People

Jiajun Xu, Ph.D. (Center PI & technical lead of research thrust 1) Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 202.274.5048 jiajun.xu@udc.edu

Hossain Azam, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI, technical lead of research thrust 3) Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering 202-274-6293 hossain.azam@udc.edu

Ji Chen, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI, technical lead of research thrust 4) Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 202.274.5039 ji.chen@udc.edu

Sasan Haghani, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI) Professor Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering 202-274-6595 shaghani@udc.edu

Kate Klein, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI) Chair and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 202.274.7131 kate.klein@udc.edu

Devdas Shetty, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI) Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering 202.274.5033 devdas.shetty@udc.edu

Lara Thompson, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI, technical lead of research thrust 4) Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering  202.274.5046 lara.thompson@udc.edu

Pawan Tyagi, Ph.D. (Center Co-PI, technical lead of research thrust 2) Professor of Mechanical Engineering 202.274.6601 ptyagi@udc.edu

Max Denis, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 202.274.5045 | max.denis@udc.edu

Nian Zhang, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 202.274.6615 | nzhang@udc.edu

Paul Cotae, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 202.274.6290 | pcotae@udc.edu

Tolessa Deksissa, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Water Resources Management 202.274.5273 |tdeksissa@udc.edu

Sergey Ivanov, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Management 202.274.6833 | sivanov@udc.edu

Xueqin Song, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics 202.274.7425 | xsong@udc.edu

Alexandra Taraboletti, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry 202.274.6229 | alexandra.tarabolett@udc.edu

Udeochu Uche, Ph.D | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry 202.274.5508 | uche.udeochu@udc.edu

Knight Mathilde, Ph.D | Associate Professor, Department of Biology (202)274-6486  | mathilde.knight@udc.edu

Dilek Ozlem, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry 202.274.5589  | ozlem.dilek@udc.edu

Mohammadmehdi Kabirnajafi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar mohammadmehdi.kabirn@udc.edu

Fisseha L. Gebre, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar fisseha.gebre@udc.edu

Feiyang Bai Grant Coordinator feiyang.bai@udc.edu

Pablo Sanchez Guerrero Lab Engineer 202.274.5934 pablo.sanchezguerrer@udc.edu

Jana Catuche | Master Student Mechanical Engineering

Kelechi Iwuchukwu | Master Student Mechanical Engineering

Tanjee Afreen | Master Student Mechanical Engineering

Patrick Adegbaye | Master Student Mechanical Engineering

Siva Surya Prakash Reddy Arikatla | Master Student Computer Science

Voss Harrigan | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering

Chance Eden | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering

Juan Estevez Hernandez | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering

Saqlain Webster | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering

Etochukwu Ofodile | Undergraduate Civil Engineering

Miles Haggerty | Associate UDC Community College

Nazharie Brandon | Undergraduate Chemistry