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: Lei Chen
• Research Focus: Computational modeling
• Career Focus: Industry/Academia
• E-mail:  abbasii@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Ph.D. Candidate 
• Advisor: Youngki Kim
• Research Focus: Modelling, estimation and control of autonomous vehicles related systems
• Career Focus: Industry/Academia
• E-mail:  adilsa@umich.edu

• 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: dalnabha@umich.edu

• 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:  duank@umich.edu

• 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
• Learn nore about Sadman Faruque

• 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

• 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

• 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: mgismail@umich.edu

• 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: kdmath@umich.edu

• 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: nishath@umich.edu

• 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:  orabimo@umich.edu

• 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: jesusepp@umich.edu

• 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: sshirzad@umich.edu

• 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:  mehdiyeg@umich.edu

• 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: zhengrx@umich.edu

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 2022
• Advisor: Oleg Zikanov
• Dissertation: Magnetoconvection at Very Strong Magnetic Fields
• Career: ASM International, Phoenix, AZ
• E-mail:  rusakhm@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated 2024
• 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

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated 2024
• Advisor: Youngki Kim
• Dissertation: Integrated Thermal Management of Electric Vehicles Based on Model Predictive Control With Approximated Value Function
• Career: Thermal CFD Simulation Engineer for Automotive Battery Systems
• E-mail:  youyic@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated December 2022
• Advisor: Pankaj Mallick
• Dissertation: Press Forming and Formability of Polypropylene, Dry Fabrics and Fabric-Reinforced Polypropylene
• Career: Mechanical Data Center Field Engineer - Amazon Web Services
• E-mail:  emani@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated December 2022
• Advisor: Youngki Kim
• Dissertation: Powertrain and Vehicle Longitudinal Motion Control for Personalized Eco-driving of P0+P4 Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Career: Senior AI Algorithm Developer Stoneridge
• E-mail:  heyuz@umich.edu

• 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: Senior Product Development Engineer at Ambient Biosciences
• E-mail:  jadhav@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated in 2022
• Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
• Dissertation: Development of a Precipitation Free High-Nitrogen Alloy
• Career: Materials and Process Engineer at Mainspring Energy
• E-mail: nkarmark@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated December 2022
• Advisor: P.K. Mallick
• Research Focus: Formability and Springback Analysis of Aluminum/Polypropylene/Aluminum Sandwich Laminates
• Career: R & D Engineer - Automotive Products Application ArcelorMittal
• E-mail:  ckkella@umich.edu

• 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: Staff Process/Productivity Engineer Lam Research
• E-mail: akoneru@umich.edu

• 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:  rongheng@umich.edu

• 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:  yijunl@umich.edu

• 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: Domain Expert at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India
• E-mail: mramakri@umich.edu

• 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: jsolocin@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated in April 2023
• Advisor: Lei Chen
• Dissertation: Computation-accelerated Design of Dendrite-free Li Batteries
• Career: Faculty at the Department of Metallurgy Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
• E-mail: karntan@umich.edu

• 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: yufengt@umich.edu

• 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: launderw@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated in 2021
• Advisor: Lei Chen
• Dissertation: Construction of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters by catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition to cyclic enones in natural product synthesis
• Career: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
• E-mail: zwg@umich.edu

• 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:  linyanx@umich.edu

• Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
• Status: Graduated in 2023
• Advisor: Lei Chen
• Dissertation: Investigations on Microstructure Evolution of Metal Additive Manufacturing by Experiments, Physics-based and Data-driven Modeling
• Career Focus: Academia
• E-mail: yaohongx@umich.edu