Nanostructured Energy Systems Lab(NESLab)

Dr. Saeed Moghaddam
Knox T. Millsaps Professor
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Phone +1-352-392-0889
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Post Doc

Name: Dr. Richard Rode
Current Status: Post Doc
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ BS, Physics, University of West Florida, U.S.
Research Area: Ionic liquid characterization and application, Graphene oxide Infiltration applications

Name: Dr. Sumit Raj
Current Status: Post Doc
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
♦ M. Tech, Mechnical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, India
♦ B.E, Mechnical Engineering, Nagpur Univerisity, India
Research Area: Phase change heat transfer, Flow boiling through microchannels, Boiling instabilities

Graduate

Name: Ashwani Verma
Current Status: PhD Mechnical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ M. Tech, Mechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
♦ B.Tech, Mechnical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, India
Research Area: Multi-phase heat transfer, energy management and energy conversion technologies, Ionic-liquids, Surfactants

Name: Adam Kriz
Current Status: PhD, Aerospace Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ BAEM, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, U.S.
Research Area: Microfabrication, Heat and mass transfer in Micro/Nanoscale, Boiling heat transfer, Thin film evaporations

Name: Suhas Rao Tamvada
Current Status: PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illnois Chicago, U.S.
♦ BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Research Area: Surface engineering, multi-phase heat transport, microfabrication

Name: Rohit M Bhagwat
Current Status: MS, Mechanical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, India
Research Area: Absorption Cooling Systems

Name: Aniruddh Shekhawat
Current Status: PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ MS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ BS, Chemical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (NIT-Surat), India
Research Area: Ferroelectric HfO2 for low power and scalable Non-Volatile Logic/Memory devices like Ferroelectric Tunnel Junction

Name: Meisam Habibi
Current Status: PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, Razi University, Iran
Research Area: Microfabrication, Heat and mass transfer in Micro/Nanoscale, Boiling heat transfer, Thin film evaporation

Name: Chen Li
Current Status: MS, Materials Science and Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Worchester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.
♦ BS, Polymer Materials and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Research Area: Surface Science, Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Name: Sidharth Sanadhya
Current Status: PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ MT, Advanced Materials Science, National Institute of Technology, India
♦ BT, Mechanical Engineering, Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology, India
Research Area: Performance analysis of cooling systems

Name: Raju
Current Status: PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Prior Education:
♦ M-Tech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India
♦ B-Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Himachal Pradesh Technical University, India
Research Area: Fabrication and Experimental Evaluation of Absorption Refrigeration Systems

Under-Graduate

Name: Elizabeth A. Valdes
Current Status: BS, Mechanical Engineering

Research Area: Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electroysis

Name: Kateryna Gorbanovska
Current Status: BS, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Area: Graphene Oxide Water Filtration Membranes

Alumni

Name: Dr. Abdolreza Fazeli
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Applied Materials


NESLab 2011-2018
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
Research Area: Bubble and surface interactions, nanochannels, hydrophobicity

Name: Dr. Chang Peng
Post-doctoral Researcher
North Carolina State University


NESLab 2014-2018
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Research Areas: Piezoelectric materials, Ultrasonics, Electrokinetic dewatering

Name: Dr. Mehdi Mortazavi
Senior Mechanical Engineer
ASML


NESLab 2011-2016
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconson, U.S.
♦ MS, Polymer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
♦ BS, Polymer Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic, Iran
Research Area: Surface science, microfabrication

Name: Dr. Sajjad Bigham
Assistant Professor
Michigan Technological University


NESLab 2012-2016
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guilan, Iran
Research Areas: Experimental and numerical investigation of two-phase flow in microscales

Name: Dr. Rasool Nasr
Director of Product Innovation
Dais Analytic

NESLab 2010-2014
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
♦ BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
Research Area: Absorption refrigeration, nano/micro heat and mass transfer

Name: Dr. Sai Tej
Advanced Materials
Intel


NESLab 2010-2016
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ B.E. (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani-Goa, India
Research Areas: Interfacial heat and mass transfer, phase change

Name: Dr. Devesh Chugh Process Development Engineer
Intel


NESLab 2013-2017
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
Research Area: Developing water heater-dehumidifer using membrane based absorption technology

Name: Dr. Abhilash Paneri
Process Integration R & D Engineer
IMEC

NESLab 2011-2015
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ M. Sc. (Hons.), Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, India
♦ B.E. (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India
Research Area: Mass transport through nanochannels, graphene oxide membranes

Name: Dr. Qanit Takmeel
Senior Process Engineer
Applied Materials


NESLab 2010-2016
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ B. Tech, Ceramic Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
Research Areas: Catalysis, surface chemistry, triple phase boundaries

Name: Dr. Reid Shaeffer
Research Engineer
Sandia National Lab



NESLab 2013-2016
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ BS (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
Research Area: Absorption refrigeration, cryogenic​ heat transfer

Name: Dr. Travis Hu
Assistant Professor
Cal. State University - LA
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

NESLab 2013-2014
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, U.S.
Research Area: Solid mechanics, biomaterials, nanotechnology

Name: Dr. Yijing Stehle
Assistant Professor
Sichaun University-Pittsburh Institute (SCUPI)

NESLab 2010-2011
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, U.S.
Research Areas: Nanomaterials, thin films, electrochemical materials

Name: Dr. Dazhi Yu
Development Engineer
ADINA CFD

Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
Research Areas: Computational fluid dynamics

Name: Dr. Mohammed Moulad
PostDoc Researcher
OSU Hoelzle Research Lab

NESLab 2016-2020
Prior Education:
♦ Phd, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, Shadid Beheshti University, Iran
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, Urmia University, Iran
Research Area: Molecular dynamics simulations, Graphene oxide infiltration applications, Ionic liquid characterization and application, Cooling Adsorption

Name: Dr. Morteza Alipanah
PostDoc Researcher
UF Microfluidics & BioMEMS Lab

NESLab 2016-2020
Prior Education:
♦ PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.
♦ MS, Mechanical Engineering, Babol University of Technology, Iran
♦ BS, Mechanical Engineering, Urmia University, Iran
Research Area: Surface science, microfabrication