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Fall 2024


Dr. Rakesh Agrawal and Dr. Mohit Tawarmalani received the Computing in Chemical Engineering Award at the 2024 AICHE Annual Meeting in San Diego, California

Solar Energy Research Group members Shubhanshu Agarwal, Kiruba Catherine Vincent and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Quantitative scales for haliphilicity of metals: Tailoring the halide affinity of alkaline earth metals to synthesize chalcogenide perovskite BaMS3 (M=Ti, Zr, and Hf) and Cu2BaSnS4 compounds” was published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Solar Energy Research Group member Shubhanshu Agarwal participated in the AICHE Electronic and Photonic Materials: Graduate Student Awards session.

Solar Energy Research Group members Shubhanshu Agarwal and Kiruba Catherine Vincent presented at the 2024 AICHE Annual Meeting  in San Diego, California.

Separations and Energy Systems group members Priyanshu Singh and Parikshit Kadu passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam. Congratulations Priyanshu and Parikshit!!

Solar Energy Research Group members Shubhanshu Agarwal, Kiruba Catherine Vincent and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Breaking Barriers in Chalcogenide Perovskite Synthesis: A Generalized Framework for Fabrication of BaMS3 (M═Ti, Zr, Hf) Materials” was published in Advanced Functional Materials.

Solar Energy Research Group members Apurva Pradhan, Shubhanshu Agarwal, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Emergence of Ruddlesden–Popper phases and other pitfalls for moderate temperature solution deposited chalcogenide perovskites” was published in RSC Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

Solar Energy Research Group member Daniel Hayes successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations Daniel!!

Summer 2024


Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “The Viability of Photovoltaics on Agricultural Land: Can PV Solve the Food vs Fuel Debate?” was published in Journal of Cleaner Production.

Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Rethinking tolerance factor analysis for chalcogenide perovskites” was published in RSC Materials Horizons.

Solar Energy Research Group members Kiruba Catherine Vincent and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Expanding the horizons for viable precursors and liquid fluxes for the synthesis of BaZrS3 and related compounds” was published in RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Spring 2024


Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s Feature Article “Solution processed metal chalcogenide semiconductors for inorganic thin film photovoltaics” was published in RSC Chemical Communications.

Solar Energy Research Group member Shriya Khandelwal was awarded the Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations, Shriya.

Solar Energy Research Group member Jonathan Turnley was awarded College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award. Congratulations Jonathan!

In collaboration with Prof. Edgardo Saucedo’s group at UPC Spain, Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan W. Turnley, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Novel synthesis of semiconductor chalcohalide anti-perovskites by low-temperature molecular precursor ink deposition methodologies” was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Solar Energy Research Group members Daniel C. Hayes, Samantha A. Langdon, Robert M. Spilker, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Carbon Impurity Minimization of Solution-Processed, Thin-Film Photovoltaics via Ligand Engineering of CuInS2 Nanoparticles” was published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Fall 2023


In collaboration with Prof. Lydia Wong’s group at NTU Singapore, Solar Energy Research Group members Ryan Swope, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Efficiency enhancement and doping type inversion in Cu2CdSnS4 solar cells by Ag substitution” was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Solar Energy Research Group members Shubhanshu Agarwal, Kyle Weideman, David Rokke, Kiruba Catherine Vincent, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Enhancing the optoelectronic properties of solution-processed AgInSe2 thin films for application in photovoltaics” was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley, Swapnil Deshmukh, Ryan Ellis, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Molecular Precursor Approach to Sulfur-Free CuInSe2: Replacing Thiol Coordination in Soluble Metal Complexes” was published in ACS Omega.

Solar Energy Research Group member Jonathan Turnley was awarded 2nd place for his presentation at the AICHE Electronic and Photonic Materials: Graduate Student Awards session. Congratulations Jonathan!

Solar Energy Research Group members Apurva Pradhan, Scott McClary, Kyle Weideman, Shriya Khandelwal, Joseph Andler, David Rokke, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Tuning the optoelectronic properties of enargite (Cu3AsS4) solar cells by Ag alloying: A DFT-informed synthesis” was published in Applied Physics Letters.

Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley, Swapnil Deshmukh, Robert Spilker, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “A selenium-based “alkahest”: reactive dissolutions of metals and metal compounds with n-alkylammonium polyselenide solutions” was published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

Solar Energy Research Group members Shubhanshu Agarwal, Jonathan Turnley, Apurva Pradhan, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Moderate Temperature Sulfurization and Selenization of Highly Stable Metal Oxides: An Opportunity for Chalcogenide Perovskite” was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Spring 2023


Separations Research Group Members Tony Mathew, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Relaxing the constant molar overflow assumption in distillation optimization” was published in AIChE Journal.

