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Principal Investigator
Students
Alumni

Principal Investigator

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 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 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 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 Education B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017 Interests antibacterial surfaces Email: ude.ttip@901gja
	Zhengyu Xu Education B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology. 2016 Interests silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes Email: ude.ttip@82xhz
	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 Education B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2021 Interests Antireflective, superamphiphobic surfaces Email: ude.hcetag@civosamotl
	Michael Magnotti Education GED, Baldwin High School. 2019 Interests Industrial Engineering Email: ten.sloohcswb@mittongam91
	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