Graduate Program
(Terminal Degrees only)
Last name alphabetical by year
2008 Calendar Year
Sichem Guerrero-Ruz
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Activity In-situ IR and EXAFS Spectroscopy Studies and Monte Carlo Simulation of the Preferential Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide
- Undergraduate Institution: Universidad de Chile
- Placement: Chile
Sharon Gundersen
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: Onjugation of Methoxypolyethylene Glycol to the Surface of Bovine Red Blood Cells
- Undergraduate Institution: Univ. Washington-Seattle
- Placement: Ohio State University, Postdoc
Timothy J. Hall
- Degree: PhD
- Advisors: Albert E. Miller and Davide A. Hill
- Title: Enhancement of Reaction Zones in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells by Catalyst and Support Layer Modifications
- Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia
- Placement: Nuvant Systems, Inc., Crown Pt., IN
Diana Hou
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Designing MicroFludic Components for Analyte Concentration and Identification Using AC Electrokinetics
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
- Placement: Merck, West Point, PA
Manish Kelkar
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Computing Transport Properties of Molecular and Ionic Fluids using Atomistic Simulations
- Undergraduate Institution: UDCT-Mumbai, India
- Placement: Postdoc at Dupont, DE
Brian Novak
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Mark J. McCready
- Title: Molecular Simulation Studies of Heterogenous Bubble Nucleation: Effects of Surface Chemistry and Topology
- Undergraduate Institution: Kansas State
- Placement: Louisiana State University-Mechanical Engr. Dept
Christopher O’Neill
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Activity and Selectivity of Selective Oxidation Reactions for C3 and I-C4 Hydrocarbons in a Membrane Reactor
- Undergraduate Institution: Villanova
- Placement: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA
Stephen Schuyten
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Activity and In-Situ Xas Studies of Promoted Copper and Zinc Oxide Catalysts for Hydrogen Production by Methanol Partial Oxidation
- Undergraduate Institution: Michigan Technological University
- Placement:
Paul Tran
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: William C. Strieder
- Title: Rheological and Kinetics Properties of Two Dimethacrylate Dental Resins for Spinal Fixation Application: Diourethane Dimethacrylate and Bisphenol a Glycerolate Dimethacrylate
- Undergraduate Institution: ENSIC, France
- Placement:
Loukas Tsagalas
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Production of Porous Electrodes for Fuel Cells
- Undergraduate Institution: Aristotle-Greece
- Placement: Greek Army
Ping Wang
- Degree: PhD
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Electrokinetic Pumping and Spraying at Micro/Nao Level
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University, China
- Placement: Chevron-Richmond Tech. Center, CA
2007 Calendar Year
Hongmei An
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Paul J. McGinn
- Title: Development of Novel Catalysts for use in Diesel Particulate Filters
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
- Placement: University of Houston, TX, Postdoc
James Cooper
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Paul J. McGinn
- Title: Combinatorial Screening of Fuel Cell Catalysts
- Undergraduate Institution: University of New South Wales, Australia
- Placement:
Cesar Cadena Cortes
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Molecular Modeling of the thermophysical and transport Properties of Ionic
- Liquids: Towards Greater Insight into the Behavior of Energetic Nitrogen-Rich Salts
- Undergraduate Institution: Instituto Tecnologico de Orizaba, Mexico
- Placement: Minrad International, Inc.; Project Manager. NY
Michael L. Dimino
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: Synthesis Characterization and Modeling of Novel Bovine Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carriers
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
- Placement: EpicRx Technical Services, WI
Arun Ramachandran
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: David T. Leighton
- Title: The Effect of Flow Geometry on Shear-induced Particle Segregation and Resuspension
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai-India
- Placement: Post-Doc University of California-Santa Barbara
Jesse Sullivan
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: Oxygen Transport within a Hepatic Hollow Fiber Bioreactor
- Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern
- Placement: Amgen Inc, Road Island
Katherine Wilbanks
- Degree: MS
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Phase Behavior of Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen in the Ionic Liquid 1-Hexyl-3- Methylimidazolium Bix (Trifluorometlylsulfonyl) imide
- Undergraduate Institution: Auburn University
- Placement: Project Development-Exxon Mobil Research & Engineering Co.
