Team

Post-Doc Alumni

Amy Bolon: PD Researcher. Transitioning Salt Hydrate Phase Change Materials (2017) {Currently with Enterprise Products}

Eunju Jung: PD Researcher. Effectiveness of Active Learning Pedagogies in an Introductory Materials Science Class (2015-2016) {Currently PD at Univ Indiana – Bloomington}

Graduate Student Alumni

Sophia Ahmed: PhD. Utilization of Nitrate Salt Hydrate Eutectic Phase Transitions for Thermal Energy Storage (2019 – 2025) {Postdoc at UFl}

Jenny Chong: MS. Predictive Compact Models for Designing Molybdenum Disulfide Electro-Thermal Artificial Neurons (2023 – 2025) {Linde Advanced Materials}

Sourav Chakravarty: PhD. Engineering of Thermo-responsive Materials in Transient Thermal Systems
(2019 – 2024) {Intel}

Carlos Lago: PhD. Thermal Management and Defect Engineering in Reversible Transformations
(2019 – 2024) {TSMC}

Rebeca Gurrola: PhD. Selective Modulation of Metal-Insulator Transitions Through Ion Irradiation and Ion Implantation for Neuromorphic Applications
(2019 – 2024) {Postdoc at Sandia National Lab – Albuquerque}

Mason Shoalmire: MS. Heat Transfer through Ceramic Interfaces and Reaction Layers
(2022 – 2024) {GE Aerospace}

Adelaide Bradicich: PhD. Electrothermally-Induced Spatial Inhomogeneities in Nonlinear Electronic Materials
(2018 – 2023) {Postdoc at Sandia National Lab – Albuquerque}

Alison Hoe: PhD. Characterization and Modification of Thermal Response through Intentional Design of Phase Change Material Composites
(2017 – 2022) {Lockheed Martin}

Wenting (Mo) Hinz: MS. Desorption and Evaporation of Liquid Water Recharged Zeolite-Polymer Composites
(2020 – 2022) {Currently with Texas Instruments}

Aashik Shreshtha: MS. Numerical Simulation and Design of Hybrid Oscillating Heat Pipe – Phase Change Materials for Radiator Panels
(2019 – 2021) {Entekk Group}

Michael Deckard: MS. Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer in PCM Heatsink Structures
(2017 – 2021)

Yijia Zhang: PhD. Size Effects on Thermoelastic Martensitic Transformations in Heusler Alloys
(2015 – 2020) {Sherwin Williams}

Aliya Yano: MS. Effect of Chemical Doping on Metal-Insulator Phase Transition in VO2
(2018 – 2020) {Maestro}

Tim Brown: PhD. Engineering Hysteresis and Non-Diffusive Phase Transformations in Magnetocaloric (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) Alloys for Magnetic Refrigeration Applications
(2014 – 2019) {Currently Postdoc at Sandia National Lab – Livermore}

Heidi Clarke: PhD. Local Characterization of Resistance Switching Phenomena in Transition Metal Oxides
(2014 – 2019) {Currently with Samsung}

Emily (Emmons) Marcon: MS. Corrosion of Common Heat Exchanger Materials by Lithium Nitrate Trihydrate
(2015 – 2017) {Currently with Samsung}

UG Alumni

Auggie Uhl: “Electrical characterization of metal-insulator transitions in VO2”, (Summer 2025 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Carter Ingersoll: “Growth of crystalline buffer layers for low-temperature growth of VO2 films”, (Summer 2025 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Oscar Palomares: “Simulation of thermal impedance in PCM composites”, (Summer 2025 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Jason Agnew: “Simulation of electrothermal localization in neuromorphic devices”, (Summer 2025 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Rebecca Simpson: “Calorimetry and optical microscopy evaluation of low-undercooling plastic crystal phases”, (Summer 2025 Multifunctional Materials REU).

Joshua Stevenson: “Characterization of Materials for Extreme Environments”, TAMU (2024-2025).

Rishi Gulati: “Characterization of Materials for Extreme Environments”, TAMU (2024-2025).

Ryan Range: “Stability of high temperature polymer seals and joins for evaporators”, TAMU (2024-2025).

Joseph Leal: “Degradation of high temperature materials”, TAMU (2023-2025).

Lindsey Ford: “Kinetics of Plastic Crystal Transformations”, TAMU (2023-present).

Layan Samandar: “Electrical characterization of nonlinear electronic devices”, (2024 Samsung Fellow).

Bryan Duong: “Thermal characterization of phase transformations in materials”, (2023 Multifunctional Materials REU; 2023 Samsung Fellow; 2024 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Leopoldo Toro Figueira: “Electrical characterization of nonlinear electronic devices”, (2023 Multifunctional Materials REU; 2023 Samsung Fellow).

Atharva Shastri: “Stability of high temperature polymer seals and joins for evaporators”, TAMU (2024).

Enock Irumva: “Salt hydrates for thermo-chemical energy storage”, TAMU (2024).

Brett Brady: “Thermal impedance of Phase Change Materials”, (2024 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Joshua Taylor: “Electrical characterization of VO2 devices”, (2024 TSI Semiconductor REU).

Gwyneth Svatek: “Wetting Characteristics of Porous Aluminum”, TAMU (2023 – 2024).

Veronica Gonzalez Fernandez: “Measurement of Phase Change Materials Dynamics”, TAMU (2022 – 2024).

Alex Foncerrada: “Materials Informatics of Plastic Crystals”, TAMU (2022 – 2024).

Mya Williams: “Nucleation in Erythritol”, TAMU (2023 – 2024).

Jose Cortes: “Dynamic response of PCM under time-variant loading”, TAMU (2020 – 2023).

