Current Research Associates and Postdocs

Dr. Olena Shafranska, Research Associate, Micro/Nano Fluidics Laboratory, ME Department

Current Research Students

Artur Lutfurakhmanov (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz). Graduate Research Assistant, NSF EPSCoR.

Sait Mekic (Joint advising with Dr. Chad Ulven from ME). PhD Candidate, ME Department.

Svyatoslav Chugunov (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz). Graduate Research Assistant, NSF EPSCoR.

Drew Thompson (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz). Undergraduate Research Assistant, DoD- Defense Microelectronics Activity.

Gregory Loken (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz). Undergraduate Research Assistant, DoD- Defense Microelectronics Activity.

Jacob Fink (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz). Undergraduate Research Assistant, DoD- Defense Microelectronics Activity.

Shane Weigel (Joint advising with Dr. Zakaria Mahmud). Undergraduate Research Assistant, ME Department.

Past Research Associates and Postdocs

Dr. Cheng Wang, Research Associate, in collaboration with Dr. Mariusz Ziejewski, Impact Biomechanics Laboratory, ME Department (sponsored by FM Foundation, 2006-2007).

Past Research Students

Justin M. Hoey (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz),DoD- Defense Microelectronics Activity “Center of Excellence for Microsensors and their Fabrication with NanoBlock and Fluidic Self Assembly Technology”. M.S. Graduated spring 2007. Currently with CNSE.

Robert A. Sailer (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz), NSF EPSCoR “Spintronics - Statewide Research Initiative." M.S. Graduated spring 2007. Currently with CNSE.

Benjamin A.  Rime (Joint advising with Dr. Bor Jang), NSF STTR Phase I “Local Vapor Fuel Cell.” M.S. Graduated spring 2007. Currently with Relco LLC, MN.

Travis Yoch (Joint advising with Dr. Doug Schulz), NSF EPSCoR “Spintronics - Statewide Research Initiative ". Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007.

Abhijit Shimpi, NSF STTR Phase I “Local Vapor Fuel Cell”. Currently with Fleetguard, Inc.

Mohammad Rastgaar Aagaah (Joint advising with Dr. Mohammad Mahinfalah). NSF “NER: Vibrating Nanotube-based Nano Powder Production System”. M.S. Graduated spring 2005. Currently PhD Student at Virginia Tech.

Adam S. Mitlyng: Undergraduate Student. NSF “NER: Vibrating Nanotube-based Nano Powder Production System”. B.S. Graduated fall 2005. Currently holding Mechanical Engineer position in the Advanced Engineering Solutions Division at MTS Systems Corporation.

Daniel R. Schmidt: Undergraduate Student. NSF “NER: Vibrating Nanotube-based Nano Powder Production System”. B.S. Graduated fall 2005. Currently holding Mechanical Engineer position in the Instrument Technical Operations Division at Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Tyler Aman: Undergraduate Student. NSF “NER: Vibrating Nanotube-based Nano Powder Production System”. B.S. Graduated fall 2005. Currently 2 Lt. in U.S. Army.

Aaron Floeter (Joint advising with Dr. David Wells from IME Department). Master thesis “Predictive Model of Surface Energy in Micro Self Assembly”. Graduated spring 2006. Currently with Hutchinson Technologies, Inc.

Eric Jerke (Joint advising with Dr. Chad Ulven). Undergraduate Student. "Experimental investigation of Resin Transfer Molding porcesses" (sponsored by ME Department). B.S. Graduated spring 2006. Currently Graduate Student at University of Minnesota, St. Paul.

Past Research Students (in Russia)

Supervised Ph.D. students:

Rosa Chemborisova (1991) “Thermoconvective instability of relaxational liquids in porous media”.

Ismagil’yan Khusainov (1993) “Chaotic oscillations in dynamics of non-Newtonian fluids,” currently Associate Professor at Sterlitamak Pedagogic Institute, Russia. 

Andrey Korobchinski (1996) “Unsteady motion of multiphase systems in periodic pressure fields,” currently Associate Professor at Bashkir State University, Russia.

Damir Khismatullin (1998) “Mathematical modeling of resonant phenomena in dynamics of bubbly liquids,” awarded a NATO postdoctoral fellowship at Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of Boston University (2000), currently Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University.

Konstantin Mikhailenko  (1999) “Numerical simulation of two-dimensional two-phase flow with chemical reactions”

Andrey Topolnikov (2000) “Numerical modeling of nonlinear oscillations and collapse of gas bubble in a liquid taking into account shock wave emission,” currently Associate Professor at Bashkir State University and Senior Research Scientist at Institute of Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia.

El’vira Nasibullaeva (2001) “Nonlinear dynamics of resonances and synchronization in bubble clusters,” awarded a stipendium of Acoustical Society of America (2001), currently Associate Professor at Ufa Aviation Technological University, and Senior Research Scientist at Institute of Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia.

Kamil Zakirov (2005): “Numerical modeling of bubble growth and collapse in compressible liquid,” currently Junior Research Scientist at Institute of Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia.

Svetlana Konovalova (2006): “Structure formation in acoustic cavitation,” currently Junior Research Scientist at Institute of Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia.