Graduate Student

Xuezhong Niu

1st-year Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, East China Normal University (2023)
  • B.S. Optoelectronics, Qingdao University (2020)

About Me

  • Research Interest: 2D circuits; semiconductor devices.
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Anime, Hiking; Traveling and reading.

Tuhina Saxena

1st-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India (2023)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Design and synthesis of 2D materials for wearable energy harvesting
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Walking, Good food, and Music

Pedro Henrique de Souza Barbosa

2nd-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Campinas (2022)
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia (2018)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Eco-friendly energy harvesting; Long-lasting self-powered devices; Social innovation and human-centered nanomanufacturing.
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Pastry; Dancing; Going to the movies or the theatre; Traveling and knowing other cultures.

Robert Ccorahua

3rd-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M. E. Materials Science and Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru (2017)
  • B. S. Biotechnology, National University of San Marcos, Peru (2013)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Synthesis and holistic integration of 2D materials, Nanomanufacturing of self-powered wearable sensors, Human/plant-machine interfaces, Materials chemistry fundamentals.
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Skiing, football, music.

Jing Jiang

4th-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M. S. Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2020)
  • B. S. Powder Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University (2018)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Design and Nanomanufacturing of self-powered wearable sensors, Hydrothermal Synthesis
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Reading

Meng Hao Lee

4th-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M. S. Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara (2020)
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (2019)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Scalable manufacturing of 2D materials for wearable devices, Synthesis of novel 2D materials for electronic devices
  • Hobby Outside Lab: basketball, badminton, music, mixology, traveling

Don Kavitha Perera

2nd-year Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M. S. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University (2022)
  • B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (2020)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Advanced Nano-Manufacturing Techniques for Human-Integrated Wearable Sensors and Specially Coordinated UAV Based Spray Coating for Rapid Manufacturing
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Travelling, Hiking, Watching F1

Nachiket Vatkar

3rd-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (2021)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Design and Nanomanufacturing of self-powered wearable sensors
  • Hobby Outside Lab: Bouldering, Soccer and working on my car

Mingyi Wang

5th-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering (dual with Electrical and Computer Engineering), Purdue University

Education

  • B. E. Functional Materials, Donghua University (2019)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Semiconductor physics, Microelectronics, Two-dimensional materials, and Simulations
  • Hobby Outside Lab: YouTube, Netflix, & Table Tennis.

Shujia Xu

5th-year Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Education

  • M. S. Biomedical Engineering, Sun-Yat Sen University (2018)
  • B. S. Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology (2015)

About Me

  • Research Interest: Design and Nanomanufacturing of self-powered wearable sensors
  • Hobby Outside Lab: tennis, music