Graduate Degrees
May 2011
PhD
Ford, Grayson M.
Thesis Title: Solar Cells from Multinary Nanocrystal Links
Advisors: Agrawal/Hillhouse
Undergraduate Institution: University of California/SB Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Hu, Wenbin
Thesis Title: Catalytic Oxidation of Glycerol to High-Value Chemical Dihydroxyacetone Over Pt-Bi/C Catalyst
Advisor: Varma
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
Position upon leaving Purdue: CDP Research Engr, Air Products, Inc., Allentown, PA
Stamatis, Stephen D.
Thesis Title: Bayesian Microkinetic Modeling of Epoxy Resin Curing and Water Gas Shift Catalysis
Advisor: Caruthers/Delgass
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Zhang, Rong
Thesis Title: Catalyst and Microsystem Investigations for the Selective Detection Of CO in Concentrated H2 Fuels Using Mixed Copper Cerium Oxide Catalysts
Advisor: Baertsch
Undergraduate Institution: Jilin University/Miami University (BS/MS)
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Al-Kukhun, Ahmad Y.
Advisor: Varma
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University
Gao, Haojing
Advisor: Basaran/Harris
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University
Lee, Wensheng
Advisor: Caruthers
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University
August 2011
MS
Hill, Cameron L.
Thesis Title: Compartmental Separation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii For MFA
Advisor: Morgan
Undergraduate Institution: Montana State University
PhD
Huang, Shisheng
Thesis Title: Policy Portfolio Analysis for Energy Systems Based on a Multi-Paradigm Modeling Framework
Advisors: Pekny/Reklaitis
Undergraduate Institution: National University of Singapore
Lee, Eunwoong
Thesis Title: A Comprehensive Experimental Investigation of the Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of PMMA and Other Glassy Polymers
Advisors: Caruthers
Undergraduate Institution: Seoul National University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Researcher, Samsung-Total Petrochemicals, Seosan, South Korea
Pazmino, Jorge H.
Thesis Title: Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmental and Energy-related Applications
Advisors: Ribeiro/Delgass
Undergraduate Institution: Universidad San Francisco De Quito-Ecuador
Position upon leaving Purdue: Sr Engineer, Dow Chemical Co, Pearland, TX
Sengupta, Neelanjan
Thesis Title: Understanding Cellular Metabolism using Stable Isotopic Labeling, Metabolic Flux Analysis and Kinetic Modeling
Advisors: Morgan
Undergraduate Institution: Panjab University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Scientist, Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Hoeferkamp, Katherine P.
Advisor: Yuan
Shekhar, Mayank
Advisor: Ribeiro/Delgass
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
December 2011
PhD
Dave Balachandran
Thesis Title: Micro-Particle Adhesion: Measurement and Simulation
Advisor: Beaudoin
UG Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Position upon leaving Purdue: Limited Term Lecturer, Purdue University
Korosh Torabi
Thesis Title: Toward a Molecular Theory for Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation
Advisor: Corti
UG Institution: Sharif University of Technology-Iran
Qing Zhu
Thesis Title: Crystallization Behavior and Microstructural Characterization of
Advisor: Harris
UG Institution: Zhejiang University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Process Development Engineer, Intel, Hillsboro, OR