PhD Students
Renpeng, Gu. Ph.D. (Fall 2012 - Spring 2018)
Now: Postdoc at Duke University
M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario (2012)
B.S., Polymer Materials & Engineering, Zhejiang University (2010)
Katherine, Marusak. Ph.D. (Fall 2012 - Fall 2017)
Now: Marketing Applications Scientist at Protochips
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, NCSU (2012)
Qing, Tu. Ph.D. (Fall 2011 - Spring 2017)
Now: Postdoc at Northwestern University
B.S., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Peking University, China (2011)
Lei, Tang. Ph.D. (Fall 2010 - Summer 2016)
Now: Postdoc at Duke University
DAAD RISE Pro Fellow (2015)
M.S. & B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, China (2010)
Hardy, Gregory. Ph.D. (Fall 2009 - Spring 2014)
Now at Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, NC
NIH Training Grant Fellowship (2009 - 2012)
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, NY (2007)
Ferris, Robert. Ph.D. Student (Fall 2008 - Spring 2013)
Now: CEO at Adama Materials
Fellowship, Graduate Program in Nanoscience (GP-NANO) (2009 - 2010)
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2006)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2005)
Zhang, "Eric," Jianming. Ph.D. (Fall 2005 - 2014)
Marie Curie Fellowship, European Union (2007)
Fellowship, Graduate Program in Nanoscience (GP-NANO) (2006)
Fellowship, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (2005)
M.S., Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (2005)
B.S., Applied Chemistry and Polymer Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (2002)
Coles, Jeff. Ph.D. (Fall 2004 - 2010)
Now: Manufacturing Engineer at Merck, Durham, NC
NSF-IGERT Training Grant, Duke University Supplement (2007 - present)
NIH Training Grant Scholarship (2005 - 2007)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (2004)
Chang, Debby. Ph.D. (Fall 2004 - 2009)
Now: Senior Scientist at Genentech, San Francisco, US
Postdoctoral researcher, Zauscher lab, Duke University (2009 - 2010)
Medtronic Fellowship (2009)
NSF-IGERT Training Grant, Duke University Supplement (2005 - 2006)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA (2004)
Lam, Yee. Ph.D. (Fall 2002 - August 2008)
Now: MD in Department of Familiy Medicine, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
NIH Training Grant Scholarship (2002 - 2004)
S.M., Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA (2002)
S.B., Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA (2001)
Lee, Woo-Kyung. Ph.D. (Spring 2002 - Summer 2006)
Now: Senior Staff Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University (Summer 2006)
Graduate Student, Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Department
of Chemical, Biochemical, and Materials Engineering, Hoboken, NJ (2000 - 2001)
M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1999)
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Taejon, Korea (1996)
Valiaev, Alexei. Ph.D. (Spring 2002 - Fall 2006)
Now: Sydnovate Tech Transfer, University of Sydney, Australia
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University (Summer 2006)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University (2005)
M.S. Diploma, Moscow State Institute of Electronics Engineering, Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, Moscow, Russia (2001)
B.S. Diploma, Moscow State Institute of Electronics Engineering, Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, Moscow, Russia
MS Students
Yuan, Gao. M.S. (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)
Vardhan, Madhurima. M.S. (Spring 2014 - Spring 2015)
Greenley, Michael. M.S. (Spring 2011 - Spring 2012)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College (2010)
Barthel, James. M.S. (Fall 2007 - May 2008)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (2007)
Garcia, Andres. M.S. (Spring 2006 - August 2008)
Now: Research Engineer, Liquidia, RTP, North Carolina
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (2005)
DeBellis, Alice. M.S. (Fall 2002 - Summer 2007)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, (2007)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Pittsburgh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA (2002)
B.S., Engineering Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baltimore, MD (1989)