Placement of Our Ph.D. Graduates (2003-2007)
Each graduate's name is followed by undergraduate
institution, thesis adviser, title of thesis, date of graduation,
and current employment.
2007 Graduates
- Ananth N. Bhoj, Indian Institute of Technology at Madras,
M.J. Kushner, Multiscale
Simulation of Atmospheric Pressure Pulsed Discharges Used in Polymer
Surface Functionalization, 5/07, Process Development Engineer III,
Novellus Systems, Inc.
2006 Graduates
- YoungJung Chang, Seoul National University, N. Sahinidis, Global
Optimization in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, 12/06, Postdoctorate
Pennsylvania State University
- Karuppiah Chockalingham, University of Melbourne, H. Zhao, Engineering
Estrogen Receptor-Based Gene Switches and A Superoxide Dismutase
for Therapeutic Applications, 05/06, Postdoctorate, Columbia University
- Christian, University of Wisconsin, P.J. A. Kenis, Ceramic
Mircoreactors for On-Site Hydrogen Production, 12/06, Precision Combustion, Inc., North Haven, CT, Fuel Reforming/Fuel Cell System Engineer
- Vijay Gopalakrishnan, University of Mumbai, India,
C. Zukoski, Links
Between Particle Dynamics and Macroscopic Phenomena in Colloidal
Gels, 10/06, General Electric Plastics, Indiana
- Lars Henrichsen, Brigham Young University, A. McHugh, Steady
State Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of Film Blowing, 5/06, Sr. Engineer, Fleetguard Emission Solutions, Columbus, IN
- Craig Miesse, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, R.
Masel, Development
of Microcombustors and Characterization of Confined Sub-Millimeter
Laminar Diffusion Flames, 05/06, Senior Researcher, Samsung, Korea
- Yan Qin, Tsinghua University, China, R. Alkire, Effect
of Additives and Substrate Resistance on Shape Evolution During
Electrodeposition: Nucleation, Growth and Trench Infill for Copper
Interconnects,
05/06
- Joshua Ramsey, Oklahoma State University, D. W. Pack, Hybrid
Gene Therapy Vectors Comprised of Synthetic Polymer & Noninfectious Virus-Like
Particles, 12/06, postdoctorate, University of Kansas, Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Smissman Labs, Lawrence, KS
- Effendi Rusli, University of Wisconsin, R.D. Braatz & R.C.
Alkire, Modeling
and Control of Nucleation and Growth Processes - With Applications
to Industrial Crystallization and Copper Electrodeposition,
10/06, Postdoctorate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- William E. Smith, Geneva College, C. Zukoski, Gelation
Kinetics of Fumed Silica-Alcohol Suspensions, 10/06, Owens Corning, OH
- Jacob Spendelow, Case Western Reserve University, P.J.
A. Kenis & A. Wieckowski, Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media: Mechanistic Studies of Fuel Cell Reactions on Well-Defined Model Catalysts, 10/06, Presidential
postdoctorate, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Michael W. Toepke, Iowa State University, P.J.A. Kenis, Microfluidics
for Biomolecular Studies, 10/06, Postdoctorate with Professor
Beebe, University of Wisconsin
- Halong Nguyen Vu, University of Pennsylvania, D.W.
Pack, Engineering
Viruses for Gene Therapy: Isolating and Characterizing Murine
Leukemia Virus with Improved Stability, 05/06, Postdoctorate, Harvard
Medical School
- Liangfang Zhang, Tsinghua University, China, S. Granick, Polymers,
Nanoparticles and Phospholipids, 12/06, Postdoctorate, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
2005 Graduates
- Andrew Dalton, University of Michigan, E. G. Seebauer,
Grain Nucleation and Growth on Amorphous Silicon,
8/05, Intel Corp.
- Kapil Dev, Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, E. G. Seebauer, Defect
Engineering for Controlling Semiconductor Diffusion, 5/05, Intel Corp.
- Su Yun Ha, North Carolina State University,
R. I. Masel, Development and Characterization
of Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell for Potable Power Applications, 8/05, Assistant
Professor, Washington State University
- Anil Kumar Prakasam, Indian Institute of Technology
- Madras, D. E. Leckband, Direct Force Measurements
of the Homophilic and Heterophilic Interactions Among Chemical Cadherins,
8/05, Intel Corp.
- Chandrashekar Raman, Indian Institute of Technology at
Madras, D.W. Pack, Computational & Experimental
Studies of Controlled Drug Delivery: Effect of Microsphere Diameter
and Drug Size on In-Vitro Release Kinetics, General Electric, 05/05
- Feng Xue, Nanjing University, R.C. Alkire, Investigation
of the Influence of a Model Additive System on Copper Electrodeposition:
Integration of Experiments on the Surface Morphology Evolution with Multiscale
Simulation, 12/05, Senior Produce Development Engineer, Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Graduates
- Eric Choban, Villanova University, P.J.A. Kenis, Laminar
Flow-based Microchemical Systems for Power Generation, Electrochemical
Synthesis and Biological Cell Studies, 12/04, 3M Research
- Timothy O. Drew, Carnegie Mellon University,
R. C. Alkire, Structures: Application to
Copper Electrodeposition for Electronic Devices, 5/04, OSISoft
- Jason C. Ganley, University of Missouri - Rolla, R. I.
Masel, Microreactors for the Production of Hydrogen
from Ammonia,
5/04, Assistant Professor, Howard University
- Joshua R. Gray, University of South Carolina,
R. C. Alkire, Numerical
Simulations of Transport Phenomena for Localized Corrosion
of Stainless Steel and Pure Nickel, 10/04, Postdoctorate,
University of South Carolina.
- Rico C. Gunawan, University of Wisconsin,
D. E. Leckband, Engineering
Biosurfaces for Cell Studies, 10/04, Postdoctorate,
Northwestern University
- Eric J. Hukkanen, University of Minnesota,
R. D. Braatz, A
Systems Approach to the Modeling and Control of Molecular,
Microparticle, and Biological Distributions, 10/04,
Mettler Toledo
- Qingjin Meng, Tsinghua University, China,
J. J. L. Higdon, Large
Scale Simulation of Plate-Like Particle Suspensions,
10/04, BP Chemicals
- Prashant Mullick, University of Mumbai (UCDT), India,
C. F. Zukoski, Microstructure and Mechanics
of Poly (n-Isopropy-lacrylamide) Based Responsive Fluids, 12/04, General Electric - ADVA
- Emily J. Pollauf, University of Toledo, D.
W. Pack, Characterization
of Biodegradable Polymeric Microparticles for Controlled Release,
12/04, Postdoctorate, University of Colorado
- Malcolm S. Talbot, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, J. J. L. Higdon, Large
Scale Hydrodynamic Simulations of Emulsions and Foams, 10/04, Haliburton, Duncan Technology Center
2003 Graduates
- Cory J. Berkland, Iowa State University, D. W. Pack, Control
of Micro-and Nano-Sphere Size Distributions: Implications in
Drug Delivery, 5/03, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas.
- Yeng-Long Chen, California Institute of Technology,
K. S. Schweizer, Phase
Behavior, Fluid Structure, & Slow Dynamics in Polymer-Colloid
Mixtures: Novel Liquid State Theory and its Applications,
10/03, Research Scientist, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica,
Taiwan
- John D. Faull, Clarkson University, V. K. Gupta, Design
and Optimization of Chemically Selective Surfaces for Binding
Organic Molecules, 5/03, Eldron Research, Colorado
- M. Laird Forrest, Auburn University, D. W.
Pack, Engineering of Non-Viral Vectors for
Gene Therapy, 10/03,
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
- Zeming Gou, Tsinghua University, China, A.
J. McHugh, Modeling of Dry Spinning of Polymer
Fibers, 10/03, Moldflow Corp.
- Rudiyanto Gunawan, University of Wisconsin,
R. D. Braatz and E. G. Seebauer, Modeling
and Control of Transient Enhanced Diffusion of Boron in Silicon, 10/03, Assitant Professor,
National University of Singapore
- Yu-Wen Huang, National Tsing Hua University,
V. K. Gupta, Design
of Heterogeneous Surfaces for Polymer Adsorption, 10/03,
Intel Corp.
- Michael Y. L. Jung, University of California
- Berkeley, E. G. Seebauer & R. D. Braatz, New
Surface and Optically Stimulated Physics for Modeling Diffusion
in Silicon,
10/03, Law Student, University of Minnesota
- Matthew W. Liberatore, University of Illinois
at Chicago, A. J. McHugh, Dynamics
of Flow-Induced Structure Formation in Drag Reducing Polymer
Solutions, 12/03, Assistant Professor, Colorado School
of Mines
- Arvind Sankaran, Indian Institute of Technology
- Madras, M. J. Kushner, Surface
Reaction Mechanisms for Plasma Processing of Semiconductors,
12/03, Intel Corp.
- Syed Ali Shah, University of Washington, C. F. Zukoski, Phase
Behavior, Microstructure and Mechanics of Colloid-Polymer Mixtures, 5/03, Dow Chemical Company
- Seth E. Snyder, The Cooper Union, W. H. Pirkle, Utilization
of Rationally Designed Small Molecule Chiral Selectors in Novel
Enantioselective Processes, 5/03, Postdoctorate, University
of Pennsylvania
- Pramod Subramoneium, Indian Institute of Technology
- Madras, M. J. Kushner, Simulation of Transients
and Transport in Plasma Processing Reactors, 12/03, Novellus Systems, Inc.
