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Distinguishing Themselves in Industry and Research Laboratories Throughout the World
Former graduate students and postdocs as of June 19, 2009.
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2009
Daniel T. Butler, Jr., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland
Dissertation: "Microsample Testing of Alloys Proposed for High Temperature Gas Turbine Applications."
Yi-Ping Ho, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S., M.S. National Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Single Molecule Biosensing with Quantum Dots for Nanomedicine in Diagonstics and Therapeutics."
Present Position:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University
Vinutha Kallem, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. IIT Madras, M.S. Stanford University
Dissertation: "Vision-Based Control on Lie groups with Application to Needle Steering"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, GRASP Laboratory
Axel Krieger, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S., M.S. Universitaet Karlsruhe
Dissertation: "Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guided Robotic Intervention."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
Ganhui Lan, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Peking University
Dissertation: "A Treatise on Theoretical and Computational Mechanobiology in Myosin Motors and Bacterial Cell Division."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, IBM
Jusuk Lee, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation: "Identifying Feedback Control Strategies of Running Cockroaches and Humans"
Present Position: Engineer, Mechatronics & Manufacturing Technology Center, Samsung Electronics
Jin Liu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S., M.S. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Dissertation: "Multi-Scale Simulation of Micro/Nano Flows and Granular Flows"
Stephen C. Martin, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland, College Park
Dissertation: "Advances in Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicles"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University - Mechanical Engineering
Yo-Rhin Rhim, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. , M.S.E. Johns Hopkins University
Dissertation: "The Structural and Property Evolution of Cellulose During Carbonization."
Present Position: Research Engineer, Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
Olivia Sun, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland, College Park
Dissertation: "Analysis of Subgrid Scale Modeling Approaches for Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Mixing in Spatially Developing Round Jets."
Present Position: Engineer, Institute for Defense Analyses
Lawton Verner, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dissertation: "Sensor/Actuator Asymmetries in Telemanipulators."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University - Mechanical Engineering
Minping Wan, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "On the Lagrangian Study of the Turbulent Energy and Circulation Cascades."
Zuoli Xiao, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.E., M.E. Tianjin University, M.S. University of Southern California
Dissertation:
"Multiscale Dynamics and Subgrid-Scale Modeling of Turbulence in Two and Three Dimensions."
Quan Zhang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.E., M.E. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Dissertation: "flow of Non-Uniform Suspensions."
2008
Bhasker Paliwal, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.E. Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Dissertation: "The Failure of Brittle Materials Under Overall Compression: Effects of Loading Rate and Defect Distribution."
Wooram Park, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S., M.S. Seoul National University
Dissertation: "Inverse Problems in Structural Biology and Flexible Needle Steering."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Brian Schuster, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Texas - El Paso
Dissertation: "Micro-Pillar Compression of Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Metals"
Present Position: Engineer, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Francesco Soranna, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Polytechnic Institute of Turin, M.M.E. Catholic University of America
Dissertation: "Experimental Study of Complex Flow and Turbulence Structure Around a Turbomachine Rotor Blade Operating Behind a Row of Inlet Guide Vanes (IGVS)"
Present Position: Engineer, General Electric
Robert Thompson, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Clarkson University
Dissertation: "Experimental Techniques for the Characterization and Development of Thermal Barrier Coating Bond Coat Alloys."
Hsin-Chih (Tim) Yeh, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of California - Los Angeles, M.S. National Taiwan University
Dissertation: "Developmentof New Bioanalysis Techniques Based on Confocal Fluoresence Spectroscopy and Nanotechnology for Nucleic Acid Research."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Scholar - Johns Hopkins University
2007
Stuart Chester, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland - Baltimore
Dissertation: "On Dynamic Modeling for Multiscale Turbulence Problems"
Present Position: Northrop Grumman
Xu Geng, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Some Applications of Gas and Vapor Bubbles"
Piyush Jain. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Dissertation: "Microscale Characterization of Coating for a High Strength High Conductivity Alloy."
