Team Alumni

Former Graduate Students


Yaakov Idell
PhD MSE (8/2014) 
National Research Council Fellow
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithisburgh, MD, USA

Giovanni Facco
PhD MSE (8/2013) 
Now Materials Engineer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Licensing Division

Xiahan Sang
PhD MSE (7/2012) 
Now Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Andreas Kulovits
PhD MSE (4/2007) 
Scientific Staff Member, Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA 

Amal Al-Ghaferi
PhD MSE (12/2006) 
Assistant Professor - Materials Science and Engineering
aalghaferi@masdar.ac.ae
Tel: +971 2 810 9103

Anirudha Deshpande
PhD MSE (10/2005) 
Project Leader - Design Engineer,
TCO-High Intensity Discharge
GE (Lighting Technology)
Willoughby, OH 44094
Tel:  216-266-4135
Email: anirudha.deshpande@ge.com

Hasan Kotan
MS MSE (4/2010) 
Now Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Lynn Oswald
MS MSE (4/2003) 
Metallurgical Engineer,
Alcoa Inc
4879 State St, Bettendorf, IA 52722, USA
563-459-2000
Email: Lynn.Oswald@alcoa.com

Abhishek Gupta
MS MSE (8/2001) 
Marketing Manager
United Parcel Service, Inc
Atlanta, GA

Former postdoctoral associates, visiting professors, fellows, scholars, and notable undergraduate researchers


Dr. Huiping Xu
Senior Materials Characterization Specialist
Matco Services Inc
100 Business Ctr Dr
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
Tel.: 412 788 1263 x11

Dr. Kun Xie
Associate Professor
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Shandong University of Science and Technology
Qingdao 266590, China
Tel.: +86 532 88032635
Email.:  Xie.kun@126.com

Dr. Xiahan Sang
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
North-Carolina State University
Tel.: 919 513 8003
Xsang@ncsu.edu

Dr. Andreas Kulovits
Scientific Staff Member, Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA 

Dr. Helge Heinrich
Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Tel: 407 823 1884
Helge.Heinrich@ucf.edu

Dr. Blagoy Pantchev
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Dr. Parvaneh Danesh
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Dr. Jozsef Csizmadia
College of Dunaújváros,
Táncsics M. str. 1
H-2400 Dunaújváros, Hungary

Dr. Tarek El-Ashram
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Port Said University, Egypt

Dr. Paul Ohodnicki, jr.
Scientist
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Adjunct Faculty MSE CMU

Dr. Bryan Webler
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Wean Hall 4317
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
webler@cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-2675
Fax: (412) 268-7596

Dr. Vincent Sokalski
Assistant Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Wean Hall 4301
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
sokalski@cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-8628
Fax: (412) 268-7596

Dr. Adam Wise
Scanning Probe and Facilities Specialist
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
Roberts Hall 232 (412) 268-4034
adamwise@cmu.edu