Doctoral
Dr. Tapas Laha (2006)
Research Project: Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites by Thermal Spray Forming
Current Position: Professor at IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Kantesh Balani (2007)
Research Project: Role of Carbon Nanotube in Fracture Toughening of Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite
Current Position: Professor at IIT Kanpur
Dr. Bakshi Srinivasa Rao (2009)
Research Project: Plasma and Cold Spraying of Aluminum Carbon Nanotube Composites: Quantification of Nanotube Distribution and Multi-scale Mechanical Properties
Current Position: Professor at IIT Madras
Dr. Anup Kumar Keshri (2010)
Research Project: Comprehensive Process Maps to Synthesize High-Density Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Coatings for Improved Mechanical and Wear Properties
Current Position: Professor at IIT Patna
Dr. Debrupa Lahiri (2011)
Research Project: Hydroxyapatite-Nanotube Composites and Coatings for Orthopedic Implants
Current Position: Professor at IIT Roorkee
Dr. Sadegh Behdad (2015)
Research Project: Novel Ternary Magnesium-Tin Alloys by Microalloying
Current Position: Sr. Materials Engineer at Medtronic
Dr. Chris Rudolf (2016)
Research Project: TaC-NbC Reinforced with Graphene Nanoplatelets
Current Position: Scientist at Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Cheng Zhang (2016)
Research Project: Oxidation Behavior of HfC-TaC based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics
Current Position: Staff Engineer, CSAM Relativity Space
Dr. Archana Loganathan (2019)
Research Project: Spark Plasma Sintering of 2D Nitride and Carbide based Ceramics
Current Position: NA
Dr. Adeyinka Idowu (2019)
Research Project: Graphene Foam-Reinforced Shape Memory Epoxy Composites
Current Position: Processing Engineer at Intel, Portland, Oregon
Dr. Pranjal Nautiyal (2020)
Research Project: Boron Nitride Nanotube based Lightweight Metal Matrix Composites: Microstructure Engineering and Stress-Transfer Mechanics
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University
Dr. Riddhi Joshi (2023)
Research Project: Object Oriented Finite Element Analysis (OOF2), Simulating Computational Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Property Estimation, and Thermal Spray
Current Position: NA
Dr. Giuseppe(2023)
Research Project:Exploring the paradigm of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning in Materials Science and Engineering
Current Position: NA
Master's
Gabriela Gonzalez (2004)
Research Project: Characterization of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Tantalum Carbide
Current Position: Materials and Production Engineer at Toyota
Venkata B. Pasumarthi (2007)
Research Project: Reaction Synthesis of MAX Phases by Plasma Spraying
Current Position: Technical Consultant at Astir Services
Sunil Anand Musali (2007)
Research Project: Plasma Processing Maps for Ceramic Coatings using In-flight Particle Sensor
Current Position: Coating Process Engineer MOGAS Industries, Inc
Jorge P. Tercero (2008)
Research Project: Effect of Nanosize Reinforcement on Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite’s Mechanical Properties and Biocompatibility
Current Position: Global Product Manager at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Riken Patel (2009)
Research Project: An Experimental and Computational Algorithm for Near Net Shape Fabrication of Thin Walled Ceramic Structures by Plasma Spray Forming
Current Position: A&A Coatings VP of Engineering and Quality
Di Wang (2009)
Research Project: Wear Behavior of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene-Carbon Nanotube Composite
Current Position: NA
Kalty Vazquez (2013)
Research Project: Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Using High Voltage and High Frequency Induction Fields
Current Position: Polyumac Head Engineer - TIANSHENG COMPOSITES GROUP dba POLYUMAC USA
Sara Rengifo (2015)
Research Project: A Comparison of Graphene and Tungsten Disulfide based 2D Solid Lubricant Additives to Aluminum
Current Position: ISM Lead for M&P - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Leslie Embrey (2017)
Research Project: 3D Graphene Reinforced Epoxy Composites
Current Position: Leslie Embrey -- Honeywell -Senior Chemical Engineer
Leslie Embrey (2017)
Research Project: 3D Graphene Reinforced Epoxy Composites
Current Position: Leslie Embrey -- Honeywell -Senior Chemical Engineer
Louiza Fontoura (2017)
Research Project: Metallic Coating on Graphene Platelets
Current Position: NA
Ana Exime Tyndle (2017)
Research Project: Ultrasonic Processing of Aluminum based Alloys and Composites
Current Position: Project Manager - Gebr. Pfeiffer, Inc.
