Team

Patrick Faue

Credentials: BS Physics, MS Mechanical Engineering

Position title: PhD Candidate

Email: faue@wisc.edu

Mahmudul Hassan

Credentials: BS, MS Mechanical Engineering

Position title: PhD Candidate

Email: mhassan22@wisc.edu

Rogelio Herrera

Credentials: BS, MS Mechanical Engineering; BA Political Science

Position title: PhD Candidate

Email: Rherrera@wisc.edu

Zahra Lotfizarei

Credentials: BS, MS Mechanical Engineering

Position title: PhD Candidate

Email: lotfizarei@wisc.edu

Shardul Shrikhande

Credentials: BS, MS Mechanical Engineering

Position title: PhD Candidate

Email: sshrikhande@wisc.edu

Manisha Yerranagu

Credentials: BS Mechanical Engineering

Position title: Masters Student

Email: yerranagu@wisc.edu

Nicholas Able

Credentials: MS 2005

Position title: Lead Systems Engineer - Air & Gas Solutions, Ingersoll Rand (Davidson, NC)

Hemant Agiwal

Credentials: PhD 2022

Position title: Senior Scientist - Metals, Raphe MPhibr Private Limited (India)

Mohammad Ali Ansari

Credentials: PhD 2022

Position title: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Simulations Engineer, JUUL Labs

Hassan Ali

Credentials: MS 2018

Position title: System Engineer, Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA)

Bandar Aloyaydi

Credentials: PhD 2017

Position title: Assistant Professor, Qassim University (Saudi Arabia)

Allie Boyat

Credentials: MS 2011

Position title: Process Development Engineering Manager, Boston Scientific (Maple Grove, MN)

WoongJo Choi

Credentials: PhD 2018

Position title: Material Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA)

Edward Cole

Credentials: PhD 2013

Position title: Director, Innovations & Technology - ENA, Norsk Hydro (Troy, MI)

Klevin D’Cunha

Credentials: MS 2011

Position title: Senior Staff Business Process Analyst, Illumina (San Diego, CA)

Jaymalya Deb

Credentials: MS 2006

Position title: Division Materials Manager, Parker Hannifin (Dallas, TX)

Aishwarya Deshpande

Credentials: PhD 2025

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University

Axel Fehrenbacher

Credentials: PhD 2012

Position title: Head of R&D Laser Applications Micro, Trumpf Laser GmbH (Germany)

Daniel Franke

Credentials: PhD 2021

Position title: Materials Scientist, U.S. Forest Products Lab (Madison, WI)

Gilbert Haddad

Credentials: MS 2009 UW-Madison; PhD 2011 University of Maryland

Position title: Head of ASR- Research and CIO, Fidelity Investments (New York, NY)

Patrick Heaney

Credentials: PhD 2009

Position title: Founder & President of NCD Technologies, LLC (Madison, WI)

Marcus Jackson

Credentials: PhD 2020

Position title: Materials and Process Engineer II - Additive Manufacturing, Blue Origin (Seattle, WA)

Benjamin Jasperson

Credentials: MS 2010 UW-Madison; PhD 2024 UIUC

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Yongho Jeon

Credentials: PhD 2008

Position title: Professor, Ajou University (South Korea)

Sinan Kesriklioglu

Credentials: PhD 2018

Position title: Assistant Professor, Mus Alparslan University (Turkey)

Joshua Lemiesz

Credentials: MS 2022

Position title: Project Engineer, Oshkosh Defense (Oshkosh, WI)

Xin Liu

Credentials: PhD 2024

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Intact Solutions, Inc. (Madison, WI)

Chao Ma

Credentials: MS 2012 UW-Madison; PhD 2015 UCLA

Position title: Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Blair Martin

Credentials: MS 2013

Eric Meunier

Credentials: MS 2012

Position title: Game Designer, Jersey Jack Pinball (Stremwood, IL)

Justin Morrow

Credentials: PhD 2015

Position title: Assistant Professor (Research Track), University of Cincinnati

Sriram Muralidharan

Credentials: MS 2015

Position title: Product Lead AI/ML, Commure (Mountain View, CA)

Paul Nelson

Credentials: MS 2005

Position title: Operations Manager, Pentair (Milwaukee, WI)

Tyler Perry

Credentials: PhD 2008

Position title: Senior Engineering Manager - Photonic Test, Seagate Technology LLC (St Paul, MN)

Jeb Phillips

Credentials: MS 2015

Position title: Software Engineer, Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI)

Behzad 'Buzz' Rankouhi

Credentials: PhD 2021

Position title: Research Scientist II, UW-Madison

Kurt Reinhardt

Credentials: MS 2021

Position title: Automation Laboratory Coordinator, UW-Platteville

Brodan Richter

Credentials: PhD 2021

Position title: Research Materials Engineer, NASA Langley

Melvin Rodenhurst

Credentials: MS 2015

Position title: Project Manager, Apollo Mechanical Contractors (Seattle, WA)

Joshua Schmale

Credentials: MS 2012

Position title: Senior Mechanical Engineer, Edge Focus Design (Middleton, WI)

Amber Shrivastava

Credentials: PhD 2016

Position title: Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay (India)

Ted Shultz

Credentials: PhD 2010

Position title: Engineer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Lexington, MA)

Paras Singh

Credentials: MS 2018

Position title: OpEx Program Manager, Medtronic (Tempe, AZ)

Bryce Smith

Credentials: MS 2010

Position title: Manufacturing Engineer, Sandia National Laboratory

Jayadheer Taduvai

Credentials: MS 2015

Position title: New Product Introduction Program Manager - Pixel, Google (Mountain View, CA)

Christopher Torres

Credentials: PhD 2011

Position title: Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer, Northrup Grumman (Chandler, AZ)

Keith Tschohl

Credentials: MS 2006

Position title: Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM)

Madhu Vadali

Credentials: PhD 2013

Position title: Associate Professor, IIT Gandhinagar (India)

Qinghua Wang

Credentials: MS 2015 UW-Madison; PhD 2020 Iowa

Position title: Associate Professor, Southeast University (China)

Derek Wissmiller

Credentials: MS 2006 UW-Madison; PhD 2009 Iowa State

Position title: Director of Strategic Analytics, GTI Energy (Des Plaines, IL)

Dennis Wolf

Credentials: MS 2009

Position title: R&D Engineer Service Analytics, Trumpf Laser GmbH (Germany)

Zachary Youngberg

Credentials: MS 2020

Position title: Project Engineer, General Atomics (San Diego, CA)