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 Dr. Lu An](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image.img.jpg/1661802052207.jpg)
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 Dr. Khaled Asfar](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy.img.jpg/1661802125199.jpg)
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 Dr. Guanglei Chen](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_1221438051.img.jpg/1662489164651.jpg)
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 Dr. Ahmet Demirtas](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_487666046.img.jpg/1661802251116.jpg)
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 Dr. Turki Haj Mohamad](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_713269847.img.jpg/1661802356195.jpg)
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 Dr. Masoud Khadem](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_2094570280.img.jpg/1661802398785.jpg)
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 Dr. Ji Lang](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_487377181.img.jpg/1661802439662.jpg)
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 Dr. Xiaosong Liu](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_589781564.img.jpg/1661802588954.jpg)
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 Dr. Aleksandra Mitrovic](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_1911517477.img.jpg/1661802703023.jpg)
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 Dr. Peiman Naseradmousavi](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_948262139.img.jpg/1661802751605.jpg)
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 Dr. Qiuyun Wang](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_677386227.img.jpg/1662039265787.jpg)
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 Dr. Yaohui Wang](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_677386227_1955623558.img.jpg/1661802801576.jpg)
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 Dr. Di Zhang](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_124388955.img.jpg/1661802845855.jpg)
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 Dr. Dong Zhou](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_990612412.img.jpg/1661802954684.jpg)
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 Dr. Zenghao Zhu](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/ambassadors/_jcr_content/pagecontent/image_copy_990612412_819564870.img.png/1661803005238.png)
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 Ronald Warzoha stands with two students in the lab.](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/_jcr_content/bottom-section/vusection/par_section/image.img.jpg/1583225992590.jpg)
RONALD WARZOHA
Title: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy
Research Focus: Nanoscale thermal transport
![Sebastian Araya Sebastian Araya works with a fellow student in a Villanova engineering lab.](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/_jcr_content/bottom-section/vusection/par_section/image_1564917138.img.jpg/1583225991571.jpg)
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 Yue Schuman, graduate of Villanova's doctoral program in engineering.](/content/university/engineering/academic-programs/departments/mechanical/doctoral-program/_jcr_content/bottom-section/vusection/par_section/image_57485611.img.jpg/1583225990820.jpg)
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