Post Doctoral Associates
Chaitanya Bathina
2023 - 2025
Research Area: Microfabrication, Surface Engineering, Thermal Management of Electronics, and Phase Change Heat Transfer
Mario Mata
2024 - 2025
Research Area: Boiling Heat Transfer, Dynamic Adsorption of Surfactants, and Design Engineering
Sumit Raj
2020 - 2022
Research Area: Phase Change Heat Transfer, Flow Boiling through Microchannels, and Boiling Instabilities.
PhD Graduates
Daniel Greene
2021 - 2025
Research Area: Microfluidic Dialysis and Electrolyte-Recovery Modules for Artificial Kidneys
Raju Bhatia
2021 - 2025
Research Area: Membrane Assisted Falling Film Heat and Mass Exchangers, Ionic Liquid-Based Absorption, and HVAC Systems
Ashwani Verma
2021 - 2025
Research Area: Multi-Phase Heat Transfer, Energy Management and Conversion Technologies, Ionic Liquids, and Surfactants
Adam Kriz
2020 - 2024
Research Area: Microfluidic Device Design & Assembly, Microfabrication, Heat & Mass Transfer in Micro/Nanoscale, and Flow Boiling Heat Transfer.
Suhas Tamvada
2020 - 2024
Research Area: Multi-phase Heat Transport, Microfabrication, and Surface Engineering.
Sidharth Sanadhya
2018 - 2023
Research Area: Performance Analysis of Cooling Systems.
Rohit Bhagwat
2018 - 2023
Research Area: Absorption Cooling Systems.
Masters Graduates
Zihan Hu
Mechanical Engineering
Research Area: Thermal Management and Electronics Cooling
Anushka Koustubh Mendjoge
2022 - 2024
Research Area: Heat Transfer, Plasma Physics, and Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Varad Dange
2022 - 2024
Research Area: Heat Transfer, Plasma Physics, and Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Alan Smith
2021 - 2023
Research Area: Microfabrication, Heat and Mass Transfer in Micro/Nanoscale, Boiling Heat Transfer, Thin film Evaporation
Srinivas Shashank Mantha
2021 - 2023
Research Area: Microfabrication, Surface Wetting Phenomenon, Micro-Nano Heat & Mass Transfer
Undergraduate Students
Chrisitan Stephens
B.S, Environmental Science and Economics
Research Area: Cultivating a feasible economic plan for an absorption/desorption system based on energy consumption and costs.
Jack Kuzmicki
BS, Electrical Engineering
Research Area: Ion recovery system for wearable artificial kidney applications.
Jackson Sammartino
Undergraduate Researcher
Completed Undergraduate Thesis Spring 2024
Research Area: Heat transfer and fluid flow in microchannels.
Anderson Sanchez
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Area: Manufacturing furnaces/solid models for pool boiling experiments and multiphase heat transfer applications.
Dylan Errico
Summer 2022 REU Student
REU Engineering for Healthcare Program
Research Area: Ion Rejection in an In-House Built Electrodialysis Module.
Kerry Kruger
Summer 2021 REU Student
REU Engineering for Healthcare Program
Research Area: Ion Rejection across Graphene Oxide Membranes for use in a Wearable Artificial Kidney System.