Solar Energy Research Group member Isabel Panicker was awarded 1st place in the Purdue AICHE undergraduate poster competition. Congratulations, Isabel!

After graduation, Solar Energy Research Group undergraduate Isabel Panicker will be going to Georgia Tech to get a PhD in chemical engineering. Congrats, Isabel!

After graduation, Solar Energy Research Group undergraduate Kevin Ng will be joining Parker Hannifin in their Engineering Leadership Development Program. Congrats, Kevin!

Solar Energy Research Group undergraduate Lily Whitmoyer has accepted a summer internship position with Washington River Protection Solutions. Congrats, Lily!

Solar Energy Research Group members Apurva Pradhan and Kiruba Catherine Vincent presented at the 2023 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit in San Francisco, California.

Solar Energy Research Group member Jonathan Turnley presented at the ACS Spring 2023 meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Solar Energy Research Group member Jonathan Turnley presented at the 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy Technology in Ventura, California.

The Purdue OTC announced in their March update that Prof. Rakesh Agrawal, Zewei Chen, and Peter Oladipupo received a patent titled “Electrically Heated Dehydrogenation Process“.

Solar Energy Research Group members Apurva Pradhan, Shubhanshu Agarwal, Jonathan Turnley, Shriya Khandelwal, Ryan Swope, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Synthesis of BaZrS3 and BaHfS3 Chalcogenide Perovskite Films Using Single-Phase Molecular Precursors at Moderate Temperatures” was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Solar Energy Research Group members Kiruba Catherine Vincent, Shubhanshu Agarwal, Jonathan Turnley, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Liquid Flux-Assisted Mechanism for Modest Temperature Synthesis of Large-Grain BaZrS3 and BaHfS3 Chalcogenide Perovskites” was published in Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research.

Fall 2022


In collaboration with ExxonMobil’s Research Group, Separations Research Group Members Tony Mathew, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Advances in distillation: Significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions for crude oil separation” was published in Joule.

Separations Research Group Members Zheyu Jiang, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Minimum reflux calculation for multicomponent distillation in multi-feed, multi-product columns: Mathematical model” was published in AIChE Journal.

Solar Energy Research Group member Jonathan Turnley presented at the 2022 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts.

Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley, Apurva Pradhan, Daniel Hayes, and Shubhanshu Agarwal presented at the 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

Solar Energy Research Group members Jonathan Turnley, Kiruba Catherine Vincent, Apurva Pradhan, Isabel Panicker, Ryan Swope, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Solution Deposition for Chalcogenide Perovskites: A Low-Temperature Route to BaMS3 Materials (M = Ti, Zr, Hf)” was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Separations Research Group Members Akash Sanjay Nogaja, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Identifying Heat-Integrated Energy-Efficient Multicomponent Distillation Configurations” was published in I&EC Research Journal.

Separations Research Group Members Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, Prof. Rakesh Agrawal, and Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani’s manuscript “Advances in MINLP to Identify Energy-Efficient Distillation Configurations” was published in Operations Research Journal.

Summer 2022


Separations Research Group Members Jose Adrian Chavez Velasco, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Which separation scenarios are advantageous for membranes or distillations?” was published in AIChE Journal.

Solar Energy Research Group member Kevin Ng was awarded the Best Presentation Award at the Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congratulations Kevin!

Separations Research Group member Tony Mathew won the 2022 Graduate Student Research Award of the Distillation and Absorption Area of AIChE Separations Division. Congratulations Tony!

Spring 2022


Solar Energy Research Group member Apurva Pradhan was awarded the 2022 ChE Excellence in Safety award. Congratulations Apurva!

Solar Energy Research Group member Isabel Panicker’s poster received 2nd place in the College of Engineering at Purdue’s 2022 Spring Undergraduate Research Conference. Congratulations Isabel!

Solar Energy Research Group member David Rokke successfully defended his thesis and has accepted a position at Applied Materials. Congratulations David!

Solar Energy Research Group members David Rokke, Essam Alruqobah, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s review article “Extrinsic Doping of Ink-Based Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2-Absorbers for Photovoltaic Applications” was published in Advanced Energy Materials.

Solar Energy Research Group members Swapnil Deshmukh, Caleb Miskin, Apurva Pradhan, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Solution Processed Fabrication of Se-Te Alloy Thin Films for Application in PV Devices” was published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Solar Energy Research Group members Swapnil Deshmukh, Kyle Weideman, Ryan Ellis, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Enabling fine-grain free 2-micron thick CISe/CIGSe film fabrication via a non-hydrazine based solution processing route” was published in Materials Advances.