Chanjun Zhou
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Paul J. McGinn
- Title: The Effect of Additives and Processing Conditions on Properties of Sintered Mesocarbon Microbeads
- Undergraduate Institution: Peking University-China
- Placement:
Ronghui Zhou
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Micro-Fludics of Micro and Nano-Colloidal suspensions: Designing Future
- Miniture Diagnostic Devices
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University, China
- Placement: Rohm & Haas, Newark, DE
2006 Calendar Year
David M. Eike
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Joan F. Brennecke, Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Property Prediction of Novel Compounds using Statistical Analysis and Molecular Simulation
- Undergraduate Institution: Auburn University
- Placement:
Jason Gordon
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: The use of Bovine Red Blood Cells to Improve Oxygen Delivery within a Hepatic Hollow fiber Bioreactor
- Undergraduate Institution: Iowa State University
- Placement: Midwest Research Institute, Senior Engineer
C. Ryan Gwaltney
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Mark A. Stadtherr
- Title: Reliable Location of Equilibrium States & Bifurcations in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Applications in Food Web Modeling and Chemical Engineering
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Kansas
- Placement: Exxon Mobile-Houston, TX
James P. Larentzos
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Molecular Modeling of Cation and Water Adsorption in Crystalline Titanosilicate and Polyoxoniobate Materials
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana
- Placement: Stoller Corp., Las Vegas, NV
Shuliang Li
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Lipid & Polymer-Based Druy Delivery Vehicles
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University, China
- Placement:
Nyree McDonald
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: William C. Strieder
- Title: Diffusion Interactions for a Pair of Reactive Spheres
- Undergraduate Institution: Tuskegee University
- Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Alaska-Anchorage
Jaqunda Patton
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: Hydrogel Based Oxygen Carriers
- Undergraduate Institution: Tulane University
- Placement:
Hartley Tyler Schmidt
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Agnes E. Ostafin
- Title: Calcium Phosphate Based Nanoshell for use in Biomedical Applications
- Undergraduate Institution: Florida Tech
- Placement: Process Engr., Intel Corporation, NM
Stephanie Schmidt
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Agnes E. Ostafin
- Title: Shearing Oscillatory Interstitial Fluid Flows Affect Solute Transport and
- Osteogenesis in Cortical Bone
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Waterloo, Canada
- Placement: Process Engr., Intel Corporation, NM
Philip A. Wingert
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Title: Agnes E. Ostafin
- Title: Chemiluminescent nanoshells for Early Cancer Detection
- Undergraduate Institution: Lafayette College
- Placement: Rice University, Post Doc
2005 Calendar Year
Dian Arifin
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: Development of Optimized Cellular Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin
- Placement: Monash University, Australia
- Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory
Jacob Crosthwaite
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Liquid Phase Behavior and Thermal Stability of Ionic Liquids
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Cincinnati
- Placement: Clemson University
Kishori Deshpande
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma
- Title: Nanoscale Advanced Materials Using Aqueous Combustion Synthesis
- Undergraduate Institution: U.D.T.C, India
- Placement: MIT, Postdoc
Julie Eike
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Andre F. Palmer
- Title: High Affinity Polymerized Bovine Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers as Potential Artificial Blood Substitutes
- Undergraduate Institution: Auburn University
- Placement: Unavailable
William D. Haynes
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Mark S. Stadtherr
- Title:Reliable Asymmetric Phase Stability Modeling Using Interval Analysis
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
- Placement: Unavailable
Fei Liu
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Agnes E.Ostafin
- Title: Atomic Force Microscopy of Erythrocyte Cytoskeleton
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University, Bejing, China
- Placement: Unavailable
Christopher W. Norfolk
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma &Paul J. McGinn
- Title: Processing Mesocarbon Microbeads to High-Performance Materials for Friction Applications
- Undergraduate Institution: Clemson University
- Placement: Clemson University
2004 Calendar Year
Jennifer L. Anthony
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke &Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Gas Solubilities in Ionic Liquids: Experimental Measurements and Applications
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado
- Placement: California Institute of Technology, Postdoc.
Lionel S. Belveze
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisors: Joan F. Brennecke &Mark A. Stadtherr
- Title: Modeling &Measurement of Thermodynamic Properties of Ionic Liquids
- Undergraduate Institution: CPE Lyon, France
- Placement: Unavailable
Yuxing Ben
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Nonlinear Electrokinetic Phenomena in Microfluidic Devices
- Undergraduate Institution: Peking University, China
- Placement: MIT, Postdoc - Math Dept.
