Meet our Research Group

Current Ph.D. Students

Jitendra Choudhary

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jitendrac17@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student (JEB 526)

Jitendra is a highly motivated science
enthusiast. He is currently working towards the synthesis of Ultra High-temperature carbide nanowires and their assemblies for thermal protection systems.

Ryan Loden

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Linkedin

ryan_loden@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student (JEB 526)

Ryan has a strong background in Chemistry, and he is currently working on the synthesis of Ultra-high-temperature Transition Metal Carbide (TMC) nanowires and their assemblies.

Naga Venkata Sai Dileep Korlapati

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Linkedin

saidileep.knv@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Candidate - CoAdvised (JEB 526)

He is co-advised by Dr. Faisal Khan and Dr. Sreeram Vaddiraju. He defended his Ph.D. dissertation on the atomistic understanding of Hydrogen Behavior in steel pipelines using density functional theory to develop strategies for mitigating hydrogen’s effects on mechanical properties and ensuring safe hydrogen transportation.

Ahmed Abbas

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Linkedin

ahmed.abbas@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student (Based out of TAMU Qatar)

He is co-advised by Dr. Vaddiraju.

Dharani Sathwik Ram

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sathwik27@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student (JEB 526)

Dharani brings solid expertise in chemical engineering. He is working on the modeling novel probabilistic and stochastic methods to understand Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC)

Current M.S. Student

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Krishna Shankar

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krishshan2002@tamu.edu

M.S. Student (JEB 526)

Krishna is developing novel methods to generate nano-bubbles and leveraging their properties to understand the photocatalytic dye degradation.

Ph.D. Alumni

1. Dr. Yutian Qian (Graduated in August 2024, co-advisor, advised by Prof. Faisal Khan)

  • Dissertation Title: Integration of process safety in chemical engineering curriculum: An initiative with simulation and project-based learning

2. Dr. Niraj Ashutosh Vidwans (Graduated in December 2023)

  • Dissertation Title: In-situ cell motility studies for deducing mechanisms and kinetics underlying photocatalytic disinfection of water

3. Dr. Azhar Ali (Graduated in December 2020)

  • Dissertation Title: Synthesis, processing, and characterization of magnesium-based thermoelectric materials

4. Dr. Yixi Chen (Graduated in December 2020)

  • Dissertation Title: Filler-matrix interaction and its effect on mechanical properties of nanowire-epoxy composites

5. Dr. Pranav Kannan (Graduated in August 2018, co-advised by Prof. M. Sam Mannan)

  • Dissertation Title: Towards the development of biosensors for the detection of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC)

6. Dr. Venkata Vasiraju (Graduated in December 2016)

  • Dissertation Title: Design and synthesis of stable, aligned and welded magnesium silicide nanowire assemblies for fabrication of efficient and reliable thermoelectrics

7. Dr. Yongmin Kang (Graduated in December 2014)

  • Dissertation Title: Phase transformation for the large-scale synthesis and assembly via welding of metal silicide nanowires for thermoelectric applications

8. Dr. Lance Brockway (Graduated in May 2014)

  • Dissertation Title: Nanoscale engineering for the design of efficient inorganic-organic hybrid thermoelectrics

Previous M.S./M.Eng. Students

  1. Dharani Sathi

  2. Jitendra Choudhary (Chemical Engineering., Graduated in August 2024)

  3. Nivin Palanisamy (Materials Science and Engineering, Graduated in May 2024)

  4. Omkar Newalkar (Chemical Engineering, Graduated in May 2023)

  5. Koyena Banerjee (Master of Biotechnology Program, Graduated in August 2023)

  6. Jonathan Bockenstedt (Chemical Engineering, Graduated in December 2021)

  7. Nfn Rakesh (Chemical Engineering, Graduated in December 2017)

  8. Yidong Pan (Chemical Engineering, Graduated in December 2013)

Other Alumni 

Undergraduate Students

(Partial List of >50 UG students trained)

  • Anirudh Chandramohan

  • Tyler Marks 

  • Eshan Sandhu

  • James Lockwood

  • Brett Studley

  • Nathaniel Chen

  • Carter Dickson

  • Jonathan Bockenstedt

  • Joseph Leimer

  • Brion Cakaj

  • David Norris

  • Sukriti Gakhar

  • Maxime Van Laer

  • Stephen Kohn