Solar Energy Research Group members Joseph Andler, Xianyi Hu, Scott McClary, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Analysis of enargite thin films synthesized from carbon-containing and novel carbon-free processing methods” was published in Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing.

Fall 2021


Solar Energy Research Group members Ryan Ellis, Swapnil Deshmukh, Jonathan Turnley, Dwi Sutandar, Jacob Fields, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Direct Synthesis of Sulfide-Capped Nanoparticles for Carbon-Free Solution-Processed Photovoltaics” was published in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

Energy System Group Members Zewei Chen, Yiru Li, Wasiu Peter Oladipupo, Edwin Rodriguez, Gary Sawyer, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Alternative ordering of process hierarchy for more efficient and cost-effective valorization of shale resources” was published in Cell Reports Physical Science.

Energy System Group Undergraduate Researcher Arsh Bhatia received OUR scholarship for 2021-2022 academic year. Congratulations Arsh!


Summer 2021


Separations Research Group Members Jose Adrian Chavez Velasco, Zewei Chen, Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Energy-efficient membrane cascades for industrial separations” was published in Computer Aided Chemical Engineering.

Separations Research Group Members Tony Joseph Mathew, Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “A Simple Criterion for Feasibility of Heat Integration between Distillation Streams Based on Relative Volatilities” was published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Separations Research Group Members Jose Adrian Chavez Velasco, Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Optimal design of membrane cascades for gaseous and liquid mixtures via MINLP” was published in Journal of Membrane Science.

Separations Research Group member Tony Joseph Mathew successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Tony!

Separations Research Group Members Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, Jose Adrian Chavez Velasco, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Methods to Assess Numerous Distillation Schemes for Binary Mixtures” was published in Chemical Engineering Research and Design.


Spring 2021


Tony Joseph Mathew and Zewei Chen both gave oral presentations at the 2021 AIChE Spring Meeting

Solar Energy Research Group member Swapnil Dattatray Deshmukh received the Outstanding Research Award 2021 from the College of Engineering. Congratulations, Swapnil!

Separations Research Group Member Jose Adrian Chavez Velasco, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Systematic Analysis Reveals Thermal Separations Are Not Necessarily Most Energy Intensive” was published in Joule.


Fall 2020


Energy Systems Research Group member Zewei Chen received the Bill Murray Fellowship for 2020-21 academic year. Congratulations Zewei!


Separations Research Group members Tony Joseph Mathew, Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty, Prof. Mohit Tawarmalani, and Prof. Rakesh Agrawal’s manuscript “Quickly Assess Distillation Columns” was published in Chemical Engineering Progress.


Solar Energy Research Group member Swapnil Deshmukh won the Second Place Award in the 2020 AIChE Graduate Student Award Competition in the Inorganic Chemistry Area. Congratulations Swapnil!


Separations Research Group member Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Radhakrishna!


Summer 2020


Tony Joseph Mathew received first place for his Oral Presentation in the Energy and Process Intensification & Biotechnology category, and won the Best Overall award, at the 29th Annual Symposium organized by Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization. Congratulations, Tony!


David Rokke received first place for his Oral Presentation in the Material Science category at the 29th Annual Symposium organized by Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization. Congratulations, David!


Solar Energy Research Group members David Rokke and Swapnil Deshmukh’s submissions to the 2020 Annual AIChE conference are accepted for an oral presentation and two Graduate Student Award Oral Presentations respectively.



 

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Purdue University
School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100

Graduate Students

Shubhanshu Agarwal
Fourth Year
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Solar Energy
Zewei Chen
Fourth Year
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Energy Systems
Zirui Fan
Second Year
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Solar Energy
Jhoan Ruiz
Second Year
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Solar Energy
Akash Sanjay Nogaja
Fourth Year
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Separations
Kiruba Catherine Vincent
Fourth Year
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Solar Energy
Edwin Rodriguez
Fifth Year
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Energy Systems
Juan Alban
Fourth Year
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Solar Energy

Robert Spilker
Fifth Year
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Solar Energy

Varsha
Fourth Year
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Energy Systems

Priyanshu Singh
First Year
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Separations

Parikshit Kadu
First Year
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Energy Systems

Postdoctoral Associates

       

