Graduate Alumni

2007

Bingwen Wang
Thesis: Information Theoretic Methods for Modularity in Engineering Design
Associate, Goldman Sachs

Kaushik Dayal
Thesis: Nonlocal Microstructural Mechanics of Active Materials
Postdoctoral Scholar, Aerospace Engineerng and Mechanics Department, University of Minnesota

Joseph Klamo
Thesis: Effects of Damping and Reynolds Number on Vortex-Induced Vibrations
Research Engineer, Department of the Navy

Robert Kolasinski
Thesis: Ion-Surface Interactions in Plasma Thrusters
Postdoctoral Scholar, Sandia National Laboratories, Engineered Materials Department

Yashashree Kulkarni
Thesis: Coarse-Graining of Atomistic Description at Finite Temperature
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Diego

Lance Cai
Thesis: Robotics Training Algorithms for Optimizing Motor Learning in Spinal Cord Injured Subjects

Moh El-Naggar
Thesis: Textured Ferroelectric Thin Films: Synthesis, Characterization and Influence of Compositional Grading on the Dielectric Behavior
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California

AnnMarie Polsenberg-Thomas
Thesis: Exploration into the Feasibility of Underwater Synthetic Jet Propulsion
Assistant Professor, University of St. Thomas

Guillaume Bres
Thesis: Numerical Simulations of Three-Dimensional Instabilities in Cavity Flows
Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology

Vikram Gavini
Thesis: Electronic Structure Calculations at Macroscopic Scales
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Yong Hao
Thesis: Numerical Study of Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology

Maziar Motahari
Thesis: Study of Constitutive Behavior of Ferroelectrics via Self-Consistent Modeling and Neutron Diffraction
Application Support Engineer, The MathWorks

Patrick Dondl
Thesis: Structure and E volution of Martensitic Phase Boundaries
Postdoctoral Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

Timothy Chung
Thesis: Intelligent Information-Gathering: Using Control for Sensing and Decision-making
Research Assistant Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Samantha Daly
Thesis: Deformation and Fracture of Thin Sheets of Nitinol
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan