Current Group Members
Shihab Ahmed
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
sahmed73(at)ucmerced.edu
Fakhrul Hasan Bhuiyan
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
fbhuiyan2(at)ucmerced.edu
José Cobeña Reyes
Postdoctoral Scholar
jcobenareyes(at)ucmerced.edu
Abrar Faiyad
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
afaiyad(at)ucmerced.edu
Abhishek Kumar
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
akumar71(at)ucmerced.edu
Samuel Leventini
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
sleventini(at)ucmerced.edu
Ting Liu
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
tliu36(at)ucmerced.edu
Daniel Miliate
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
dmiliate(at)ucmerced.edu
Jose Arturo Morales
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
jmorales117(at)ucmerced.edu
Cinderella Moustafa
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
cmoustafa(at)ucmerced.edu
Michelle Padilla
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Ingrid Padilla Espinosa
Postdoctoral Scholar
ipadillaespinosa(at)ucmerced.edu
Muztoba Rabbani
PhD Student, Materials Engineering
mrabbani(at)ucmerced.edu
Sergio Romero Garcia
PhD Candidate, Materials Engineering
sromerogarcia(at)ucmerced.edu
Eddie Santiago
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
esantiago24(at)ucmerced.edu
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Igor Stankovic, Institute of Physics Belgrade
Undergraduate Students
Jesus De La Mora, UC Merced, ME Francisco Aguirre, UC Merced, ME Jose Vasquez-Reyes, UC Merced, ME Karla Ayala Avalos, UC Merced, ME Heily Chavez Davila, UC Merced, ME
Previous Group Members
Graduate Students
Karen Mohammadtabar
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, December 2022
Pawan Panwar
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, November 2022
* Now at Milwaukee School of Engineering *
Quanpeng (Sam) Yang
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, November 2022
* Now at Duke University *
Brian Martin-Gutierrez
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, August 2022
* Now at Lawrence Livermore National Lab *
Andrew Velasquez
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, July 2022
* Now at Southwest Research Institute *
Arash Khajeh
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, December 2021
* Now at Toyota Research Institute *
Azhar Vellore
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, August 2021
* Now at Jet Propulsion Lab *
Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, May 2021
* Now at Lam Research *
Daniel Sanchez Garrido
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, May 2021
* Now at Novelis *
Monica Ferrera
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, January 2021
* Now at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission *
Rimei (Amanda) Chen
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, December 2020
* Now at Lam Research *
Michelle Len
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, December 2020
* Now at ExxonMobil *
Nicholas Walters
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, August 2019
* Now at Lawrence Livermore National Lab *
Mickael Ades
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, May 2019
* Now at Lawrence Livermore National Lab *
Duval Johnson
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, May 2018
* Now at Jet Propulsion Lab *
Xiaoli (Shelly) Hu
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, August 2017
Uma Shantini Ramasamy
PhD, Materials Engineering, UC Merced, August 2017
* Now at Afton Chemical *
Hongyu (Larry) Gao
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, August 2016
* Now at Universität des Saarlandes *
Zhijiang (Justin) Ye
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, May 2016
* Now at Miami of Ohio *
Sean Lantz
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced, December 2015
* Now at Chevron *
Xiawa Wu
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, April 2014
* Now at Penn State Behrend *
Yalin Dong
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, April 2013
* Now at the University of Akron *
Daniel Brandt
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, April 2012
* Now at Caterpillar Inc. *
Lingqi Yang
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, April 2012
* Now at Microsoft *
Anirudh Udupa
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, April 2011
* Now at Prayoga Institute of Research *
Jianguo Wu
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, April 2011
* Now at Bejing University *
Jose Garcia Bravo
PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, March 2011
* Now at Purdue Polytechnic *
Hildur Gylfadóttir
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, July 2010
* Now at Borgarplast hf *
Zhenjia Gao
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, August 2009
Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Xiaoli Hu, 2017-2019
Dr. Eric Osei-Agyemang, 2017-2018
Dr. Jejoon Yeon, 2016-2017
Dr. Gustavo Brunetto, 2016
Dr. Chun Tang, 2012-2015 * Now at Jiangsu University *
Dr. Taeil Yi, 2012-2013 * Now at Kyungnam University *
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Khurshid Ahmad, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, 2020-2021 Dr. Jinkun Xiao, Yangzhou University, 2019-2020
Undergraduate Students
Michelle Padilla, UC Merced, ME
Erika Toriz Madera, UC Merced, Applied Math
Alexis Frias, Merced College, ME
Daniel Miliate, UC Merced, ME
Umar Shaheed, UC Merced, ME
Colin Cox, UC Merced ME
Eddie Santiago, UC Merced ME
Tanner Ragan, UC Merced ME
Jose Morales, UC Merced ME
Sergio Manriquez, Merced College, ME
Julian Gonzalez, UC Merced ME
William Perez, UC Merced ME
Samuel Leventini, UC Merced ME
Shaun Flannigan, UC Merced ME
Theodore Ude, UC Merced ME
Vernon Bussler, UC Merced ME
Adam Delong, UC Merced ME
Andrew Velasquez, UC Merced ME
Alexander McCollum, UC Merced ME
Jose Morales, Merced College
Monica Ferrera, UC Merced ME
Kimberly Rodriguez, UC Merced ME
Salvatore Angrisani, UC Merced ME
Angelica Pineda, UC Merced ME
Christian Lopez Garcia, UC Merced ME
Josue Banuelos, Merced College
Robert Martin, UC Merced ME
Jesus Partida, UC Merced ME
Daniel Sanchez Garrido, UC Merced ME
Michael Avugwi, UC Merced ME
Jorge De Haro Silva, UC Merced ME
Michael Walker, Merced College
Nicholas Walters, UC Merced ME
Kanoa Frumin, UC Merced ME
Carter Brown, UC Merced ME
Edgar Lozano, UC Merced ME
Cory Mercer, UC Merced ME
Casey Santiago, CSU Stanislaus, Chemistry
Tim Clopp, UC Merced ME
Matheus Nascimiento, Federal Technological University of Parana, Brazil
Harsh Yadav, IIT Bombay
Anuj Kumar Sinha, IIT Bombay
Julio Dos Santos, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
Shelby Skelton, UC Merced ME
Marcelino Garcia, UC Merced ME
Blake Kitching, UC Merced ME
Eber Luquin, UC Merced ME
Gregory Rozema, UC Merced ME
Adrian Cortinas, UC Merced ME
Jam Jam James Perey, UC Merced ME
Matthew McDaniel, UC Merced MSE
Calvin Mwesigwa, Purdue ECE
Uma Ramasamy, Purdue ChE
Bryce Heckaman, Purdue ME
Zachary Flohr, Purdue BME
Benjamin Rafferty, Purdue ECE
Akshay Agarwal, Purdue ME