Visiting and Undergraduate Researchers

Shriya Khandelwal
Solar Energy

Daniel Mora
Solar Energy

Matias Filloy
Solar Energy
Zion Andoh
Solar Energy
Lily Whitmoyer
Solar Energy
   

Former Doctoral Students

Name Appointment  
Dr. Anirudh Shenvi 2007-2012 In-2C-21px-R
Anna Murray 2018-2023 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Arun Giridhar 2005-2008 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Apurva Pradhan 2018-2023 In-2C-21px-R
Bethlehem Negash (M.S.) 2012-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Brian Graesar 2011-2017 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Bryce Walker 2009-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Caleb Miskin 2011-2016 In-2C-21px-R
Chinmay Joglekar (M.S.) 2011-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Chuck Hages 2010-2015 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Daniel Hayes 2019-2024 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. David Rokke 2016-2022 In-2C-21px-R
Deepika Sharma (M.S.) 2019-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Dhairya Metha 2009-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Dharik S. Mallapragada 2008-2013 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Easa Al-Musleh 2008-2014  
Dr. Emre Gencer 2011-2016 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Erik J. Sheets 2010-2015 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Essam Alruqobah 2015-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Gautham M. Ramapriya 2011-2016 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Grayson Ford 2006-2011 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Harshavardhan Choudhari 2009-2015 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Hye Yeon Park 2009-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Jonathan Turnley 2018-2023 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. John Degenstein 2011-2016 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Jose Adrian Chavez Velasco 2016-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Joseph Andler 2015-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Joshua Huff 2010-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Kevin Brew 2010-2015 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Kyle Weideman 2017-2022 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Mahaprasad Kar 2005-2010 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Mark Koeper 2012-2017 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Nathan Carter 2010-2015  
Dr. Navneet R. Singh 2005-2009 In-2C-21px-R
Peter W. Oladipopu (M.S.) 2017-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Piotr Gawecki 2008-2012 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Qijie Guo 2004-2009 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Radhakrishna Tumbalam Gooty 2015-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Robert Balow 2012-2015 In-2C-21px-R
Robert Boyne (M.S.) 2014-2016 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Rugved Pathare 2005-2010 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Ruihong Zhang 2012-2016 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Ryan Ellis 2015-2020 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Sara Yohe 2008-2012 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Steve Mcleod 2011-2017  
Dr. Swapnil Deshmukh 2015-2021 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Taufik Ridha 2014-2018 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Tony Joseph Mathew 2016-2021 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Vinod Kumar Venkatakrishnan 2009-2014 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Vishesh Shah 2006-2010 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Xin Zhao 2012-2017 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Zheyu Jiang 2015-2018 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Yiru Li 2015-2020 In-2C-21px-R

Former Postdoctoral Associates

Name Appointment
Dr. Shreyash Hadke 2021-2022 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Parham Mobed 2016-2018 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Caleb Miskin 2016-2017 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Grayson Ford 2011-2011 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Haibo Zhang 2010-TBD  
Dr. Qijie Guo 2009-2011 In-2C-21px-R
Dr. Ulaganathan Nallasivam 2010-2011 In-2C-21px-R

Former Undergraduate Researchers

Name Appointment
Alison Sofia Mesa Canizales 2022-2023
Izoduwa Aimiuwu 2022-2023
Naseeha Mohammed 2020-2023
Kevin Ng 2021-2023
Isabel Panicker 2022-2023
Devon Boone 2020
Cassie Campbell 2015-2016
Dwi Sutandar 2017-2020
Daw Gen Lim  
Gaurav Mittal  
Jacob Haines  
Jeremy Weinstock 2009
Jhoan Ruiz 2022
Jordan Grommet 2016
Journey Warner 2019-2020
Juan Munoz  
Lei Zhong  
Preston Fernandez 2016
Trey Sanfrey 2016
Yunjie Wang  
Aaron Gerber 2009
Ajay Raj 2010
Alvin Ang 2009
Andrew Nguyen 2010
Ankur Sarkar 2013-2014
Anthony Rogers 2009-TBD
Bethany Mcllrath 2015
Conner Davis 2014-2015
Cori Bucherl 2008-2009
Eduardo Garza 2010
Evan Hanley 2011
Gang Duan 2011-2012
Aaron Gerber 2009-TBD
James Meyer 2011-2012
Jarod Goh 2009
Jeremy Zeller 2009
Karim Chakroun 2014
Kevin Bock 2014-2015
Kyle King 2010
Luis Jimenez 2014
Matt Clifford 2010
Mingxuan Lu 2014-2015
Mohammed Al-kaki 2009-TBD
Naseeha Mohammed 2019-2020
Piyasit Wongareesanti 2010
Pulak Sharma 2007
Sakinah Jabar 2019-2020
Samantha Hahn 2010
Samantha Langdon 2022
Seonghyuk (Nic) Cho 2014-2015
Stephen Szczepaniak 2012,2014
Tyler Tekyl 2011
Tahsin Choudhury 2009
Vijay Raj 2011
Vlad Curteanu 2007
William Borror 2008-2009
Xiaojing (Jenny) Li 2015
Ye Yuan 2011-2012
Yelena Dracheva 2007
Yoongyeong Jeong 2019-2020
Yoo Rang Heo 2010
Yusheng Zhu 2015

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