Graduate Students (Ph.D.):

Anna Alexander, Thermo-mechanical modeling

Hasan Faraby, Nonlinear nanostructure electronics and quantum effects for improved thermoelectric power factors 

Thomas W. Hall, Energy storage in nanostructures and dielectrics

Rahul Kapadia, Experimental synthesis of metamaterials for heat flux control 

Byung-wook Kim, Thermal properties of nanostructures and composites

David Moreira, Fluid structure interactions through fabrication and modeling of superhydrophobic surfaces

Krishna Vemuri, Theoretical and computational modeling of heat flux control

Rajaram Narayan, Charge storage in one- and two- dimensional nanostructures

Hidenori Yamada, Theoretical modeling of quantum capacitance effects in energy storage

Under-Graduate Students:

Hochul Kim, Heat transfer in metamaterials

Neil Verma, Fluid flow and PIV experiments

Andrew Huang, Thermal modeling of heat exchanger based devices

Alumni:

Steve Pfeifer, Ph.D., (2012) Electromagnetic Analysis of Nanostructure Dispersion in Polymer Matrices

Max Aubain, Ph.D., (2013) Determination of the Thermal Conductivity of Dielectric Thin Films through Experimental Measurement and Crystallographic Analysis

Mark Hoefer, Ph.D., (2012) Electrochemical implications of defects in carbon nanotubes

Paothep Pichanusakorn, Ph.D., (2012) Thermoelectric and electrical characterization of Si nanowires and GaNAs

Andy Barbour, Cryogenics and Automation

Sung-Hoon Park, Ph.D., (2009) Thesis on Electrical, electromagnetic, and structural characteristics of carbon nanotube-polymer composites

(presently at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology- SAIT, Seoul)    

Chi-Nung Ni, Ph.D., (2008) Thesis on Electronic, Optical, and Mechanical Characterization of zero- and one-dimensional nanostructures

(presently at Applied Materials Inc.) 

Shun-Hui Yang, Ph.D., (2008) Thesis on: Giant birefringence silicon nanophotonic multi-slot waveguides for optical delay line applications

(presently at Texas A & M, Department of Electrical Engineering) 

Anton Arriagada, MS, (2008) Heat transfer at the micro- and nano-scale

(presently a design engineer at the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information technology- Cal (IT)²

Jeff Nichols (MS, 2007) Thesis on: The influence of defects on the electrochemical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

(presently at Globus Medical Inc., Boston, MA)

Joel P. Hollingsworth (MS, 2005) - Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab.

Shivani Singh (2007)

Under-graduate students:

Thaer Karajah, 2012

E. Panganiban, 2011

J. Gokhale, 2008

Y. Alemu, 2009

Yi Chang, 2007

Alex Dooraghi, 2008

(presently at UCLA, Ph.D. Biophysics program) 

Hiroaki Saito, 2007

Yonas Alemu (McNair Fellow), 2005

Yufeng Jiang, 2006

Sammy Lee, 2006

Calvin Patel, 2008

Jai Parekh, 2005

Thomas Yang, 2005

Paothep Pichanusakorn, 2005

Pengguan Yu, 2004

Faculty Assistant:

Jennifer Church, Phone: (858) 534-3980

Room 281, EBU II

e-mail: jrchurch@eng.ucsd.edu

Weekly group meetings are a time to go over what’s happened over the last week, seek out solutions to problems, and most importantly enjoy dessert.

There is also a Journal club where graduate and undergraduate students present exciting new research topics at the frontiers.