Recent PhD Graduates

Kyle Brill

Seismic Signals and Sources at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala During January 2012

• Doctoral Program in Geophysics | Defense
• Advisor Gregory Waite
• Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship Recipient
• Mapping Lahar Threats in the Aftermath of Volcán de Fuego
• Fire Mountain

Chong Cao

Study of Electric Vehicle-Grid Integration System and PEV Charging Control Strategies in the Power Distribution Systems

• Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering | Defense
• Advisor Bo Chen
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• ECE Teaching Assistant
• Intelligent Mechatronics and Embedded Systems Lab

Elizaveta Egorova

Development of the Coil Volume Method for Time-Domain Simulation of Internal Faults in Transformers

• Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering | Defense
• Advisors Bruce Mork and Jeffrey Burl
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Power in Their Hands

Ulises Gracida Alvarez

Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Fuels from the Fast Pyrolysis of Waste Polyolefin Plastics

• Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering | Defense
• Advisors David Shonnard and Julio Sacramento Rivero
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient

Sanaz Habibi

Exploring the Role and Impact of Microscale Phenomena on Electrode, Microdevice, and Cellular Function

• Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering | Defense
• Advisor Adrienne Minerick
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
• Portage Health Foundation Graduate Assistant
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching Recipient
• How to Make a Lab-on-a-chip Clear and Biocompatible (With Less Blood Splatter)
• Life Science and Technology Institute (LSTI) Research Forum

Xin He

Slip Boundary Layer Flow Stability Analysis and Electrospray Jet End Flow Modelling

• Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics | Defense
• Advisor Chunpei Cai
• Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient

Xian Li

A Hybrid-Powered Wireless System for Multiple Biopotential Monitoring

• Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics | Defense
• Advisor Ye Sun
• Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
• Human-Centered Monitoring Laboratory
• One Small Step

Anindya Majumdar

Optical Vortex and Poincaré Analysis for Biophysical Dynamics

• Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering | Defense
• Advisor Sean Kirkpatrick
• Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Portage Health Foundation Graduate Assistantship Recipient
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Recipient
• New Optics for Cell Dynamics
• BME Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year
• BME Graduate Student
• ECE well represented at the SPIE Photonics West

David Rosen

An Investigation of Uncertainty in Ultrasonic Elastography: A Continuum Biomechanics Perspective

• Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering | Defense
• Advisor Jingfeng Jiang
• Department of Biomedical Engineering
• BME Graduate Student
• Portage Health Foundation Graduate Assistantship Recipient
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient

Soroush Sepahyar

Influence of Micro-Nucleate Boiling on Annular Flow Regime Heat Transfer Coefficient and Flow Parameters of Water in High Heat-Flux Flow Boiler

• Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics | Defense
• Advisor Amitabh Narain
• Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient

Eddy Trinklein

Optimal Power Flow Control of Networked DC Microgrids

• Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics | Defense
• Advisor Gordon Parker
• Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
• Research Engineer, Instructor, ME-EM
• Eddy Trinklein is an Unsung Hero

Sakineh Yazdanparast

Community Detection in Complex Networks and Application to Localization in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks

• Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering | Defense
• Advisor Timothy Havens
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
• Yazdanparast and Havens Publish on Modularity Maximization
• ECE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
• ECE Graduate Student

Long Zhang

Dephosphorization of Goethite Ore

• Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering | Defense
• Advisor Timothy Eisele
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient