Research Opportunities: Graduate & Undergraduate Researchers
The group currently has openings for qualified and enthusiastic postdocs and graduate students (starting Fall 2024) and for motivated undergraduate students. Feel free to contact the PI directly (include a CV and brief statement of interest) to express interest in joining the research group.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Fatima JardaliEFRC Postdoctoral Scholar
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Graduate Students
Rebeca M. GurrolaGraduate Student (PhD)
Favorite movie quote: “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” Email: rgurrola1 {at} tamu.edu |
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Sourav ChakravartyGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: sourav93 {at} tamu.edu |
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Carlos LagoGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: jclago {at} tamu.edu |
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Sophia AhmedGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: ahmed.sophia97 {at} tamu.edu |
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Denali IbbotsonGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: dibbotson {at} tamu.edu |
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Mason ShoalmireGraduate Student (MS)
Email: masonshoal {at} tamu.edu |
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Chase SomodiGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: csomodi {at} tamu.edu |
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Yeonju YuGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: leahyj109 {at} tamu.edu |
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Sarah McQuaidGraduate Student (MS)
Email: smcquaid {at} tamu.edu |
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Lucas OelkersGraduate Student (PhD)
Email: lucasoelkers {at} tamu.edu |
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Jenny ChongGraduate Student (MS)
Email: jenchong {at} tamu.edu |
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Derian MorphewGraduate Student (MS)
Email: dmorphew {at} tamu.edu |
Undergraduate Students
Veronica Gonzalez FernandezUndergraduate, Senior (MSEN) |
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Alex FoncerradaUndergraduate, Senior (MSEN) |
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Leo Toro FigueiraUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Gwyneth SvatekUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Mya WilliamsUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Lindsay FordUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Bryan DuongUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
Group: Through the Ages
Alumni
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
Adelaide Bradicich: PhD. Electrothermally-Induced Spatial Inhomogeneities in Nonlinear Electronic Materials
(2018 – 2023)
Alison Hoe: PhD. Characterization and Modification of Thermal Response through Intentional Design of Phase Change Material Composites
(2017 – 2022)
Wenting (Ella) Mo: MS. Desorption and Evaporation of Liquid Water Recharged Zeolite-Polymer Composites
(2020 – 2022)
Aashik Shreshtha: MS. Numerical Simulation and Design of Hybrid Oscillating Heat Pipe – Phase Change Materials for Radiator Panels
(2019 – 2021)
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)
Aliya Yano: MS. Effect of Chemical Doping on Metal-Insulator Phase Transition in VO2
(2018 – 2020)
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 TAMU w/ Stan Williams}
Heidi Clarke: PhD. Local Characterization of Resistance Switching Phenomena in Transition Metal Oxides
(2014 – 2019) {Currently with Samsung}
Emily Emmons: MS. Corrosion of Common Heat Exchanger Materials by Lithium Nitrate Trihydrate
(2015 – 2017) {Currently with Samsung}
UG Alumni
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)