Research Opportunities: Graduate & Undergraduate Researchers
The group currently has openings for qualified and enthusiastic graduate students (starting fall 2019) and for motivated undergraduate students. Feel free to contact the PI to express interest in joining the research group.
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Anil Aryal(2020 – present)
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Graduate Students
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Yijia ZhangGraduate Student (PhD)
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Alison HoeGraduate Student (PhD)
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Michael DeckardGraduate Student (MS)
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Adelaide BradicichGraduate Student (PhD)
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Aliya YanoGraduate Student (MS)
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Rebeca M. GurrolaNSF GRFP Fellow
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Sourav ChakravartyGraduate Student (PhD)
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Carlos LagoGraduate Student (PhD) |
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Aashik ShresthaGraduate Student (PhD)
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Sophia AhmedGraduate Student (PhD) |
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Robert MachGraduate Student (PhD) |
Undergraduate Students
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Julia BillmanClare Booth Luce scholar |
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Haley JonesUndergraduate, Senior (MSEN) |
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Andrew BalogUndergraduate, Senior (MSEN) |
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Hunter HarrisUndergraduate, Senior (MEEN) |
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Fabiola AlamoUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Anh TranUndergraduate, Sophomore (ENGR) |
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Carolina MartinezUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Mason ShoalmireUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
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Andrew WorthyUndergraduate, Junior (MSEN) |
Group: 2017
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
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
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)