Group Alumni

Dr. Ammar Alkhawaldeh (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2002, Texas A & M) (2003)
co-advised with Prof. V. L. Colvin et al.;
Current position: The Dow Chemical Company

Dr. Rohit K. Rana (Ph.D., Chemistry, 1999, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India) (2003-2004)
Current position: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India

Dr. Muhammed K. Gheith (Ph.D., Photonics, 2004, Oklahoma State University) (2006-2007)

Dr. Jong Hun Han (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1999, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea) (2002-2003)
co-advised with Prof. M. Pasquali

Dr. Ingrid Stepanek-Basset (Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, 2001, University of Montpellier II, France) (2002-2003)
co-advised with Prof. M. Pasquali

Dr. Subashini "Suba" Asokan (Ph.D., Chemistry, 2008, "CdSe Quantum Dot/Tetrapod Production")
Current position: The Methodist Hospital

Dr. Jie Yu (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2008, "Near-Infrared-Active Nanoparticle-Assembled Capsules")

Ms. Grainne Duffy (MPhil, Chemistry, 2006, DIT, Ireland; "The Synthesis of Zinc Oxide by Direct and Indirect Methods") co-advised with Profs. S. C. Pillai and D.E. McCormack (DIT)

Dr. William V. Knowles (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2006, "New Insights into Supported Metal Oxides for Heterogeneous Catalysis")
Current position: Albemarle

Dr. Vinit S. Murthy (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2006, "Nanoparticle Engineering of Multifunctional, Multicomponent Microcapsules")
Current position: Procter and Gamble

Dr. Michael O. Nutt (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2006, "Engineering Palladium-on-Gold Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Groundwater Remediation Catalysts")
Current position: Celanese

Ms. Regina M. Yoo (M.S., Chemical Engineering, 2006, "Preparation of Nanoparticle-assembled Capsules as an Array on a Planar Substrate")
co-advised with Prof. P. E. Laibinis

Mr. Zuze Mu (M.S., Chemical Engineering, 2004, "Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance Properties of Water-soluble CdSe Quantum Dots for Visible-light Photocatalysis")

Mr. Grant Belgard (2006-2008)
Current position: Oxford University (UK)

Ms. Miinkay Yu (2006-2007)

Mr. Mark J. Pond (Beckman Scholar, 2005-2006)
Current position: UT Austin

Mr. Christopher J. Barth (NREU Summer Research Fellowship; 2006)
Current position: Chevron, Houston, TX

Ms. Alison Takemura (Rice Century Scholar, NREU Research Fellowship, Morris K. Udall Scholar, 2004-2006)

Mr. Kush Mathur (RUSP Fellow, 2002-2003, 2006)

Ms. Alessandra R. Carreon (CENG Department Internship, NREU Summer Research Fellowship; 2004)
Current position: ENVIRON International Corp

Ms. Lynh Jones (CENG Department Internship, NREU Summer Research Fellowship; 2004)

Mr. Prasad Sarangapani (from WPI; NREU Summer Research Fellowship; 2004)

Mr. James Glenn (from MIT; NREU Summer Research Fellowship; 2003)

Ms. Crystal E. Ramón (AGEP Summer Research Fellowship; 2002)

Mr. Tinashe Ndoro (exchange student from International University of Bremen; 2003)

Mr. Wei Sun (2007)

Mr. Sriram Eleswarapu, Previous Website Designer

Ms. Wen-Yin Ko (Graduate Student, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 2007-2008)

Dr. Enrique Munoz Tavera
(PhD, Bioengineering, 2008)

Mr. Mark Boylan (Graduate Student, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, 2007-2008)

Mr. Nicholas Nolan (Graduate Student, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, 2007-2008)

Mr. Armando Perez (Website designer)

Dr. M. Abbas Yaseen (PhD, Bioengineering, 2008)

Ms. Nurgul Akcin (Graduate Student, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007)

Dr. Pradeep P. Bhat (PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2007)

Mr. Paris J. Cox (Graduate Student, Materials Science, 2006-2007)

Mr. Gerard O'Sullivan (Graduate Student; University College Cork, Ireland; Foras Aiseanna Saothair Science Challenge Fellow, 2006-2007)

Ms. Laura Summers (High School Teacher; Cypress Creek High School, Houston, TX, 2005)

Ms. Jessica Forester (High School Student; Waller High School, Waller, TX, 2005)

Mr. Apolinar (Paul) Guevarra (High School Teacher; Sharpstown High School, Houston, TX, 2003)