Emilio Morales-Cortazar: “Thermal Conductivity Measurements via 3 Omega Method”, TAMU (2021-2023).

Colton Brietzke: “Numerical Simulation of PCM Dynamics”, TAMU (2022).

Gabby Garza: “Thermal conductivity of molten salt hydrates”, TAMU (2021-2022).

Albert Franke: Robust cycling in liquid-hydrated zeolite-PVA composites (2021-2022).

Nurbek Ozganov: Processing of zeolite thick films (2021-2022).

Nicole Person: Irradiation of VO2 devices, Sandia National Lab Summer Internship 2021 (2021-2022).

Drew Worthy: Machine Learning of Material Thermophysical Properties (2019-2021).

Ezra Duke: Heat Transfer in Zeolite Powder Beds, Summer 2019 REU (2021).

Natalie Patton: Energy and Power Density of TES modules, Summer 2021 REU (2021).

Fabiola Alamo: Thermal Transport in Liquid Salt Hydrates (2019-2021).

Andrew Balog: Metal Insulator transitions in doped VO2 films/ systems (2018-2021).

Haley Jones: Development of Salt hydrate PCM eutectics (2018-2021).

Carolina Martinez: Characterization of Phase Change Dynamics in a Slab (2019-2020).

Hunter Harris: Thermophysical Properties of Salt Hydrates (2019-2020).

Julia Billman: MFM Imaging of Magnetic Domains in Magnetocaloric Alloys (2017-2020)

Nathan Turner: Synthesis and Characterization of Ternary Salt Hydrate Eutectics/ Machine Learning Models of Thermophysical Properties (2017-2020)

Jessica Paredez: UG Researcher (ECEN). Synthesis and Properties of Salt Hydrates (2018-2019)

Jenny Gosney: Summer 2019 REU. Isothermal Transformation Kinetics in Salt Hydrate PCMs (2019)

John Moynihan: UG Researcher (CHEN). Measuring Reversibility and Solidification Rates in Salt Hydrates (2017-2018)

Daniel Galvan: UG Researcher (CHEN). Assessing the Performance of Fe2P Alloys Under Various Magnetic Refrigeration Cycle (2015-2019)

Laura Deremo: UG Researcher (ECEN). Failure in Electrical Resistance Switches (2017-2018)

Gabriela Lammoglia: Summer 2018 NextGen Intern. Materials Design of Magnetocaloric Alloys (2018)

Nandha Ramasamy: UG Researcher (MEEN). Magnetic Force Microscopy of MCE materials (2018)

Thomas Jordan: UG Researcher (MEEN). Dissipative Neuromorphic Materials(2017-2018)

Jonathan van Buskirk: UG Researcher (CHEM). Hysteresis in MCE Materials (2018)

Sara Wonner: Summer 2018 REU, Nucleation in Salt Hydrate PCMs (2018)

Joseph Anderson: UG Researcher (PHYS). 3D Tomography of Conductive Filaments (2018) UG Honors thesis {Currently PhD at Purdue Univ., IN}

Aaron Garcia: UG Researcher (MEEN). Thermophysical Properties of Salt Hydrates (2018)

Molly Jones: REU Summer Intern. Phase transformations in Heusler alloy thick films (summer 2017).

Sunita Kumari: IITK Summer Intern. Structure of insulating composites (summer 2017).

Elizabeth Yee: UG Researcher (CHEN). Decomposition of Ammonia Salts (2017)

Sarah Hammock: UG Researcher (CHEN). 3D cAFM Imaging of Conductive Filaments in HfO2 Resistive Switching Devices(2015-2017) UG Honors thesis

Bill Caraway: UG Researcher (MEEN). Imaging Phase Transitions in VO2 particles (2016-2017)

Nick Gripp: UG Researcher (CHEM). Decomposition of Ammonia Salts (2016-2017)

Ben Musil: UG Researcher (CHEM). Decomposition of Ammonia Salts (2016)

Siddharth Srivastava: IITK Summer Intern. FEM Simulation of Resistance Switching Phenomena (2016)

Tyler Buffington: UG Researcher (MEEN). Thermodynamic Efficacy of Irreversible Magnetocaloric Effect Cycles (2015-2016) UG Honors thesis

Adam McClellan: UG Researcher (ISEN). Materials Stability of Thermal Energy Storage Materials (2015-2016)

Xander Majek: UG Researcher (PHYS). Electrical Resistance Switching in Sputtering Grown HfO2 Devices (2015-2016)

Erika Salzman: HS Researcher. Undercooling in Mg(NO3)2 hydrates (2015-2016)  {Currently UG at Caltech}

Yasushi Mizuno: UG Researcher (MEEN). Entropy of Fusion in Low Melting Point Alloys (2014-2015)

Taylor Messinger: UG Researcher (MMET). Thermal Properties of Salt Hydrate (2015)

Joshua Murley: UG Researcher (CHEN). Indirect Entropy Measurement in Magnetocaloric Effect Materials (2014-2015)
Best presentation award at UG Gulf Coast Research Symposium

Shelby Turner: UG Researcher (ECEN). Electrical Resistance Switching in HfO2 Dielectrics (Spring 2015)

Temi Balogun: UG Researcher (MEEN). Electrical Resistance Switching in HfO2 Dielectrics (Fall 2014)

Trey Torno: UG Researcher (CHEN). Magnetic Domain Structures in Magnetocaloric Heusler Alloys Near the FOPT. (Summer 2014-Fall 2014)
TAMU USRG Fellowship

Anna Rubin: UG Researcher (MEEN). Salt Hydrate Thermal Energy Storage Gels. (Summer 2014)

Pawan Bhandari: UG Researcher (MEEN). Thermophysical Properties of Low Melting point Alloys (2014)