Tyler Dolmetsch (2019)
Research Project: Field Effects in Spark Plasma Sintered Ceramics
Current Position: Research Associate at FIU
Jenniffer Bustillos (2019)
Research Project: Boron Nitride Nanotube Reinforced Titanium Composite with Controlled Interfacial Reactions by Spark Plasma Sintering
Current Position: Ph.D. student at Cornell University
Sadhana Bhusal (2019)
Research Project: A Computational Approach for Modeling Plasma Sprayed Coatings From Splat to Bulk Deposits
Current Position: Simulation Engineer at EMAG (Engineering Modeling and Analysis Group) - HP with Kforce
Priscila Rodrigues (2023)
Research Project: Novel Polyimide-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanocomposites for Synergistic Improvement in Tribological and Radiation Shielding Properties
Current Position: Materials Science Engineer at Product Compliance and Regulatory Affairs operation
Andres Guerrero (2023)
Research Project: Engineering of Shape Memory Polymer - 2D Material Nanocomposites for Aerospace Applications
Current Position: Materials Engineer, US Army
Undergraduate Researchers
Brandon Potens (2003)
Research Project: Plasma Engineered Nanospherical Ceramic Powders
Current Position: NA
Melanie Andara (2004-05)
Research Project: Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-Nanotube Coatings
Current Position: NA
Jorge Tercero (2006-07)
Research Project: Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coatings
Current Position: NA
Tanisha Richard (2008)
Research Project: Biodegradable Polymer-Nanotube Composites
Current Position: NA
Suvrat Bhargava (2008)
Research Project: Splat Formation Simulation During Plasma Spraying
Current Position: NA
David Axel Virzi (2008-10)
Research Project: Synthesis of Ultrahigh Temperature Tantalum Carbide
Current Position: NA
Jonathan Solomon (2009)
Research Project: Wear Behavior of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coatings
Current Position: NA
Akanksha Bhargava (Jan-April 2010)
Research Project: Object-Oriented Finite Element Method for Simulating Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Nanotube Reinforced Composites
Current Position: NA
Sanat Ghosh (May-July 2010)
Research Project: Tribology of Advanced Materials
Current Position: NA
Samarth Thomas (Jan-11)
Research Project: Plasma Spraying of Advanced Materials
Current Position: NA
Jason Jeffrey Usher (Mar-Sept 2011)
Research Project: Laser Engineered Aluminum Coatings
Current Position: NA
Lovish Behl (May-July 2011)
Research Project: Tribology of Bulk Metallic Glasses
Current Position: NA
Mikael Thiesse (May-July 2011)
Research Project: Macro-scale Tribological Properties of UHMWPEPE-GNP Composites
Current Position: NA
Francoise Hec (May-July 2011)
Research Project: Nano-scale Tribological Properties of UHMWPE-GNP Composites
Current Position: NA
Gianni Jimenez (Summer 2013)
Research Project: Electrical Properties of Plasma Sprayed Sensors and Coatings
Current Position: NA
Pranjal Nautiyal (Summer 2014)
Research Project: Nanoindentation based Creep of Mg Alloys
Current Position: NA
Eddy Ones (Summer 2015)
Research Project: Processing-Structure-Property Relationships in 3D Printed Polymers
Current Position: NA
Daniela Montero (Fall 2015 onward)
Research Project: 3D Printed PLA-Graphene Scaffolds
Current Position: NA
Melania Antillon (Summer 2016 onward)
Research Project: TaC-NbC based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics
Current Position: NA
Laura Reyes (Fall 2015 onward)
Research Project: Green Tribology
Current Position: NA
Jenniffer Bustillos (Summer 2016 onward)
Research Project: 3D Graphene Foam Reinforced Silicone Composite
Current Position: NA
Arturo Toro (Summer 2016 and 2017)
Research Project: Crystallography of Advanced Materials
Current Position: NA
Rodolfo Fernandez (Fall 2017-Fall 2019)
Research Project: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering
Current Position: NA
Catalina Young (2017)
Research Project: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering
Current Position: NA
Noemi Denise (2018)
Research Project: Graphic Visualization of Graphene Foam Reinforced Composites and Advanced Materials
Current Position: NA
Briana Canet (2018)
Research Project: 3D Printed Biopolymers, supported by Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) program of Cell-MET NSF ERC
Current Position: NA
Nicole Bacca (2018)
Research Project: Multi-scale Mechanical Properties of PDMS, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of Cell-MET NSF ERC
Current Position: NA
Miguel Cabrera (2019)
Research Project: Characterization of Advanced Ceramics, supported by PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Dariana Ramos (2019)
Research Project: Sintering and Characterization of Advanced Materials, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Carolina Ramos (2019)
Research Project: Sintering and Characterization of Advanced Materials, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Kristal Feliciano (2019)
Research Project: Sintering and Characterization of Advanced Materials, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Connie Ly (2019)
Research Project: Conductive Polymeric Composites, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Roy Brooks (2019)
Research Project: Biopolymers, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of CELL-MET NSF ERC
Current Position: NA
Ariana Torres (2019)
Research Project: Wearable Polymer Composite Sensors supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of We-Focus, NSF
Current Position: NA
William Schertzer (2019)
Research Project: Wearable Polymer Composite Sensors, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of We-Focus, NSF
Current Position: NA
Kazue Lopez (2019)
Research Project: Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials via Indentation
Current Position: NA
Elisa Bravo (2020)
Research Project: Ultrahigh Temperature
