The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science is proud to recognize and congratulate our doctoral students who successfully defended their dissertations during the month of April.
These achievements reflect the students’ dedication, innovation, and significant research contributions across a wide range of areas within chemical engineering and materials science. The department commends each student for reaching this important academic milestone and thanks their faculty advisors, committee members, mentors, and collaborators for their continued guidance and support.
April Dissertation Defenses
Ruru Ma
Dissertation Title: Structure and Dynamics in Alkali Hydroxide Aqueous Solutions and Ferroelectric van der Waals Materials: Quantum Molecular Dynamics Studies
Advisor: Dr. Priya Vashishta
Boxin Zhang
Dissertation Title: Applications of Transient Plasma in Clean Energy Combustion and Soot Remediation, and Plasmon-enhanced Electrolyte-Free Water Splitting
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Cronin
Shantanu Singh
Advisor: Dr. Jayakanth Ravichandran
Harish Kumarasubramanian
Dissertation Title: Towards robust ferroelectricity in thin epitaxial BaTiO₃ capacitors
Advisor: Dr. Jayakanth Ravichandran
Nima Daneshvarnejad
Dissertation Title: IoT-Enabled Static Flux Chamber Monitoring System for Methane Detection from Plugged and Unplugged Abandoned Wells
Advisor: Dr. Iraj Ershaghi
Juhee Kim
Dissertation Title: Mechanistic Studies of Biological Membrane Oxidation and Interactions with Graphene Quantum Dots
Advisor: Dr. Wade Zeno
We look forward to celebrating our students’ continued accomplishments and future success.
Congratulations to all of our students on these outstanding achievements!