VILLANOVA MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AMBASSADORS
The following professionals either graduated with their PhD degree after concentrating in the Villanova Mechanical Engineering program, or they are former Postdoctoral Associates who worked with Villanova Mechanical Engineering researchers. They have volunteered to support the program in various ways. Interested PhD applicants can contact Ambassadors using the email addresses provided below.
Dr. Lu An
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Gang Feng
PhD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL)
lan15villanova@gmail.com
Dr. Khaled Asfar
Former Postdoctoral Associate
Villanova Mentor: Dr. C. Nataraj
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: Jordan University of Science and Technology
kasfar@just.edu.jo
Dr. Guanglei Chen
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Calvin Li
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer
Current Employment: Power Solutions Group, Amphenol Communication Solutions
guanglei.chen12@gmail.com
Dr. Ahmet Demirtas
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Ani Ural
PhD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Merck
ahmet.demirtas@merck.com
Dr. Turki Haj Mohamad
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. C. Nataraj
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: PARC, Xerox, Palo Alto, CA
tmohamad@parc.com
Dr. Masoud Khadem
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Aaron Wemhoff
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer and Materials
Current Employment: Daikin Applied
masoud.khadem@daikinapplied.com
Dr. Ji Lang
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Qianhong Wu
PhD Research Area: Fluid Mechanics
Current Employment: Southeast University of China
jilang@seu.edu.cn
Dr. Xiaosong Liu
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Gang Feng
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer and Materials
Current Employment: Surface Science Group, Oxford Suzhou Center For Advanced Research
Xiaosong.liu@oxford-oscar.cn
Dr. Aleksandra Mitrovic
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Garrett Clayton
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: Western Digital
Aleksandra.Mitrovic@wdc.com
Dr. Peiman Naseradmousavi
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. C. Nataraj
PhD Research Area: Dynamics and Control
Current Employment: San Diego State University
peiman.n.mousavi@gmail.com
Dr. Qiuyun Wang
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Qianhong Wu
PhD Research Area: Fluid Mechanics
Current Employment: Google
Qiuyunwang2@gmail.com
Dr. Yaohui Wang
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Ani Ural
PhD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Robert Morris University
wangy@rmu.edu
Dr. Di Zhang
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Gang Feng
PhD Research Area: Heat Transfer and Materials
Current Employment: Valparaiso University
di.zhang@valpo.edu
Dr. Dong Zhou
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Bo Li
hD Research Area: Mechanics and Materials
Current Employment: Guangzhou Tinci Materials Co., Ltd.
dzhou2@villanova.edu
Dr. Zenghao Zhu
Villanova PhD Graduate
PhD Advisor: Dr. Qianhong Wu
PhD Research Area: Fluid Mechanics
Current Employment: Life Science Group, Thornton Tomasetti
zenghaozhu@hotmail.com
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
RONALD WARZOHA
Title: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy
Research Focus: Nanoscale thermal transport
SEBASTIAN ARAYA
Title: Thermal Engineer, Data Center Architecture and Engineering, Salesforce
Research Focus: Comprehensive study of organic rankine cycles (ORC) as waste-heat recovery systems for data centers
YUE SCHUMAN
Title: Applications Scientist, TA Instruments
Research Focus: Materials development and characterization on materials ranging from nanoparticle thin films to graphene and graphene-based phase change material composites