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Yuxiang (Shawn) Liu
\nPh.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
\n(full CV<\/a> updated 08\/2013)<\/p>\n

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Hamed\u00a0<\/a>Ghavami\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mucheng Li\u00a0<\/a>
\n(MS in ME, Univ. of Tehran, Joined in 2023)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (MS in ME, WPI. Joined group in 2018 as a \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MS student)<\/p>\n

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Yan Wu<\/a>\n(Joined in Spring 2024)<\/pre>\n
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Taran Kaylor<\/a> (BS\/MS in ME at WPI)<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Wendy Lu<\/a><\/p>\n
Colby Hales<\/a><\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Alumni<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Name \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In the group \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Position afterwards\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Hamed Jafarishad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Graduated in Summer 2025 (PhD)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 GE HealthCare<\/p>\n
Yan Shen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Graduated in Summer 2025 (PhD)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Meta<\/p>\n
Yundong Ren\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 summer 2013 — 2019 (PhD)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc at Dartmouth Corllege
\nChristian Rossi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 summer 2018 — Dec. 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Engineer at Corning
\n(Community college student)
\nChaoyang Ti\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Aug. 2013 – Dec 2018 (PhD)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Postdoc at Boston University
\nMatthew DeBenedictis\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May 2017 — May 2019 (BS\/MS in ME)
\nRui Zhang\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 May 2014 – July 2018 (MS in ME)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Analog Devices, Inc.
\nSubhrodeep Ray\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jan 2017 — May 2018 (MS in ME)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 PhD student at Temple University
\nYiming Lei\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Summer 2016 — May 2018 (MS in MTE)
\nThai Dinh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May 2016 — May 2018 (WPI undergrad)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0PhD at Stony Brook University
\nJingqiang Ning\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May 2015 — May 2016\u00a0(WPI undergrad)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0PhD at GaTech
\nTianchang Gu\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May-Sep 2015 (WPI MQP)
\nZhijie Wang\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May-Sep 2015 (WPI MQP)
\nMarcel Christiaa Gietzmann-Sanders Oct 2013 – Sep 2015 (WPI Undergrad Researcher)
\nFayez Abdullah Alfayez\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Aug 2014 – May, 2015 (WPI MQP)
\nJoseph Michael Brown\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Aug 2014 – May, 2015 (WPI MQP)
\nMercedes Destine Brown\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Aug 2014 – May, 2015 (WPI MQP)
\nJessica Chang\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May-June, 2014 (Bancroft High School Coop)
\nJenny Markees\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 May-June, 2014\u00a0(Bancroft High School Coop)
\nPaul Friedman\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May-June, 2014\u00a0(Bancroft High School Coop)<\/p>\n
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