People

Qiong (Eric) Nian
Principal Investigator
- Associate Professor
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering (Graduate Faculty)
- Center for Complex System Safety (CCSS)
- Postdoc, Purdue University, 2016
- Ph.D., Purdue University, 2015
- B.Sc., University of Science and Technology of China, 2009
Graduate Students

Haofan Sun
Postdoctoral researcher, Materials Science and Engineering
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Krishna Vamshi
M.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Yan Dou
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
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Di Lin
Ph.D. Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Pavan Thangella
M.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
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Luis Zaragoza
Mechanical Engineering
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Hitul Kothwala
Mechanical Engineering
Alumni
Vaibhav Natarajan, M.S. Student, 2016 Fall; Current Position: Tesla, Inc.
Venkatesh Srinivasan, M.S. Student, 2017 Spring
Abhishek Bandlore, M.S. Student, 2017 Fall; Current Position: Xergy Inc
Gautham Shankar Ayyapessur, M.S. Student, 2018 Spring; Current Position: Operations Manager at Robo-Jet
Christopher Amarquaye, M.S. Student, 2020 Spring
Matilda Koa, M.S. Student, 2020 Summer, Current Position: Ph.D. student at Northern Arizona University
Bryan Cocanour, Undergraduate Student, 2020 Summer, Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Chayton Jackson, Undergraduate Student, 2020 Summer, Current Position: Medivant Healthcare
Kunal Gide, M.S. Student, 2020 Fall, Current Position: Ph.D. student at George Mason University
Dini Wang, Ph.D. Student, 2021 Spring, Current Position: HiSilicon.
Kaustubh Alhad Joshi, M.S. Student, 2021 Summer, Current Position: Applied Materials, Inc.
Prathamesh Mhatre, M.S. Student, 2021 Summer, Current Position: KLA Corporation
Rui Dai, Ph.D. Student, 2021 Fall, Current Position: Applied Materials, Inc.
Zirui Zhai, Ph.D. Student (With Prof. Hanqing Jiang), 2021 Fall, Current Position: Apple, Inc.
Chao Liang, Postdoctoral Researcher (With Prof. Hanqing Jiang), 2022 Spring, Current Position: Westlake University
Nikhitha Poornabodha, M.S. Student, 2022 Fall, Current Position: Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
Katherine Alcazar, Undergraduate Student, 2023 Summer, Current Position: University of Pennsylvania
Newton Tam, Undergraduate Student, 2023 Summer, Current Position: University of Southern California
Magnas Albert, M.S. Student, 2023 Fall, Current Position: STS Technical Services
Kun Bi, PhD Student, 2024 Fall
Haofan Sun, PhD Student, 2024 Fall, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University
Xinyu Jiang, PhD Student, 2024 Fall, Current Position: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd