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Home > People > Former Students and Scholars > Distinguishing Themselves in Industry

Distinguishing Themselves in Industry and Research Laboratories Throughout the World

*Former graduate students and postdocs as of :

2006

Xu Geng, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "Some Applications of Gas and Vapor Bubbles"

Derek Warner, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. St. Francis University
Dissertation:  "Uncovering Deformation Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Metals through Simulations"
Present Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University

Stuart Chester, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland - Baltimore
Dissertation:  "On Dynamic Modeling for Multiscale Turbulence Problems"
Present Position: Northrop Grumman

Jin Seob Kim, Ph.D.  Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. Seoul National University
Dissertation:  "A Group Theoretic and Statistical Mechanical Treatment of Chainlike Structures"
Present Position:  Post Doctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University

James Kinsey, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. SUNY at Stony Brook
Dissertation:  "Advances in Precision Navigation of Oceanographic Submersibles"
Present Position:  Post Doctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Xiaozhen Lu, Ph.D.  Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Science and Technology of China
Dissertation:  "Numerical Simulation and Axial Stability Analysis of Vertical Slug Flow"

Luka Luznik, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dissertation:  "Turbulence Characteristics of a Tidally Driven Bottom Boundary Waves of the Coastal Ocean"
Present Position:  Post Doctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University

Lin Pei, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  ""A Numerical Model for Contact Between Fractal Rough Surfaces"
Present Position:  Post Doctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University

Adam Schuyler, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Williams College
Dissertation:  "Computational Mechanics of Macromolecules and Nanotubes"

Binze Yang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University,B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "Numerical Studies of Single Gas and Vapor Bubble Flows

2005

Jake Abbott, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Utah State University/M.S. University of Utah
Dissertation:  "Virtual Fixtures for Bilateral Telemanipulation"
Present Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Zurich

Jun Chen, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dissertation:  "Experimental Study of Turbulence Under Planar Straining and Destraining, and Elimination of the Peak Locking Error in PIV Analysis Using the Correlation Mapping Method."
Present Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Yi-Chih Chow, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University
Dissertation:  "PIV Measurements of Flow Structure and Turbulence in a Rotor Wake Within a Multistage Turbomachine"

Alexandru Patriciu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Craiova
Dissertation:  "Robot Control in Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures"
Present Position:  Staff Scientist, National Institute of Health Clinical Center

Janelle Vorreiter, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of California/M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Dissertation:  "Analytical and Numerical Investigations of Bubble Behavior in Electric Fields"

2004

Zhizhong Yin, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Zhejiang University
Dissertation:  "Microbubbles and Their Microfluidic Applications"
Present Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering

Haitao Zhang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Beijing Institute of Technology
Dissertation:  "Fabrications, High-Strain Rate Constitutive Behavior and Dynamic Failure of MMCs"
Present Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas - Austin

Yu Zhou, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. Nanjing University
Dissertation:  "Stochastic Modeling and Inverse Problems in Robotics and Biomolecular Mechanics"

2003

Qiaoning Chen, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "Helical and Rotating Turbulence in Three Dimensions"

Michael Glynn, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Villanova University
Dissertation:  "Numerical Investigations of Failure in EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coating"

Qinjun Kang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Flow in Porous Media"

Moon Ki Kim, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Seoul National University
Dissertation:  "Elastic Network Models of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics"

Keizo Miyahara, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Kobe University
Dissertation:  "A General Kinematic Synthesis Method for Discreetly Actuated Robotic Manipulators"

Xiaobo Nie, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "Mechanical Properties of Diffusion Aluminide Bond Coats for Thermal Barrier Coatings"

Deng Pan, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. National University of Defense Technology
Dissertation:  "Simulations of Granular Flow and Micro-Flow"

2002

Xuemei Chen, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "Damping Processes in the Oscillations of Gas Bubbles in Tubes and Numerical Simulations of Bubble Removal by a Submerged Needle."

Yue Hao, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Tsinghua University/M.S. Israel Institute of Technology
Dissertation:  "Numerical Studies of Gas and Vapor Bubble Phenomena"

Kamili Jackson, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Dissertation:  "The Mechanical Properties of 3C Thin-Fil Silicon Carbide"

Bernard Koehr, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S.  U.S. Naval Academy
Dissertation:  "An Experimental Study of the Mechanism of Air Entrainment by Planar Liquid Jest as a Free Surface"

David Smallwood, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Miami
Dissertation:  "Advances in Dynamical Modeling and Control of Underwater Robotic Vehicles"

Xiaongjun Wu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering/M.S.E. Tianjin University
Dissertation:  "Flow Structure, Mixing and Droplet Production in a Fuel-Water Stratified Shear Layer"

Xiaoyi Wu, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of Science and Technology of China/M.S. Tsinghua University
Dissertation:  "The Dynamic Growth of a Void in a Viscoplastic Material"

2001

Umang Anand, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Dissertation:  "Prevention of Nozzle Wear in Abrasive Water Suspension Jets Using Porous Lubricated Nozzles"

Ralf Bachmayer, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Universitaet Karlsruhe
Dissertation:  "Advances in Nonlinear Dynamical Modeling and Control of Marine Thruster:  Theory and Experiment"

Etienne Besnoin, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. Université de Havre
Dissertation:  "Numerical Study of Thermoacoustic Heat Exchangers"

Dexin Jia, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S. University of National Science and Technology
Dissertation:  "The Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials"

Eric Kang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. info to come
Dissertation:  "Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Grooved Channel"

Sergey Karpov, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. info to come
Dissertation:  "Nonlinear Phenomena in Thermo-Acoustics and Bubbly Liquids"

Jaydeep Roy, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S.info to come
Dissertation:  "Force Controlled Robots:  Design, Analysis, Control, and Applications"

David Stein, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, B.S./M.S. info to come
Dissertation:  "Design of a Spherical Stepper Motor System"