People
Openings: We are always looking for highly motivated postdocs and students. Email if you are interested in joining our group.
Principal Investigator
Arun K. Kota
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
3286 Engineering Building III
1840 Entrepreneur Drive
Campus Box 7910
Raleigh, NC 27695
919.515.5241
Education and experience
- 2009 – 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
- Advisor: Prof. Anish Tuteja
- 2008: PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
- Advisor: Prof. Hugh A. Bruck
- 2003: MS Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University
- Advisors: Prof. William R. Wilcox and Prof. Liya L. Regel
- 2001: BTech Chemical Engineering, Andhra University
Group Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
Adil M. Rather
PhD in Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Sreekiran R. Pillai
PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Ragavi Rajasekaran
Tentative joining date January 2025
Dibyangana Parbat
Tentative joining date January 2025
Doctoral Students
Mohammad Javad Zarei
MSc in Nanochemical Engineering
Shiraz University, Iran
Young Jae Kim
MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, South Korea
Huiqin Ni
MEng in Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum- Beijing,China
Abhigith Nair
MSc in Physics, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
Vinay Pedireddi
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Pouya Sharbati
Tentative joining date January 2025
Cong Meng
Tentative joining date January 2025
ALUMNI (as of December 2023)
- Sravanthi Vallabhuneni, PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2023; Packaging R&D Engineer at Intel
- Mohammed Barrubeeah, MS Mechanical Engineering, 2023; Doctoral student at Purdue
- Wei Wang, Postdoc, 2020; Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee
- Daniel Sutherland, MS Biomedical Engineering, 2019;
- Hamed Vahabi, PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2019; Lead Analysis Engineer at GE Hitachi
- Matthew Cackovic, MS Chemical Engineering, 2018; Engineer at Intel
- Sanli Movafaghi, PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2017; Staff Scientist at Molecular Assemblies Inc.
- Anudeep Pendurthi, MS Mechanical Engineering, 2017; Manufacturing Equipment Development Engineer at Tesla.
- Lewis Boyd, MS Mechanical Engineering, 2017; Data Analyst at Hach
- Darryl Beemer, MS Mechanical Engineering, 2015; Mechanical Test Engineer at HP
GROUP EVENTS/PICTURES
Group outing in Cary, NC on December 10, 2024
Group outing in Cary, NC on August 5, 2024
Group outing in Raleigh, NC on December 9, 2022
Group in Fort Collins, CO on May 29, 2018
Group in Fort Collins, CO on January 17, 2017