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Alumni – Ph.D.

  • Muhammad Aqib
    • UH, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2025 Fall
    • Dissertation: Crack-Free Single-Crystalline Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Film Growth on Silicon Substrate for Next-Generation Semiconductor Applications in Electronics, Sensing, Photonics, and Energy Harvesting
    • Joined Texas Instruments
  • Mina Moradnia
    • UH, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2023 Spring
    • Dissertation: Single-Crystalline III-N Film Growth for Photonic, Electronic, Sensing, and Energy Harvesting Applications
    • Joined Zetta Energy
  • Miad Yarali
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. Fall 2022
    • Dissertation: Ultra-Wide Bandgap AlN-Based Semiconductor Materials for Optoelectronic and Sensing Devices
    • Joined Samsung Austin Semiconductor
  • Nam-In Kim
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. Summer 2022
    • Dissertation: Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors Based on Single-Crystalline III-N Films for Personal Healthcare and Extreme-Environment Applications [Best Dissertation Award of Cullen College of Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program]
    • Joined University of Houston.
  • Sara Pouladi
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2020 Spring
    • Dissertation: High-Efficiency Flexible Thin-Film Single-Crystal-Like GaAs Solar Cells Based on Cheap Metal Tape [Best Dissertation Award of Materials Science and Engineering Program]
    • Joined University of Houston.
  • Weijie Wang
    • UH, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2019 Fall
    • Dissertation: Strain Effect in III-N Thin Film Based High Electron Mobility Transistors [Best Dissertation Award of Department of Mechanical Engineering]
    • Joined Lam Research.
  • Jie Chen
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2019 Summer
    • Dissertation: Flexible Piezoelectric Generators and Pulse Sensors Using Single-Crystalline III-N Thin Films [Best Dissertation Award of Cullen College of Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program]
    • Joined Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
  • Shahab Shervin
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2017 Spring
    • Dissertation: Flexible III-Nitride-Based Materials and Devices for Electronic and Photonic Applications [Best Dissertation Award of Materials Science and Engineering Program]
    • Joined ASML
  • Mojtaba Asadirad
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2016 Summer
    • Dissertation: High-Performance Flexible Thin-Film Electronics Based on Single-Crystal-Like Inorganic Semiconductor Materials [Best Dissertation of Materials Science and Engineering Program]
    • Joined Micron Technology

Alumni – M.S.

  • Crystal Ly
    • UH, Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Fall 2024
    • Thesis: Modeling and Analysis of an AlN Piezoelectric Micro-Swimmer with Integrated Gold Electrodes
    • Joined Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Rheno Paul Rajesh Kumar
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, M.S. Spring 2024
    • Thesis: Calculation of Critical Thickness and Ion Penetration in Epitaxial Film for Monolithic Integration and Layer Transfer of Semiconductor Heterostructures
    • Joined Intel
  • Onosetale Aigbe
    • UH, Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Spring 2021
    • Thesis: Thermodynamic Calculation of Mixing Gibbs Free Energy of Group III-Transition-Metal- Nitride for Piezoelectric Applications
    • Joined Alliant Group.
  • Yu-Li Chang
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, M.S. Summer 2018
    • Thesis: Fabrication and Properties of III-Nitride Piezoelectric Sensors
    • Joined Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
  • Bharath Dixit
    • UH, Materials Science and Engineering, M.S. Fall 2016
    • Joined ADVANTEST
  • Weijie Wang
    • UH, Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Summer 2015
    • Thesis: GaN Characterization Using X-Ray Techniques
    • Joined University of Houston

Alumni – Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • Weijie Wang (UH)
    • Joined LAM Research.
  • Jie Chen (UH)
    • Joined Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
  • Shivkant Dasrath Singh (UH)
  • Shahab Shervin (UH)
    • Joined ASML.
  • Mojtaba Asadirad (UH)
    • Joined Micron Technology.
  • Seung Kyu Oh (UH)
    • Joined Photon Wave Inc., Korea.
  • Keon-Hwa Lee (UH)
    • Joined Korea Photonics Technology Institute.
  • Seung-Hwan Kim (UH)
    • Joined Hongik University, Korea.
  • Srikanth Ravipati (UH, co-advisor with Prof. Mavrokefalos)
    • Joined University of Louisville.

Alumni – Undergraduate Students

  • Arunabh Sarmah (UH, Mechanical Engineering).
  • Roberto Morales (UH, Mechanical Engineering).
  • Sean Bruzdoski (UH, Mechanical Engineering).
  • Kyle Le (UH, Mechanical Engineering, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS) program).
  • Ogynan Stefanov (University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program).
  • Tanner Barbee (UH, Mechanical Engineering).
  • Heidi Johnson (Bingham Young University, Mechanical Engineering, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program).
  • Noor Nabulsi (UH, Mechanical Engineering, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS) program).
  • Rebekah Blatt (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program).
  • Yang (Colby) Huai (UH, Mechanical Engineering, Senior Honor Thesis), Thesis: Optimization of InAlGaN/GaN HEMT Device.
  •  John Lee (UH, Mechanical Engineering, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS) program).
  • Mitchell Baxendale (Georgia Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program).
  • Jereomy Lopez (UH, Mechanical Engineering, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS) program).