Elihu completed his Ph.D. in Fall 2021. After graduation, he joined Sandia National Laboratories. Elihu Deneke received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2016 and a CACI-sponsored M.S. in Engineering in 2017 from Prairie View A&M University. As an undergraduate, he conducted research on 0% net energy loss building systems. He also worked as a NASA co-op\intern contractor for 3-years as a Flight Software Engineer Intern and then as a Graduate Research Intern.