focus: Additive Manufacturing, Research and Development of Functional Coatings
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Learn more about Animesh Koneru
![Rongheng Li](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/rongheng_li.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2020
- Advisor: Ben Q. Li
- Dissertation: Directional Light Scattering and Absorption Enhancement by Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Clusters with their Applications in Solar Energy Harvesting
- Career: Postdoctoral Researcher at UM-Dearborn
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Yijun Li](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/yijun_li.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: Taehyun Shim
- Dissertation: Application of Model-based Control in Autonomous Vehicle Chassis Control and Motion Planning
- Career Focus: Industry
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Monish Urapakam Ramakrishnan](/sites/default/files/2023-03/monish_urapakam-ramakrishnan.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: P. K. Mallick
- Dissertation: Analysis of Tubular Adhesive Joints in Aluminum and Composite Structures under Crush and Tensile Loads
- Career Focus: Domain Expert in High Speed Crash Structures at Mercedes Benz R&D, Bengaluru, India
- E-mail: [email protected]
Jason Solocinski
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2021
- Advisor: Nilay Chakraborty
- Dissertation: Mitochondria: Bioenergetics and Predictive Therapeutics Using Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Career Focus: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Louisville, KY
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Karnpiwat Tantratian](/sites/default/files/2023-03/karnpiwat_tantratian.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in April 2023
- Advisor: Lei Chen
- Research Focus: Energy storage system, Computation materials
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Learn more about Karnpiwat Tantratian
![Yufeng Tian](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/yufeng.png_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2022
- Advisor: Alan Argento
- Dissertation: Testing and Interface Modeling of the Mechanical and Damping Behavior of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Reinforced Bio-based Polyamides
- Career: Mechanical Engineer at Yangtze Railroad Materials, Rosedale, MD
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Lukas Underwood](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/lukas_underwood.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2022
- Advisor: Nilay Chakraborty and Joe Lo
- Dissertation: Development and Optimization of a Preservable Three-Dimensional Bio-Construct
- Career: ATCC, Manassas, VA
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Zhuo Wang](/sites/default/files/group-library/34396/zhuo_wang.png_1.png)
- 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: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Linyan Xiang](/sites/default/files/2023-03/linyan_xuang.png.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2022
- Advisor: Oleg Zikanov and Cheol W. Lee
- Dissertation: Reduced Order Modeling For Large-Scale Linear Systems
- Career: MathWorks, Boston, MA
- E-mail: [email protected]
![Yaohong Xiao](/sites/default/files/2023-03/yaohong.jpg_1.png)
- Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
- Status: Graduated in 2023
- Advisor: Lei Chen
- Research Focus: 3D printing of alloy, welding, sintering cemented carbide, Gleeble simulation, Phase Field simulation
- Career Focus: Academia
- E-mail: [email protected]
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