Members
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Dr. Srinivas Allena
•Ph.D., Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2010
•M.S., Civil Engineering, Gujarat University, 2002
•B.S., Civil Engineering, Andhra University, India, 1998
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Dr. Geyou Ao
•Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
•M.S., Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, South Korea
•B.S., Chemical Engineering, Dalian Minzu University, China
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Dr. Jessica E Bickel
•Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, 2010
•M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, 2007
•B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
•B.M., Oboe Performance, Peabody Conservatory of Music, 2004
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Dr. Tushar Murlidhar Borkar
•Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, 2014
•M.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2010
•B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Mumbai University, 2007
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Dr. Petru S Fodor
•Ph.D., Physics, Wayne State University, 2002
•M.S., Physics, Babes – Bolyai University, Romania, 1997
•B.S., Physics, Babes – Bolyai University, Romania, 1996
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Dr. Chandrasekhar Kothapalli
•Ph.D., Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2008
•M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2005
•M.S., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2002
•B.S., Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, India, 2000
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Dr. Chelsea Monty-Bromer
•Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2009
•M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2005
•B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004
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Dr. Liqun Ning
•Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, CA, 2018
•M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2013
•B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2010
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Dr. Josiah Sam Owusu-Danquah
•Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio, 2017
•M.S., Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, 2013
•B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 2008
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Dr. Sebastian Sensale Rodriguez
•Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Notre Dame, 2020
•B.S., Mathematics, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, 2014
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Dr. PRABAHA SIKDER
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA, 2019
M.S., Manufacturing Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 2015
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 2013
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Dr. Xue-Long Sun
•Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kitasato University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, 1997
•M.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kitasato University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, 1994
•B.S., Pharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China, 1988
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Dr. Metin Uz
•Postdoc, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 2019
•Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2014
•M.S., Biotechnology, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009
•B.S., Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2007
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Dr. Shaowei Yang
•Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2016
•B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2010