James Kinsey, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. SUNY at Stony Brook
Dissertation: "Advances in Precision Navigation of Oceanographic Submersibles"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lin Pei. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "A Numerical Model for Contact Between Fractal Rough Surfaces."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington State University
Aris Skliros. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Dissertation: "Statistical Analysis of Crystallographic Motion Groups
with Applications to Polymer Theory
Present Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Iowa State University
2006
Jin Seob Kim, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. Seoul National University
Dissertation: "A Group Theoretic and Statistical Mechanical Treatment of Chainlike Structures"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University
Xiaozhen Lu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Science and Technology of China
Dissertation: "Numerical Simulation and Axial Stability Analysis of Vertical Slug Flow"
Adam Schuyler, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Williams College
Dissertation: "Computational Mechanics of Macromolecules and Nanotubes"
Binze Yang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University,B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Numerical Studies of Single Gas and Vapor Bubble Flows
2005
Jake Abbott, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Utah State University/M.S. University of Utah
Dissertation: "Virtual Fixtures for Bilateral Telemanipulation"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Zurich
Jun Chen, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dissertation: "Experimental Study of Turbulence Under Planar Straining and Destraining, and Elimination of the Peak Locking Error in PIV Analysis Using the Correlation Mapping Method."
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Yi-Chih Chow, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University
Dissertation: "PIV Measurements of Flow Structure and Turbulence in a Rotor Wake Within a Multistage Turbomachine"
Alexandru Patriciu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Craiova
Dissertation: "Robot Control in Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures"
Present Position: Staff Scientist, National Institute of Health Clinical Center
Janelle Vorreiter, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of California/M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Dissertation: "Analytical and Numerical Investigations of Bubble Behavior in Electric Fields"
2004
Zhizhong Yin, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Zhejiang University
Dissertation: "Microbubbles and Their Microfluidic Applications"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering
Haitao Zhang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Beijing Institute of Technology
Dissertation: "Fabrications, High-Strain Rate Constitutive Behavior and Dynamic Failure of MMCs"
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas - Austin
Yu Zhou, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. Nanjing University
Dissertation: "Stochastic Modeling and Inverse Problems in Robotics and Biomolecular Mechanics"
2003
Qiaoning Chen, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Helical and Rotating Turbulence in Three Dimensions"
Michael Glynn, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Villanova University
Dissertation: "Numerical Investigations of Failure in EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coating"
Qinjun Kang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Flow in Porous Media"
Moon Ki Kim, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Seoul National University
Dissertation: "Elastic Network Models of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics"
Keizo Miyahara, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Kobe University
Dissertation: "A General Kinematic Synthesis Method for Discreetly Actuated Robotic Manipulators"
Xiaobo Nie, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Mechanical Properties of Diffusion Aluminide Bond Coats for Thermal Barrier Coatings"
Deng Pan, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. National University of Defense Technology
Dissertation: "Simulations of Granular Flow and Micro-Flow"
2002
Xuemei Chen, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "Damping Processes in the Oscillations of Gas Bubbles in Tubes and Numerical Simulations of Bubble Removal by a Submerged Needle."
Yue Hao, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University/M.S. Israel Institute of Technology
Dissertation: "Numerical Studies of Gas and Vapor Bubble Phenomena"
Kamili Jackson, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Dissertation: "The Mechanical Properties of 3C Thin-Fil Silicon Carbide"
Bernard Koehr, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. U.S. Naval Academy
Dissertation: "An Experimental Study of the Mechanism of Air Entrainment by Planar Liquid Jest as a Free Surface"
David Smallwood, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Miami
Dissertation: "Advances in Dynamical Modeling and Control of Underwater Robotic Vehicles"
Xiaongjun Wu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering/M.S.E. Tianjin University
Dissertation: "Flow Structure, Mixing and Droplet Production in a Fuel-Water Stratified Shear Layer"
Xiaoyi Wu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Science and Technology of China/M.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation: "The Dynamic Growth of a Void in a Viscoplastic Material"
2001
Umang Anand, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Dissertation: "Prevention of Nozzle Wear in Abrasive Water Suspension Jets Using Porous Lubricated Nozzles"
Ralf Bachmayer, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Universitaet Karlsruhe
Dissertation: "Advances in Nonlinear Dynamical Modeling and Control of Marine Thruster: Theory and Experiment"
Etienne Besnoin, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Université de Havre
Dissertation: "Numerical Study of Thermoacoustic Heat Exchangers"
Dexin Jia, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of National Science and Technology
Dissertation: "The Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials"
Eric Kang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. info to come
Dissertation: "Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Grooved Channel"
Sergey Karpov, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. info to come
Dissertation: "Nonlinear Phenomena in Thermo-Acoustics and Bubbly Liquids"
Jaydeep Roy, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S.info to come
Dissertation: "Force Controlled Robots: Design, Analysis, Control, and Applications"
David Stein, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. info to come
Dissertation: "Design of a Spherical Stepper Motor System"
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