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Students
Ph.D. Students
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Jeremiah Mpagazehe
Application of particle-augmented mixed lubrication to CMP and other tribosystems, CFD, Deep oil modeling |
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Sarah Neyer
The material science of CMP.
(co-advised by Burak Ozdoganlar) |
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Martin Marinack, Jr.
Granular flows: experiments, modeling, and simulation, digital particle tracking velocimetry (DPTV) |
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Jonatan A Sierra-Suarez
Physics-based design-for-manufacturing (DFM), Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), CMP-aware computer aided design (CAD), CFD |
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Andrew Tremblay
Particle augmented mixed lubrication (PAML), CMP-aware design, CFD |
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Randyka Pudjoprawoto
Pin-on-disk tribometry, self-replenishing solid transfer films and surface texturing |
MS Students
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Kanate Thana-Anekcharoen
Experimental validation of filter cake formation during oil drilling |
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Geo A Thukalil
Tribology of the artificial hip joint |
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Boyuan Li
Slurry experimentation |
Postdoctoral Research Associates
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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”
The PTFL Family in the Spring 2010
The PTFL Family just before the weekly full group meeting (Spring 2010) |
