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Alumni

(First Line – Name and Date of Graduation (LinkedIn Contact)
Second Line – Thesis Title
Third Line – Current Position)

1. Derong Zhou, Graduated January 1991 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: YBCO Superconducting Powder Generation by an Aerosol Process
Consultant, TSN, Pennsylvania.

2. Shaibal Mukherjee, Graduated July 1991 
Thesis: Source Resolution and Risk Apportionment of Air Emission Sources in an Industrial Complex for Risk Reduction Considerations: An Air Waste Management Methodology.
Research Scientist, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

3. Chungsying Lu, Graduated December 1991 
Thesis: Theoretical Study of Particle, Chemical and Microbial Transport in Drinking Water Distribution Systems.
Professor, Dept. of Env. Engr., National Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan.

4. Hyuksang Chang, Graduated December 1991(LinkedIn)
Thesis: Particle Characterization in Flames by In Situ Light Scattering Measurements.
Professor, Dept. Of Env. Engineering, Yeungnam University, S. Korea.

5. Hsunling Bai, Graduated January 1992 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Fundamental Study of Ammonia-Sulfur Dioxide Reactions to Form Solid Particles.
Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

6. Wen Yinn Lin, Graduated August 1993 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Multicomponent Aerosol Dynamics in Incinerators.
Professor, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan.

7. Joseph Flora (co-advisor), Graduated August 1993 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Modeling Mass Transfer and Chemical Interactions in Biofilms.
Professor, Dept. Of Civil and Env Engr., University of South Carolina.

8. Timothy Owens, Graduated August 1995 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Aerosol Dynamics and Chemical Reaction Between Lead Compounds and In Situ Generated Silica in High-Temperature Systems: Applications to Toxic Metals Capture in Combustors
Owner/Principal at Meridian Energy & Environment, LLC

9. Virendra Sethi, Graduated, June 1996 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Particle Transport and Deposition Characteristics in Liquids.
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

10. Chang-Yu Wu, Graduated, December 1996 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Study of Gas Phase Reactions, Aerosol Formation and Growth Dynamics of Toxic Metals at High Temperatures.
Professor and Chair, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami.

11. David Brown, Graduated, December 1996 (co-advisor: Dr. S.G. Rubin) 
Thesis: Development and Application of a Coupled Flow, Chemistry and Aerosol Model: Applications to Supersonic Aircraft Emissions
Research Engineer, VTT, Finland.

12. Susan Durlak, Graduated, September 1997 
Thesis: Investigation of Aerosol Formation and Sulfur Speciation in Subsonic Aircraft Engines.
Consultant

13. Guixiang Yang, Graduated, March 1998 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Gas Phase Processing of Nanostructured Particles and Films: Environmentally Benign Methodologies
Technology & Liaison Manager at Metalor

14. Tai-Gyu (Teddy) Lee, Graduated, June 1999 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Study of Mercury Kinetics and Control Methodologies in Combustion Flue Gases
Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea.

15. Anthony Zimmer, Graduated, July 2000 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Aerosol Formation Mechanisms, Metallurgical Aspects, and Engineering Control of Fumes Generated from Gas Metal Arc Welding Operations
Research Scientist, USEPA, Cincinnati.

16. Ye Zhuang, Graduated, July 2000 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Submicrometer Particle Formation and Capture Mechanisms in Coal Combustion Environments
Research Lead, Beijing Guodian Longyan

17. Clay Miller, Graduated August 2000 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Role of Chemical and Morphological Properties of Submicrometer Nickel-Containing Combustion Aerosols on Lung Injury
Research Scientist, US Army.

18. Sylvana Li, Graduated August 2000 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Chlorine Transport and Decay Studies in a Pilot Scale Dead End Drinking Water Distribution System
Research Scientist, Engineer, US EPA, Washington DC.

19. Zhong-Min Wang, Graduated March 2004 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Synthesis of Pristine and Doped Nanostructured Oxides in Flame Reactors
Research Engineer, California Air Resources Board

20. Catherine Almquist, Graduated June 2001 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: The Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts and Their Performance in Selected Environmental and Industrial Applications
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Miami University.

Washington University in St. Louis Graduates

21. Pramod Kulkarni, Graduated December 2003 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Studies on the Transport and Deposition of Charged Nanoparticles
Research Scientist, National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, OH.

22. Prakash Kumar, Graduated May 2005 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Aerosol Routes for Manufacture of Nanostructured Magnetic Oxides
Research Engineer, Japan.

23. Kuk Cho, Graduated August 2005 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Controlled study on growth dynamics of nanostructured pristine and doped titanium dioxide particles
Research Scientist, KIGAM, Korea.

24. Shaohua Hu, Graduated December 2006 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Modeling to Establish Traffic Aerosol Contributions that Impact Children’s Health
Research Scientist, California Air Resources Board.

25. Swapnil Dhumal, Graduated August 2007 (co-advised by Prof. B. Khomami) (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Computational and Experimental Study of Gas Phase Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Research Engineer, GECorporation.

