Thomas Maani

Advised by John Sutherland

Thesis: "Sustainability Analysis of Critical Materials in Electric Vehicles with Emphasis on Circular Economy Principles."

Thomas is from Kampala, Uganda. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Tanzania), and master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The University of Toledo (Ohio). His work focuses on using material flow analysis (MFA), life cycle assessment (LCA), and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) to investigate critical materials availability for a clean energy transition. He is also a visiting scholar at Argonne National Laboratory where he is contributing to the development of a new module to investigate the greenhouse gas emissions of vehicle lightweighting in their Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) model.

ByungGun Joung

Advised by John Sutherland

Thesis: "Prognostics and Fault Diagnosis for Manufacturing Equipment using Machine Learning."

ByungGun received his B.S. in Computer Communication & Engineering from Korea University, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Korea University. His research focuses on integrating machine learning and artificial intelligence into smart manufacturing systems to enhance operational efficiency, reliability, and predictive capabilities. 

Caroline Alukkal

Advised by Linda Lee

Thesis: "Understanding treatment process effects on PFAS in municipal wastewater solids stream."

Caroline was enrolled in the Ecological Science and Engineering (ESE) graduate program pursuing a Doctoral Degree in Environmental and Ecological Engineering. She previously received an MS in Environmental Engineering and a BS in Biotechnology Engineering. Her research helps to understand the changes in PFAS due to two important municipal sewage treatment processes in the solid stream, which will impact the PFAS content in the final product, biosolid.