Gabriela Illiann Burgos Solorzano
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Joan F. Brennecke &Mark S. Stadtherr
- Title: Supercritical Fluid Technology: Computational and Experimental Equilibrium Studies and Design of Supercritical Extraction Processes
- Undergraduate Institution: Unavailable
- Placement: Unavailable
Francisco Javier Esteban Gracia Caroca
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Experimental Studies & Monte Carlo Simulations of the State of the Surface During Oxidation Reactions on Supported Pt Catalysts
- Undergraduate Institution: Universidad de Chile
- Placement: Universidad de Chile
Javier E. Guzman
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Kinetics of Carbon/Carbon Composite Oxidation &Inhibition by Site Blockage
- Undergraduate Institution: Nacional de Colombia
- Placement: Unavailable
Bri Anna Henderek
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Alber E. Miller
- Title: The Physical and Electrochemical Properties of Fluorescein-5-Isothiocyanate When Bound to Various Gold Morphologies
- Undergraduate Institution: Lafayette College
- Placement: The Dial Corporation
Juan Jiang
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Albert E. Miller
- Title: Electrochemical studies of nanostructured materials: The synthesis and size effect dependence of the adsorption of organic molecules and applications to biosensors
- Undergraduate Institution: Zhejiang University, China
- Placement: University of Notre Dame, Postdoc
Youdong Lin
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Mark S. Stadtherr
- Title: LP-Based Strategies for Deterministic Global Optimization Using Interval Methods
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University, Beijing
- Placement: Unavailable
Laurie Ropel
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Diffusion Coefficients and 1-octanol-water Partition Coefficients of Ionic Liquids
- Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
- Placement: Unavailable
Jindal K. Shah
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Monte Carlo Simulations of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate
- Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, India
- Placement: Unavailable
Vaidyanathan Subramanian
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Eduardo E. Wolf & Prashant V. Kamat
- Title: Photoelectrochemical & Photocatalytic Aspects of Semiconductor-Metal Nanocomposites
- Undergraduate Institution: IIT Mumbai
- Placement: Unavailable
Sameer Vijay
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Eduardo E. Wolf
- Title: Synthesis, Characterization, and Isomerization Activity Studies for Modified Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts
- Undergraduate Institution: Unavailable
- Placement: Unavailable
2003 Calendar Year
Charles L. Arvin
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Albert E. Miller
- Title: Advanced Materials Synthesis at the Nano and Macro Scale: An Electrochemical Approach
- Undergraduate Institution: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Placement: IBM
Gaurav Arya
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Hsueh-Chia Chang & Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Molecular Simulation of Transport in Nanoporous Materials
- Undergraduate Institution: IIT Bombay
- Placement: Princeton University
Michael M. Crouse
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Albert E. Miller
- Title: Enabling One-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials Through Electrochemistry with Novel Template Development: An Application Towards Monocrystalline Nanowires of Cadmium Sulfide
- Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
- Placement: IBM
Victor E. Diakov
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma
- Title: Methanol Oxidative Dehydration in a Catalytic Packed-Bed Membrane Reactor: Experiments and Model
- Undergraduate Institution: Moscow University
- Placement: California Institute of Technology
Kseina Duginova
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Suspension in Microchannels
- Undergraduate Institution: Moscow State University
- Placement: Unavailable
Dabsashis Dutta
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: David T. Leighton
- Title: Dispersion Reduction on Microchip Geometries
- Undergraduate Institution: IIT Bombay
- Placement: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Junbo Feng
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Spectroscopic Investigation of Reactions in Subcritical &Supercritical Water
- Undergraduate Institution: Unavailable
- Placement: Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame
Xudong Huang
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Mark J. McCready & Arvind Varma
- Title: Flow Patterns and Their Influence on Trickle-Bed Reactors: Experiments &Theory
- Undergraduate Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology
- Placement: UOP LLC
Dmitry Kopelevich
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Hsueh-Chia Chang
- Title: Transport in Nanoscale Materials Due to Thermal Noise &Deterministic Dynamics
- Undergraduate Institution: Kuban State University
- Placement: Princeton University
Robert M. Landis
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Edward J. Maginn
- Title: Synthesis & Characterization of Functionalized Mesoporous Silica for the Remediation of Heavy Metals
- Undergraduate Institution: Tennessee Institute of Technology
- Placement: Y12
Cheryl H. Lau
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma & ASM
- Title: The Effects of Gravity on Combustion Synthesis of Advanced Materials
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Hong Kong
- Placement: Carnegie-Mellon University
Cyril R. Lesage
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Mark J. McCready
- Title: Macroscopic Study of the Onset and the Propogation of the Pulses in a Concurrent Downflow Trickle-Bed Reactor
- Undergraduate Institution: CPE Lyon, France
- Placement: Unavailable
Nicholas S. Martino
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Mark J. McCready
- Title: Hydrodynamics of a Two-Dimensional Gas-Liquid Packed Bed
- Undergraduate Institution: West Virgina University
- Placement: Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Adrienne R. Minerick
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Hseuh-Chia Chang
- Title: Medical Diagnostic Microfluidics & Physiological Blood Flow Dynamics
- Undergraduate Institution: Michigan Technological University
- Placement: Mississippi State University
Aaron M. Scurto
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: High-Pressure Phase and Chemical Equilibria of B-Diketone Ligands &Chelates with Carbon Dioxide
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Deleware
- Placement: RWTH - Aachen
Olga V. Sozinova
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Davide A. Hill
- Title: Microstructures and Topological Defects Induced by a Spherical Particle in a Nematic Liquid Crystal
- Undergraduate Institution: Moscow Institute of Physics
- Placement: California Institute of Technology
Sunil K. Thamida
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Hseuh-Chia Chang
- Title: Instability Mechanisms In Micro-Fluidics &Nano-Materials
- Undergraduate Institution: IIT Bangalore
- Placement: Hindustan Lever Research Centre
Benjamin A. Wilhite
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Arvind Varma & Mark J. McCready
- Title: Pulsing-Flow regime in Trickle-Bed Reactors: Reactor Performance and Hudrodynamics
- Undergraduate Institution: North Carolina State University
- Placement: MIT
2002 Calendar Year
Jeffrey T. Bernacki
- Degree M.S.
