VILLANOVA MECHANICAL ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ AMBASSADORS
The following professionals either graduated with their PhD degree after concentrating in the ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ Mechanical Engineering program, or they are former Postdoctoral Associates who worked with ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ Mechanical Engineering researchers. They have volunteered to support the program in various ways. Interested PhD applicants can contact Ambassadors using the email addresses provided below.
Dr. Lu An
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Gang Feng
PhD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL)
lan15villanova@gmail.com
Dr. Khaled Asfar
Former Postdoctoral Associate
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ Mentor: Dr. C. Nataraj
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: Jordan University of Science and Technology
kasfar@just.edu.jo
Dr. Guanglei Chen
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Calvin Li
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer
Current Employment: Power Solutions Group, Amphenol Communication Solutions
guanglei.chen12@gmail.com
Dr. Ahmet Demirtas
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Ani Ural
PhD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Merck
ahmet.demirtas@merck.com
Dr. Turki Haj Mohamad
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. C. Nataraj
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: PARC, Xerox, Palo Alto, CA
tmohamad@parc.com
Dr. Masoud Khadem
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Aaron Wemhoff
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer and Materials
Current Employment: Daikin Applied
masoud.khadem@daikinapplied.com
Dr. Ji Lang
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Qianhong Wu
PhD Research Area: Fluid Mechanics
Current Employment: Southeast University of China
jilang@seu.edu.cn
Dr. Xiaosong Liu
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Gang Feng
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer and Materials
Current Employment: Surface Science Group, Oxford Suzhou Center For Advanced Research
Xiaosong.liu@oxford-oscar.cn
Dr. Aleksandra Mitrovic
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Garrett Clayton
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: Western Digital
Aleksandra.Mitrovic@wdc.com
Dr. Peiman Naseradmousavi
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. C. Nataraj
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: San Diego State University
peiman.n.mousavi@gmail.com
Dr. Qiuyun Wang
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Qianhong Wu
PhD Research Area: Fluid Mechanics
Current Employment: Google
Qiuyunwang2@gmail.com
Dr. Yaohui Wang
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Ani Ural
PhD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Robert Morris University
wangy@rmu.edu
Dr. Di Zhang
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Gang Feng
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer and Materials
Current Employment: Valparaiso University
di.zhang@valpo.edu
Dr. Dong Zhou
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Bo Li
hD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Guangzhou Tinci Materials Co., Ltd.
dzhou2@villanova.edu
Dr. Zenghao Zhu
ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Qianhong Wu
PhD Research Area: Fluid Mechanics
Current Employment: Life Science Group, Thornton Tomasetti
zenghaozhu@hotmail.com
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
RONALD WARZOHA
Title: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy
Research Focus: Nanoscale thermal transport
SEBASTIAN ARAYA
Title: Thermal Engineer, Data Center Architecture and Engineering, Salesforce
Research Focus: Comprehensive study of organic rankine cycles (ORC) as waste-heat recovery systems for data centers
YUE SCHUMAN
Title: Applications Scientist, TA Instruments
Research Focus:  Materials development and characterization on materials ranging from nanoparticle thin films to graphene and graphene-based phase change material composites