Current Position: NA
Bhairavi Chandersekhar (2020)
Research Project: Oxidation Properties of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, supported by Remote-Research Experience for Undergraduates (R-REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Pedro Mireles (2020)
Research Project: Additive Manufacturing of Novel Engineering Ceramic Composites, supported by Remote-Research Experience for Undergraduates (R-REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Hervangelot Lordeus (2020)
Research Project: High Entropy Plasma Spray Coatings
Current Position: NA
Lia Paolino (2020)
Research Project: Mechanical Properties of PLGA Single Nanofiber under Different Conditions
Current Position: NA
Brandon Aguiar (2021)
Research Project: High-Speed Imaging of Manufacturing Processes
Current Position: NA
Cameron Drewery (2021)
Research Project: Developing 3D-printable Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composite, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Nathan Gillespie (2021)
Research Project: Effect of Carbon fiber reinforcement on the processing and mechanical properties of High-Entropy Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of PRE-CCAP
Current Position: NA
Farnoush Shafiei (2021)
Research Project: Micro- and Meso-Mechanics of Agarose Hydrogels – Measuring using Tensile Testing and Indentation, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of CELL-MET NSF ERC
Current Position: NA
John Marcial (2021)
Research Project: Boron Nitride Nanotube Reinforcement of Additively Manufactured Silicone structures, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of We-Focus, NSF
Current Position: NA
Quin Villwock (2021)
Research Project: The Creation and Characterization of Graphene foam using Freeze Drying and the application of Graphene foam as a deicing material, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of We-Focus, NSF
Current Position: NA
Jose Rodriguez (2021)
Research Project: Creation of databases for sentence classification and entity extraction task using Natural Language Processing
Samuel Ovalle (2021)
Research Project: Investigation on nanofiber reinforced metal slurry for DLP 3D Printing
Current Position: NA
Hans Laureles (2022)
Research Project: Hybrid 2D material – polymer composites
Current Position: NA
Claudio Eveillard (2022)
Research Project: Hybrid 2D material – polymer composites
Current Position: NA
Matty Sey (2023)
Research Project: Probing the influence of UV or laser irradiation on biological material mechanics
Current Position: NA
Ricardo Vasquez (2023)
Research Project: 3D printing of advanced ceramics via DLP printing technique
Current Position: NA
Carlos Maribona (2023)
Research Project: Bulk Tribological Responses of Additive Manufacturing Metals
Current Position: NA
Morgan Quates (2023)
Research Project: Exploration of Electrospun Nanofiber Fabrication, Surface Morphology, and Biomedical Applications, supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program of CELL-MET NSF ERC
Current Position: NA
Marcus Munoz (2023)
Research Project: Information extraction from UHTC Scientific text records using Natural Language Processing
Current Position: NA
Post-Doctoral/Visiting Scientist Supervision
Dr. Yao Chen (April 24, 2006 - May 30, 2008)
Current Position: Professor at Soochow University, China
Dr. Tapas Laha (January 1 - July 30, 2007)
Current Position: Professor in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India
Dr. Kantesh Balani (July 2, 2007 - June 30, 2008)
Current Position: Professor in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India
Dr. Ruben Galiano Batista (April 18 - September 30, 2008)
Current Position: NA
Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi (August 15, 2009 - December 1, 2010)
Current Position: Professor in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India
Dr. Anup Kumar Keshri (August 17, 2010 - February 28, 2011)
Current Position: Professor in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, India
Dr. Sybille Facca (November 15, 2010 - May 15, 2011)
Current Position: Orthopedic Surgeon at the University of Strasbourg, France
Dr. Mingdong Bao (May 16, 2011 - May 15, 2012)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Ningbo University of Technology, China
Dr. Debrupa Lahiri (August 2011 - December 2012)
Current Position: Professor in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
Dr. Suresh Babu Pitchuka (June 2012 - May 2013)
Current Position: Scientist at the International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India
Dr. Ugur Cavdar (July - September 2012)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Machine and Metal Technologies, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
Dr. Mubarak Mujawar (October 2016 onward)
Current Position: Research Associate Professor at Florida International University
Dr. Harpreet Sidhar (January 2017 onward)
Current Position: Senior Research Engineer at ExxonMobil
Dr. Lin Wang (January - December 2017)
Current Position: NA
Dr. Manuel Alberteris (February 2017 - January 2018)
Current Position: Research Engineer in CEE, FIU
Dr. Xiaolong Lu (January 2018 - Dec 2019)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate - Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO)
Dr. Rajesh Jha (September - December 2019)
Current Position: Materials Scientist
Dr. Cheng Zhang (January 2017 - Fall 2022)
Current Position: Staff Engineer, CSAM Relativity Space
Dr. Tony Thomas (December 2017 - August 2020)
Current Position: Assistant Teaching Professor in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FIU
Dr. Francy Mayoli Casallas Caicedo (September 2017 - Feb 2018)
Current Position: Research Professor at UPTC, Colombia
Dr. Alberto Jimenez (Summer 2023)
Current Position: Associate Professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Spain