University of Pittsburgh

Principal Investigator

PaulLeu

Paul W. Leu

Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. 2008
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University.

Awards
2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2016 IISE UPS Minority Advancement Award
2012 Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2012 Pitt Innovation in Education Award
2006 Harvey Fellow
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Office: Benedum 1004
Phone: (412) 624-9834
Email: ude.ttip@uelp

Students

Imrul Kayes

Imrul Kayes

Education
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015
B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. 2011

Interests
silicon nanowires, antibacterial surfaces

Email: mdk56@pitt.edu
Ziyu Zhou

Ziyu Zhou

Education
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University. 2015
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Science. 2013

Interests
light trapping simulation, carbon nanotubes

Email: ude.ttip@uohz.uyiz
Sajad Haghanifar

Sajad Haghanifar

Education
M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Sharif University. 2012
B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Sharif University. 2010

Interests
hazy glass

Email: ude.ttip@571has
Anthony Galante

Anthony Galante

Education
B.S. in Industrial  Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Interests
antibacterial surfaces

Email: ude.ttip@901gja
Zhengyu Xu

Zhengyu Xu

Education
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology. 2016

Interests
silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes

Email: ude.ttip@82xhz
Sooraj Sharma

Sooraj Sharma

Education
B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2020

Interests
Silicon, semiconductors, solar cells, omniphobic surfaces, nanotechnology

Email: ude.ttip@94sps

Lucas Tomasovic

Lucas Tomasovic

Education
B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2021

Interests
Antireflective, superamphiphobic surfaces

Email: ude.hcetag@civosamotl

Michael Magnotti

Michael Magnotti

Education
GED, Baldwin High School. 2019

Interests
Industrial Engineering

Email: ten.sloohcswb@mittongam91

Andrew Macgowan

Andrew Macgowan

Education
MEng in Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford. 2020

Interests
Renewable energy sources

Email: ku.ca.xo.loillab@nawogcam.werdna

Alumni

Mohamed Kashkoush

Now at Peptilogics and UPMC Presbyterian

Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh. 2021

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Bradley Pafchek

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2018

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Danielle Kline

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2019

Maxwell Lindsay

B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2018

Rafael Rodriguez

B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2019

Tongchuan Gao

Now at Mattson Technology.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016
B.S. in Materials Science, Tsinghua University. 2011

Baomin Wang

Now a postdoc at Penn State.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2012
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University. 2010

Sean McCarthy

Now at Mitsubishi Electric Power Products.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Rithika Reddy

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Thomas Werkmeister

Now a PhD student at Harvard.

B.S. in Engineering Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Lincoln Walton

B.S. in Engineering Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Miriam Rathbun

Now a PhD student at MIT.

B.S. in Engineering Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Erica Stevens (co-advised with Jung-kun Lee)

Now at University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program.

B.S. in Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Donald Voland

Now at Powerex Inc.

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Brendan O'Brien

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2014

Dalton Hale

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Rodney Kizito

Now at University of Tennessee PhD Program.

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Arpit Ajmanji

Now at JP Morgan Chase.

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2014
M.Sc.(Honors) in Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani. 2010
B.S.(Honors) in Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani. 2010

Cheng Du

Now at Schlumberger.

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2014
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan--Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute. 2012

Ibrahim Chebib

Now at Carnegie Mellon Business School MBA program.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Jesse Randall (co-advised with Jung-kun Lee)

B.S. in Engineering Physics, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Peter Brendel

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Ryan Hays

Now at PNC.

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2012

Nithin Krishna

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, SRM University. 2012
Masters in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Rebecca (Terry) Graupman

Now at LMI.

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2011