- Advisor: Mark J. McCready
- Title: Synthesis and Dielectric Properties of Substituted Lanthanum Aluminate
- Undergraduate Institution: Clarkson University
- Placement: Unavailable
Ksenia Duginova
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Hseuh-Chia Chang
- Title: Suspensions in Microchannels
- Undergraduate Institution: Moscow State University
- Placement: Unavailable
Hongkun Liang
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Mark A. Stadtherr
- Title: Strategies for Reliable Global Optimization & Nonlinear Equation Solving Using Interval Analysis
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
- Placement: Unavailable
Heidi M. Reichenbach
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Paul J. McGinn
- Title: Studies of the Combinatorial Synthesis of Catalyst Oxide Powders
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame
- Placement: Institute of Defense Analysis
Laurent Thiers
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma
- Title: Mechanistic Studies Involving Kinetics of Rapid High-Temperature Reactions for Materials Synthesis
- Undergraduate Institution: CPE Lyon, France
- Placement: Unavailable
2001 Calendar Year
Mohammed Al-Juaied
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma
- Title: Ethylene Expoxidation in a Catalytic Packed Bed Membrane Reactor
- Undergraduate Institution: King Fahd University
- Placement: Unavailable
Lynette Blanchard
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Ionic Liquid-Carbon Dioxide Systems: Measurements of Phase Behavior, Solubilities in Ionic Liquids &Extraction from Ionic Liquids Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts
- Placement: Intel Corporation
Adam (Changan) Chen
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Jeffrey C. Kantor
- Title: Perturbed Linear Programming Problems Arising in Process Modeling
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Sout Carolina
- Placement: Unavailable
Chao-Yang Gau
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Mark A. Stadtherr
- Title: Reliable High Performance Computing Strategies for Chemical Process Modeling: Nonlinear Parameter Estimation
- Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University
- Placement: Lindo Systems, Inc.
Zhiyong Gu
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Experimental Studies of Thermophysical Properties fo Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
- Undergraduate Institution: Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology
- Placement: University of SUNY at Buffalo
Jason M. Keith
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Hseuh-Chia Chang &David T. Leighton
- Title: Novel Reactor Designs fo Pollution Reduction Utilizing Enhanced Transient Thermal Dispersion
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Akron
- Placement: Michigan Technological University
Christopher M. Lubbers
- Degree: M.S.
- Advisor: Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Experimental Investigations & Thermodynamic Modeling of the Phase Behavior of B-Diketonate Complexes in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
- Undergraduate Institution: Ohio University
- Placement: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Razima Souleimanova
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Arvind Varma
- Title: Palladium-Composite Membranes: Synthesis, Characteristics &Properties
- Undergraduate Institution: Moscow Institute of Fine Chemistry
- Placement: Argonne National Laboratory
Saurabh Thapliyal
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisor: Jeffrey C. Kantor
- Title: A Model Validation Approach to Process Monitoring and Fault Detection
- Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University
- Placement: Unavailable
Gang Xu
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Advisors: Mark A. Stadtherr & Joan F. Brennecke
- Title: Peliable Phase Stability and Equilibrium Calculaton Using Interval Analysis for Equiation of State Methods
- Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
- Placement: SIMSCI/Invensys