Group
Current
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Jonathan D. Posner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Adjunct
Email: jposner[a]uw.edu
Phone: 206.543.9834
Hometown: Cambridge, Mass.
Jeffrey Moran
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
NSF Graduate Fellow
jlmoran[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Denver, CO
Nathan Marine
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
SFAZ Graduate Fellow
namarine[a]asu.edu
Hometown: Litchfield Park, AZ
Charles Corredor
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
Ford Foundation Graduate Fellow
NSF Graduate Fellow
corredor[a]uw.edu
Hometown: New York, NY
Babak Yaghoubi Moghadam
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
babakym[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Mark D. Borysiak
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
mborysi[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Sylvania, OH
Jianzhu Yin
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
yinjz[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Dalian, China
Allison F. Pinto
Undergraduate Research Assistant
reverie[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Bellevue, WA
William Walker
Undergraduate Research Assistant
walkew[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Kelly Connelly
Undergraduate Research Assistant
kellycon[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Bellevue, WA
Zhenya Yuferova
Undergraduate Research Assistant
ey13[a]uw.edu
Hometown: Ekaferinburg, Russia
Alumni
Wen-Che Hou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Now: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA
Hometown: Pingtung, Taiwan
Kiril Hristovski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Now: Assistant Professor at ASU Polytechnic, Mesa, AZ
Hometown: Skopje, Macedonia
James (Jung-Yeul) Jung, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Korean Research Foundation Fellow
Now: Assistant Professor Kyung Hee University
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Juan Tibaquira, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 5/2010
Fulbright Fellow
“Reclaiming Water From Energy Generation Technologies”
Now: Associate Prof. at Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira
Hometown: Pereira, Colombia
Kamil Salloum, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 11/2010
Fulton Fellow
“Membraneless Microfluidic Fuel Cells”
Now: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
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Philip Wheat, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 5/2011
NSF Graduate Fellow, Fulton Fellow
“Collective behavior of swimming bimetallic motors in chemical concentration gradients”
Now: 2nd Leutenant, US Marine Corps.
Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona
Steven A Klein, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 6/2011
Fulton Fellow
“Volumetric particle velocimetry for microscale flows”
Now: Packaging Engineer at Intel Corp., Chandler, AZ
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Michael Schroeder
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
“Radial Flow Electroosmotic Pump Architectures”
Graduated: 2010
Now: Intel Corp., Chandler, AZ
Guru Navaneetham
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
“Electrokinetic Instabilities of Non-dilute Colloidal Suspensions”
Graduated: 2007
Now: Currently at Lincus Energy Inc.
Abhishek Jain
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
“Continuous Hydrodynamic Separation In a Pinched Microchannel”
Graduated: 2007
Now: Bioengineering Ph.D. program at Boston University
Carlos Perez
Graduate Research Assistant
SFAz Graduate Fellow
Hometown: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Jesse Ault
NSF NNIN REU Student
Hometown: LaPorte, IN
Christine Burdett
NSF NNIN REU Student
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Erin Peck
FURI Student
Camille Metzinger
FURI Student
Meagan Haugo
FURI Student
Jamie Baack
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Kurtis Townsend
FURI Student
Ryan Till
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Deceased, 2007
Joshua James
FURI Student
Matt Carroll
FURI Student
Hometown: Martinez, CA
Jesse Butterfield
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hometown: Auburn, WA
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Colin Jenkel
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hometown: Issaquah, WA
Rachel Benton
NSF NNIN REU Student
Hometown: Woodbridge, VA