26. Christopher Hogan, Graduated August 2008 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Charging, Clustering, and Fragmentation of Nanoparticles and Macromolecules in Electrohydrodynamic Atomization
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

27. Soubir Basak, Graduated August 2008 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Iron Oxide for Nanomaterial and Nanosystem Fabrication
Research Engineer, SunEdison Corporation

28. Jingkun Jiang, Graduated August 2008 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Studies of Nanoparticle Synthesis and Charging in the Gas Phase: Applications in EnvironmentalNanotechnology and Nanotoxicology
Assistant Professor Tsinghua University, China

29. Achariya Suriyawong, Graduated May 2009 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Oxy-Coal Combustion: Fine Particle & Mercury Emissions and Control
Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

30. Elijah Thimsen, Graduated May 2009 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Nanostructured Film Photoreactors for Solar Energy Harvesting
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

31. Luis Modesto, May 2010 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Electrospray Film Deposition Methodologies
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering & Fluid Mechanics at Universidad de Sevilla

32. Eric Kettelson, December 2010 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Novel Soft Corona Enhanced X-ray Systems for Bioagent Inactivation & Mechanistic Understanding of Inactivation    
Sr. Purchaser/Planner at Robert Bosch Automotive Steering

33. Manoranjan Sahu, December 2010 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Nanoparticle Exposure and Toxicity Measurements Using Synthesized Nanomaterials
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

34. Woo Jin An, December 2012 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: AerosolProcesses Enabling Solar Energy Applications
Senior Crystal Growth Engineer at SK Siltron CSS

35. Xiaofei Wang, May 2014 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Fine Particle and Mercury Formation and Control during Coal Combustion
Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, San Diego

36. Vivek Shah, May 2014 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Aerosol Techniques for Deposition and Characterization of Biological and Biomimetic Sensitizers for Solar Device
Manager, Algorithm Engineer at Applied Material

37. Siqin He, May 2014 (LinkedIn)
Thesis:  Miniaturization of Electrical Ultrafine Particle Sizers
Senior Staff Scientist at Kanomax FMT, inc

38. Marit Meyer, May 2015 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Smoke Aerosol Characterization for Spacecraft Fire Detection System. Appendix: Numerical modeling of unipolar aerosol charger
Environmental Control and Life Support Engineer at Northrop Grumman

39. He Jing, December 2015 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Novel Applications of Electrostatic Precipitators in Coal – Biomass Combustion Systems
Engineer at Bayer

40. Tandeep S. Chadha, May 2016 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Nanostructured Thin Film Synthesis by Aerosol Chemical Vapor Deposition for Energy Storage Applications.
Applied Particle Technology

41. Jiaxi Fang, May 2016 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Nanoparticle Formation in the Flame Synthesis of Multicomponent Nanostructured Materials for Clean Energy Applications
Applied Particle Technology

42. Yi Jiang, December 2016 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Crumpled Graphene Oxide: Aerosol Synthesis and Environmental Applications
Assistant Professor/ Environmental Engineer, Hong Kong

43. Miguel Vazquez, December 2016 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Applications of Aerosol Technologies in the Silicon Industry
Postdoctoral researcher at Bei IMDEA Materials, Austria

44. Yang Wang, May 2017 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Sub 2 nm Particle Characterization in Systems with Aerosol Formation and Growth
Assistant Professor at University of Miami

45. Sameer Patel, March 2018 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Multi-Scale Studies to Develop a Holistic Understanding of Solid Fuel Combustion at Residential Scale
Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

46. Yao Nie, May 2018 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Synthesis of Crumpled Graphene and Titanium Dioxide Based–Nanomaterials and the Application to Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction
Software Engineer at Amazon

47. Ahmed Abokifa, May 2018 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Developing Multi-Scale Models for Water Quality Management in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago

48. Begum Karakocak, May 2018 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Development and Evaluation of Biocompatible Engineered Nanoparticles for Use in Ophthalmology
Senior Researcher at Adolphe Markle Institute

49. Shalinee Kavadiya, June 2018 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Aerosol Routes for Synthesis of Materials for Solar Energy Applications
Research Associate: University of Miami

50. Kelsey Haddad, August 2018 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Material Synthesis and Device Design for Sensor Arrays and their Application in the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds
Medical School at Washington University in St. Louis

51. Jiayu Li, April 2019 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Characterization and application of low-cost particulate matter sensors Assistant Assistant Professor at University of Miami

52. Zhichao Li, May 2019 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Role of Submicrometer Particles in Advanced Technologies of Carbon Capture 
Software Engineer, Microsoft

53. Nathan Reed, June 2019 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
Chemist, FDA

54. Clayton Kacica, April 2020 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Scalable Synthesis of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Films using Aerosol Chemical Vapor Deposition for Energy Storage Applications
Post Doc, Rice University

55. Girish Sharma, April 2020 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Ultrafine Particle-Particle and Particle-Ion interactions in Aerosol Reactors Process Engineer, Intel Corporation

56. Sungyoon Jung, May 2020 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Advanced Materials for Air Pollutant Removal in a Combustion System 
Assistant Professor, University of Florida

57. Sukrant Dhawan, July 2021 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Droplet and Particle Dynamics in Aerosol Reactors and Environmental Systems 
Process Engineer, Applied Materials

58. David Dhanraj, July 2021 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: Influence of Aerosols during Amine-Based CO₂ Capture: Evolution and Control
Senior Scientist I, AbbVie

59. Hao Zhou, August 2022 (LinkedIn)
Thesis: The Generation and Transport of Charged Aerosols: Fundamental Study and Applications in Medicine and Energy Conversion
Software Engineer at Oracle