People

Openings: We are always looking for highly motivated postdocs and students. Email if you are interested in joining our group.

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

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

Dibyangana Parbat
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
PhD in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Cong Meng
MSc in Chemistry
Beijing University of Technology,China

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

MSc in Mechanical Engineering Sabanci University, Turkey

Adil Rather, Postdoc, 2025; Inspire Faculty at National Institute of Technology Srinigar
Mohammad Javad Zarei, PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2025
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