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Our Ph.D. Students

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

Hossein Abbasi

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Lei Chen
Research Focus: EV motors and lithium batteries
Career Focus: Industry/Academia
E-mail: [email protected]

Syed Adil Ahmed

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Youngki Kim
Research Focus: Vehicle control, autonomous vehicles, and personalization of vehicles
Career Focus: Industry
E-mail: [email protected]

Dawood Al Nabhani

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]

Sadman Faruque

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Hugo Casquero
Research Focus: Fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, and computational engineering
Career Focus: Industry/Academia
E-mail: [email protected]
Learn nore about Sadman Faruque

Kyle Mathews

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Hugo Casquero
Research Focus: Computational solid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, and isogeometric analysis
Career Focus: Industry
E-mail: [email protected]

Kaniz Nishath

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Hugo Casquero
Research Focus: Fluid mechanics and splines
Career Focus: Industry/Academia
E-mail: [email protected]

Jesus Pereira

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
Advisor: Rafael Ruiz
Research Focus: Computational modeling and simulation of mechanical metamaterials
Career Focus: Industry/Academia
E-mail: [email protected]

Sajad Shirzad Koohsareh

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]

Mehdi Shoushtari Yeganeh

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, biophotonics, and MEMS
Career Focus: Academia/Industry
E-mail: [email protected]

Ruixin Zheng

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

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Oleg Zikanov
Dissertation:
Career: ASM International, Phoenix, AZ
E-mail: [email protected]

Ali Akhtari

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2024
Advisor: Oleg Zikanov
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Academia, Industry
E-mail: [email protected]

Youyi Chen

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2024
Advisor: Youngki Kim
Dissertation:
Career: Thermal CFD Simulation Engineer for Automotive Battery Systems
E-mail: [email protected]

Kai Duan

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2023
Advisor: Joe Lo
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Academia
E-mail: [email protected]

Chandra Kishore Reddy Emani

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Pankaj Mallick
Dissertation:
Career: Mechanical Data Center Field Engineer - Amazon Web Services
E-mail: [email protected]

Mahmoud Golestanian

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2025
Advisor: Hugo Casquero
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Research and development branch of automotive industries
E-mail: [email protected]

Osama Habbal

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2025
Advisor: Christopher Pannier
Dissertation:
Career: ASM America
E-mail: [email protected]

Yu He

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Youngki Kim
Dissertation:
Career: Senior AI Algorithm Developer - Stoneridge
E-mail: [email protected]

Maytham Ismail

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2025
Advisor: Mathumai Kanapathipillai
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Academia, Industry
E-mail: [email protected]

Aniket Jadhav

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
Dissertation:
Career: Senior Product Development Engineer - Ambient Biosciences
E-mail: [email protected]

Neeraj Sanjay Karmarkar

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Pravansu Mohanty
Dissertation:
Career: Materials and Process Engineer - Mainspring Energy
E-mail: [email protected]

Caroline Kella

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: P.K. Mallick
Dissertation:
Career: R & D Engineer, Automotive Products Application - ArcelorMittal
E-mail: [email protected]

Animesh Koneru

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2023
Advisor: Ben Q Li
Dissertation:
Career: Staff Process/Productivity Engineer - Lam Research
E-mail: [email protected]

Rongheng Li

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2020
Advisor: Ben Q. Li
Dissertation:
Career: Postdoctoral Researcher - ��-Dearborn
E-mail: [email protected]

Yijun Li

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2021
Advisor: Taehyun Shim
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Industry
E-mail: [email protected]

Monish Urapakam Ramakrishnan

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2021
Advisor: P. K. Mallick
Dissertation:
Career: Domain Expert - Mercedes-Benz Research and Development, India
E-mail: [email protected]

Jason Solocinski

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2021
Advisor: Nilay Chakraborty
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Louisville, KY
E-mail: [email protected]

Karnpiwat Tantratian

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2023
Advisor: Lei Chen
Dissertation:
Career: Faculty at the Department of Metallurgy Engineering - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
E-mail: [email protected]

Yufeng Tian

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Alan Argento
Dissertation:
Career: Mechanical Engineer - Yangtze Railroad Materials, Rosedale, MD
E-mail: [email protected]

Lukas Underwood

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Nilay Chakraborty and Joe Lo
Dissertation:
Career: ATCC, Manassas, VA
E-mail: [email protected]

Zhuo Wang

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2021
Advisor: Lei Chen
Dissertation:
Career: Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
E-mail: [email protected]

Linyan Xiang

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2022
Advisor: Oleg Zikanov and Cheol W. Lee
Dissertation:
Career: MathWorks, Boston, MA
E-mail: [email protected]

Yaohong Xiao

Program: PhD in Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Status: Graduated in 2023
Advisor: Lei Chen
Dissertation:
Career Focus: Academia
E-mail: [email protected]

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