Professor   :   Staff   :   Students   :   Alumni

Students

Ph.D. Students

Jeremiah Mpagazehe  

Jeremiah Mpagazehe

Application of particle-augmented mixed lubrication to CMP and other tribosystems, CFD, Deep oil modeling

     
Sarah Neyer  

Sarah Neyer

The material science of CMP.
(co-advised by Burak Ozdoganlar)
     
Martin Marinack, Jr.  

Martin Marinack, Jr.

Granular flows: experiments, modeling, and simulation, digital particle tracking velocimetry (DPTV)

     
Jonatan A Sierra-Suarez  

Jonatan A Sierra-Suarez

Physics-based design-for-manufacturing (DFM), Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), CMP-aware computer aided design (CAD), CFD

     
Andrew Tremblay  

Andrew Tremblay

Particle augmented mixed lubrication (PAML), CMP-aware design, CFD
     
Randyka Pudjoprawoto  

Randyka Pudjoprawoto

Pin-on-disk tribometry, self-replenishing solid transfer films and surface texturing


MS Students

Kanate Thana-Anekcharoen  

Kanate Thana-Anekcharoen

Experimental validation of filter cake formation during oil drilling

     
Geo A Thukalil  

Geo A Thukalil

Tribology of the artificial hip joint
     
Boyuan Li  

Boyuan Li

Slurry experimentation

 


Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr. Hojjat Nasr  

Dr. Hojjat Nasr

Computational modeling of turbulent, gas-solid, and gas-liquid flows

 


Undergraduate Students

  • Alejandro Francisco Queiruga — “Parallel computing in particle tribology”
  • Brian Gaudio — “Design of force instrumentation for a Granular Lubricated Journal Bearing”
  • Patrick S. Dougherty — “Analysis of powder lubrication and surface characterization”
  • Christopher E. Rizzo (ChemE) — “Explicit FEM simulations of grain drops”
  • Daniel Alan Liptz — “Tribology of thin solid lubricants”
  • Daniel Lin (ECE) — “CMP-aware CAD and Mobile computing in mechanical engineering”
  • Ryan Leonard Yates — “Properties of compacted powder lubrication”
  • Sean Coleman (ECE) — “Parallel processing using CUDA and Nvidia GPUs”
  • Stephanie C. Paticopoulos (MSE) — “Microstructure characterization”
  • Terrence Long (CS) — “Mobile computing in mechanical engineering”
  • Thomas J. Lambert — “Developing work flow for Fluent, OpenFoam CFD software”
  • Yung-King Leo Ma — “Measurements on a filtration rig for oil drilling fluid tests”
  • Richard Musgrave — “Experimental measurements in granular flow”
  • Kayla Aloyo — “Development of a wheel abrasion tester for NASA research”

PTFL Group

The PTFL Family in the Spring 2010

 

group 2010

The PTFL Family just before the weekly full group meeting (Spring 2010)