Graduate Degrees
May 2007
M.S.
James George Kissel
Thesis Title: Investigation of Bovine Serum Albumin Adsorption onto Gold Biosensors using Surface Plasmon Resonance
Advisor(s): Stephen Beaudoin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Engineer, Heritage Environmental
Javier Nieves Remacha
Thesis Title: Design and Optimization of Simulated Moving Bed Based on Monolithic Columns
Advisor(s): Linda Wang
Undergraduate Institution: U. Complutense de Madrid
Position upon leaving Purdue: Technical Engineer, GE Plastics - High Performance Polymers
Ph.D.
Peter Erri
Thesis Title: Solution Combustion Synthesis for Catalytic and Power Generation Applications
Advisor(s): Arvind Varma
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mary/North Dakota
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, Purdue University
Hariprasad Janakiram Subramani
Thesis Title: Dynamics of Formation and Deposition of Drops for MEMS Applications
Advisor(s): Osman Basaran
Undergraduate Institution: Anna University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Flow Assurance Specialist, Chevron Energy Tech Co.
Weihua Jin
Thesis Title: Development and Applications of Two-Zone SMB Processes for Binary Separations
Advisor(s): Philip Wankat
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Process Engineer, GTC Technology
Sook Heun Kim
Thesis Title: Adsorption and Interactions of Lung Surfactant Lipids and Proteins at Air/Aqueous Interfaces and in Aqueous Solution
Advisor(s): Elias Franses
Undergraduate Institution: Korea University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, Purdue University
Gautam Kumar
Thesis Title: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Adhesion and Removal of Particles from Surfaces
Advisor(s): Stephen Beaudoin
Undergraduate Institution: Birla Institute of Science & Technology
Position upon leaving Purdue: Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Qi Xu
Thesis Title: Computational and Theoretical Analysis of Ink-Jets Drop Formation and Breakup
Advisor(s): Osman Basaran
Undergraduate Institution: Zhejiang University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Engineer, BP
August 2007
M.S.
Rebecca Ann Martin
Thesis Title: Investigation of the Linear and Nonlinear Viscoelastic Behavior Of Polymethylmethacrylate
Advisor(s): James Caruthers
Undergraduate Institution: Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
Position upon leaving Purdue: Elastomer Engineer, EG&G Technical Services, Crane Naval Service Center
Ph.D.
Ankur Jain
Thesis Title: An Ontological Framework for Knowledge Modeling and Decision Support for Pharmaceutical Product Development
Advisor(s): Gintaras Reklaitis/Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Bombay
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Analyst (Optimization), United Airlines
Sridhar V.V.S. Maddipati
Thesis Title: Advanced Computational and Machine Learning Tools in Pharmaceutical Informatics
Advisor(s): Sangtae Kim/Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institution of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Analytic Scientist, Fair Issac
Ravi K. Nandigam
Thesis Title: Advanced Informatics Based Approaches for Data Driven Drug Discovery
Advisor(s): Sangtae Kim
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Sr. Software Developer R&D, Aspen Technology
Elizabeth S. Royston
Thesis Title: Assembling Inorganic Nanomaterials using Tobacco Mosaic Virus Templates
Advisor(s): Michael Harris
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Associate, University of Maryland
Daniel W. Siderius
Thesis Title: Statistical Geometric Models of Hard-Sphere Colloidal Dispersions: Application to Interfacial Thermodynamics and the Calculations of Depletion Forces
Advisor(s): David Corti
Undergraduate Institution: Michigan Technological University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, Washington University
Ervina Widjaja
Thesis Title: Deposition of Colloidal Particles During Sessile Drop Evaporation
Advisor(s): Michael Harris
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Project Engineer, Antares Offshore, L.L.C.
Hak Koon Yeoh
Thesis Title: Instabilities and Pattern Formation Under an Applied Non-Uniform Electric Field
Advisor(s): Osman Basaran
Undergraduate Institution: University of Malaya
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Lecturer, University of Malaya
Luis Zalamea
Thesis Title: On the Cohesion of Carbon Nanotubes in Nanostructures
Advisor(s): Byron Pipes
Undergraduate Institution: Universidade de Columbia
Position upon leaving Purdue: R & D Engineer, Dow Europe GmbH
December 2007
M.S.
Chen, Shuang
Thesis Title: A Study of the Folding of Methionine-Argine Human Proinsulin S-Sulfonate
Advisor(s): Linda Wang
Undergraduate Institution: Zhejiang University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continued for PhD, Purdue University
Paul D. Hobson
Thesis Title: Ab Initio Studies of the Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Nanowires
Advisor(s): Kendall Thomson
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University
Position upon leaving Purdue: R&T Process Development Engineer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
Ph.D.
Timothy Andrzejak
Thesis Title: Experimental Studies on the Ignition of Single Ni/Al, Fe/Al, and Ti Particles
Advisor(s): Arvind Varma
Undergraduate Institution: University of Detroit/Mercy
Position upon leaving Purdue: R & D Engineer, Schlumberger
Ajay Joshi
Thesis Title: Density Functional Theory (DFT) Study of Reaction Pathways On Gold and Gold-Alloy Nanoclusters
Advisor(s): Nicholas Delgass/Kendall Thomson
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Research Engineer, British Petroleum (BP)
Shadab Sharif Mulla
Thesis Title: Kinetic Measurement on Lean NOx Traps
Advisor(s): Nicholas Delgass/Fabio Ribeiro
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Staff Scientist, Johnson Matthey Inc.
Charles Schaffer
Thesis Title: Investigations into the Reactivity and Catalytic Activity of Nanoporous Aluminosilicates and their Synthesis Precursors
Advisor(s): Kendall Thomson
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arkansas
Position upon leaving Purdue: Career Development Program Engineer, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Eric A. Sherer
Thesis Title: Age-Structured Cell Models in the Treatment of Leukemia: Identification, Inversion, and Stochastic Methods for the Evaluation and Design of Chemotherapy Protocols
Advisor(s): Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, IU Medical School
Shivani Syal
Thesis Title: The Prediction of Glass Transition Temperature of Polycarbonates Using Physical Descriptors and Neural Networks
Advisor(s): James Caruthers/Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Delhi
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Research Engineer, ExxonMobil
Vikrant N. Urade
Thesis Title: Self-Assembly of Photovoltaic Nanomaterials
Advisor(s): Hugh Hillhouse
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Technical Development Engineer, Shell Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
Hsiang-Y Wang
Thesis Title: Microfluidic Electroporation and Cell Arrays
Advisor(s): Linda Wang/Chang Lu
Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, Brigham Young University; Assistant Professor (Feb. 2009), National Cheng Kung University