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\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Amit Kumar<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2022-Present)<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Area: <\/strong>Multiphysics interactions between fibers and droplet aerosols\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nFiyinfoluwa Abioye<\/strong>, PhD program, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2026-Present)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Research:<\/strong> TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nKyle Murphy<\/strong>, PhD program, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2026-Present)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Research:<\/strong> TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nMostafa Gildeh, <\/strong>PhD program, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2024-Present)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Research:<\/strong> Saltwater Desalination via Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nWill Sonis, <\/strong>MS program, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2025-Present)<\/span><\/p>\n

MS Research:<\/strong> Modeling Electrostatic Charging of Packed Bed Particles using Discrete Element Method<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Lab\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Alumni<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nShyam Atri, <\/strong>PhD, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2021-2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Research:<\/strong> Numerical Simulation of Electrically Charged Particles<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position: <\/strong>Industry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nMashfiq Rahman<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2021-2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Research:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Studying Electrospinning via CFD-DEM Modeling and Machine Learning<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position: <\/strong>Industry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nShajid Rahman, <\/strong>MS, Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2023-2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

MS Thesis:<\/strong> Discrete Element Modeling of Compression-Recovery in Fibrous Materials<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> PhD Student at Baylor University, Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nNishant Bhatta<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2021-2024)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Research:<\/span><\/strong> Modeling Coalescence Filtration<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position: <\/strong>Assistant Professor, Prairie View A&M University, Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Sashank Gautam, <\/strong>Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2021-2024)<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Area: <\/strong>Design and Optimization of Multilayer Aerosol Filtration Media<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Research Engineer at Aeroseal, Cincinnati, Ohio<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nMohammad Jamali<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2016\u20132020)<\/span><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU (2020-2021) <\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> Understanding Droplet Mobility and Penetration in Nonwovens<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Research Engineer at Blue Origin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nAli Moghadam,<\/strong> PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2016\u20132019)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Capillary Forces in Partially Saturated Thin Fibrous Media<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nSina H. Yousefi,<\/strong> PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2016\u20132019)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> Modeling Thickness and Porosity of Nanofiber Media<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> American Air Filter, Tennessee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nHossain Aziz,<\/strong> PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2015\u20132019)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> Computational and Experimental Investigation on the Wetting Behavior of Droplet-Fiber Systems<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, West Virginia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nNoor M. Farhan,<\/strong> PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2015\u20132019)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> Multiphase Droplet Interactions with a Single Fiber<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Faculty in Mechanical Engineering Department, Kut University, Iraq<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nD. Ganesh Venkateshan<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2014\u20132018)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Modeling Fluid Motion Over Fibrous Surfaces<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Cummins Filtration, Stoughton, WI<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nAhmed A. Hemeda<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2013\u20132016)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Modeling Time-Dependent Performance of Submerged Superhydrophobic Surfaces<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> EY, Atlanta, Georgia\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nMana M. Amrei<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2013\u20132016)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Modeling Fluid Interactions with Granular and Fibrous Surfaces<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Instron, Boston, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nAhmed Saleh<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2011\u20132015)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Micro- and Macro-Scale Modeling of Filter Aging<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Faculty at Southern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nThomas M. Bucher<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, VCU (2010\u20132014)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Capillarity and Fluid Transport in Fibrous Media with Heterogeneous Wettability<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nRaghu Arambakam<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2010\u20132013)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Modeling Effect of Microstructure on Performance of Fibrous Heat Insulations<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Global Patent Solutions, Phoenix, Arizona\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Babak Emami, <\/strong>Post-Doctoral Research Associate (2010-2012)<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Area: <\/strong>Modeling Air-Water Interface on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
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Current Position: <\/strong>Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Deloitte Digital, San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nShah Fotovati<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2009\u20132012)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Modeling Multi-Component Composite Aerosol Filters with Non-Circular Fibers<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position: <\/strong>Bell Helicopter, Houston, Texas\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nSamuel A. Hosseini<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2009\u20132011)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>Unsteady-State Modeling of Particle-Loaded Aerosol Fibrous Filters<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Engineering Manager at Blue Origin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nAlireza Ashari<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, VCU (2007\u20132010)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> Dual-Scale Modeling of Two-Phase Fluid Transport in Fibrous Porous Media<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Apple Inc., Cupertino, California\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nImad Qashou<\/strong>, PhD, Fiber & Polymer Science, NCSU (2005\u20132008)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>An Investigation of the Radiative Heat Transfer through Thin Sheets<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-chair:<\/strong> Prof. B. Pourdeyhimi<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Methanol at Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nSudhakar Jaganathan<\/strong>, PhD, Fiber & Polymer Science, NCSU (2005\u20132008)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation: <\/strong>An Investigation on Fluid Flow in Fibrous Materials via Image-based Fluid Dynamics<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-chair:<\/strong> Prof. B. Pourdeyhimi<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Global Technology Manager at Hollingsworth & Vose, Boston, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nQiqi Wang<\/strong>, PhD, Fiber & Polymer Science, NCSU (2004\u20132007)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> An Investigation of Aerosol Filtration via Fibrous Filters<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-chair:<\/strong> Prof. B. Pourdeyhimi<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> 4C Air, Inc., Sunnyvale, California<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nagendra Anantharamaiah<\/strong>, PhD, Fiber & Polymer Science, NCSU (2004\u20132006)<\/span><\/p>\n

PhD Dissertation:<\/strong> An Investigation of the Influence of Nozzle Geometry in the Hydroentangling Process<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-chair:<\/strong> Prof. B. Pourdeyhimi<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Floyd, Virginia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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