I am always happy to hear updates from alumni of the group at sphil@mse.ufl.edu
Research Scientists
- Prof. Aleksandr Chernatynskiy (2008 – 2015) – Assistant Professor of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO. Google Scholar.
- Dr. Tao Liang (2006 – 2015) – Research Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA
Postdocs
- Prof. Alan McGaughey (2004- 2005) – Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. Google Scholar
- Dr. Jianguo Yu (2004 – 2007)– Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls ID (Idaho National Lab)
- Dr. Boris Ni (2006 – 2008) – Instructor in Mathematics, Santa Fe College, Gainesville FL
- Prof. Dundar Yilmaz (2011- 2013) – Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA. Google Scholar.
PhD Students
- Dr. Taku Watanabe, Ph.D. 2008 – Materials Informatics/Data Science Professional, ENEOS, Tokyo, Japan
- Prof. Dilpuneet Aidhy, Ph.D. 2009 – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie WY. Google Scholar.
- Prof. Rakesh Behera, Ph.D. 2009 – Industry Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn NY. Google Scholar
- Dr. Peter Barry, Ph.D. 2009 – UPS, Louisville, KY
- Prof. Haixuan ‘Stephen’ Xu (徐海譞), Ph.D. 2010 – Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN. Google Scholar
- Prof. Donghwa Lee (이동화),, Ph.D. 2010 – Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea. Google Scholar
- Dr. Priyank Shukla, Ph.D. 2010 – MBA student, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
- Dr. Jasmine Crenshaw (nee Davenport), Ph.D. 2011 –Director for Diversity, College of Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA.
- Dr. Dong-Hyun Kim (김동현), Ph.D. 2011 – Director, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Ulsan, Korea
- Dr. Mark J, Noordhoek, Ph.D. 2014
- Dr. Bowen Deng, Ph.D 2014 – HPC Application Scientist, Montana Technological University, Helena MT.
- Dr. Tsu-Wu Chiang, Ph.D 2014 – Lam Research, San Jose CA
- Dr. Yangzhong Li, Ph.D. 2014 – High Performance Computing Department, National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
- Dr. Anuj Goyal, Ph.D 2015 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, NREL, Golden CO. Google Scholar
- Dr. Zizhe Lu, Ph.D. 2015 – Display Technology Expert, TLC Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Dr. Jackelyn Martinez, Ph.D. 2016 – Staff Scientist, Corvid Technologies, Mooresville NC http://www.corvidtec.com
- Dr. Brian Demaske, Ph.D. 2017 – Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore CA
- Dr. Eugene Ragasa, Ph.D. 2019 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
- Dr. David Brown, Ph.D. 2019 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Air Force Research Lab, Albuquerque NM
- Dr. Shubham Pandey, Ph.D. 2020 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO
- Dr. Michele Fullarton, Ph.D. 2020 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA
- Dr. Linyuan Shi, PhD. 2021 – Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China
MS Students
- Michael Emokpae M.S. 2007 –Senior Business Analyst, Axogen, Alachua FL.
- Brent Steele, M.S. 2008 – Environmental Manager, CEMEX, Brooksville FL
- Kun-Ta Tsai, M.S. 2010 – Senior Engineer, Merck, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Guojing Hou, M.S. 2011 (Ph. D. NC State 2017) – Research Physicist, Weatherford, San Francisco CA.
- Zhilin Jia, M.S. 2019
- Arvind Srikanth, M.S. 2020
- Peng Zhou, M. S. 2021
Undergraduates
- Jacob Piper, B. S. 2008 – Process Engineer, Bausch + Lomb, Springhill FL
- Brian Babcox, B. S. 2010.
- Dr. Sydney Gladman, B. S. 2010 (Ph.D. Harvard, 2016) – Engineering Consultant, Exponent, Cambridge MA
- Dr. David Kolesky, B. S. 2010 (Ph.D. Harvard 2016) – Associate, Flagship Engineering. Cambridge MA
- Dr. Anesia Auguste (nee Burns), B. S. 2010 (Ph.D. U. Mass. Amherst 2016) – NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, AFRL Dayton OH. Google Scholar.
- Jon Liddy, B. S. 2011 (M. S. 2013) – Senior Research Scientist-Materials Engineer, Pall Aeropower Corporation, Tampa/St. Pete FL. (Linkedin)
- Danielle Holton, B. S. 2011
- Dr. Charles Yang-Flint (ne Flint), B. S. 2011 – Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group, New York NY
- Dr. Thomas Rudzik, B. S. 2012 (Ph.D. Georgia Tech 2019) – Postdoctoral Associate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Dr. Ben DeGlee, B. S. 2012 (Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech 2017) – Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
- Darnel Allen, B. S. 2015
- Manuel Esparragoza, B. S. 2018 – Materials Application Engineer, Questek Corporation
- R. Seaton Ullberg, B. S. 2019 – PhD student, University of Florida
- Arianne Lazarro, B.S./M.S. 20201/2021 – Lockheed-Martin, Denver CO
- Ricardo Rivera, B. S. 2021
Visitors
- Prof. Man ‘Marina’ Yao (2005 – 2008) – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China
- Prof. Ying Chen (2010) – School of Science, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Prof. Lili Wu (2015 – 2016) – College of Xingzhi, Zhejiang Normal University China; Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Condensed Physics, China
- Prof. Peng ‘Penny’ Li (2016 – 2017) – Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Dr. Peng Wen (2016 – 2017) – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida
- Dr. Xue Xiong (2017 – 2018) – Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Prof. Shuang Xu (2020 – 2021) – Associate Professor, Solid Mechanics, Wuhan University of Technology, China
High School Students
- Lauren Mackiewicz (2008)
- John Phillpot (2008) – B.S. Harvey Mudd College (2016), Site Reliability Engineer, Google, Kirkland WA