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- Dr. Yingchun Cheng (October 2014 – September 2015)
- Dr. Mikhail Antimonov, (August 2012 – June 2014)
- Professor Murad Kucur, (September 2010 – August 2011), on sabbatical leave from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul University, Turkey
- Professor John Shrimpton (February – September 2006), on sabbatical from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
- Dr. Zhaosheng Gao (August 2003 – June 2004)
- Dr. Ahmed Taha (July 2003 – June 2004)
- Dr. R. Vikram P. Pandya (September 1999 – May 2003)
- Dr. Prasanta Deb (April 2002 – April 2003)
- Dr. Shi-Jun Liao (September 1999 - May 2000)
- Dr. Yunlong Liu (June - November 1999)
- Marco Ragone (2018 – 2022), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2022. Thesis: Artificial Intelligence for Multiscale Study of Rechargeable Batteries.
- Ahmad Peyvan (2017 – 2022), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2022. Thesis: Flux Reconstruction Discontinuous Spectral Element Method for Compressible Turbulent Flows.
- Jonathan Komperda (2010 – 2021), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, June 2021. Thesis: Computational Particle Tracking in Turbulent Flow Applications.
- Dongru Li (2013 – 2021), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, June 2021. Thesis: A Numerical Investigation of a Spatially Developing Compressible Plane Free Shear Layer.
- Babak Kashir (2016-2021), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, January 2021. Thesis: A Theoretical and Numerical Study on Electrification and Flow inside Electrostatic Atomizers.
- Ajaykrishna Ramasubramanian (2015-2020), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2020. Thesis: Multi-scale Modeling of Rechargeable Ion Batteries.
- Zia Ghiasi (2012-2018), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2018. Thesis: Large Eddy Simulation of Wall-bounded Turbulent Flows Using Discontinuous Spectral Element Method.
- Hessam Abbassi (2009 – 2014), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2014. Thesis: Entropy-based Artificial Viscosity Stabilization in Discontinuous Galerkin Spectral Element Method for Supersonic Flow Simulation.
- Harish Kanchi (2008 – 2013), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2013. Thesis: Fluidic Control of Shear Layer in Dump Combustors Using Microjets.
- Egemen Ergene (2006 – 2012), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2012. Thesis: Investigation of the Electrostatic Atomization Method for Remote Injection and High Pressure.
- Ghazi Malkawi (2005 – 2010), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2010. Thesis: Point-to-plane and Plane-to-plane Electrostatic Charge Injection Atomization for Insulating Liquids.
- Kaustav Sengupta (2005 – 2009), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2009. Thesis: Direct and Large-eddy Simulations of Compressible Flows with Spectral/hp Element Methods.
- Keqin Zhang (2001 – 2009), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2009, Thesis: Parallel Simulation of Incompressible Free-surface Flows.
- Mohammad Davoudabadi (2005 – 2008), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2008. Thesis: Plasma and Particles Dynamics Modeling in PECVD Reactors. Received UIC Fellowship in 2006.
- Beniamino Rovagnati (2004 – 2008), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2008. Thesis: Study of Micron/Submicron Particle Coating in Low-Pressure Plasmas via Numerical Simulations. Received UIC Dean’s Scholar Award in 2007.
- Xiaoyan Bian (2004-2008), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2007. Thesis: Towards Simulation of Charging and Breakup in Electrostatic Atomizers.
- Babak Shotorban (2001 – 2005), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2005. Thesis: Modeling of Subgrid-Scale Effects on Particles in Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Two-Phase Flows. Received UIC Fellowship in 2003.
- Gustaaf B. Jacobs (1999 – 2003), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2003. Thesis: Direct Numerical Simulation of Two-phase Compressible Complex Flows with a Multidomain Spectral Method. Received UIC Fellowship in 2002.
- Zhaosheng Gao (2001 – 2003), Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2003. Thesis: Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Particle/Droplet-Laden Turbulent Flows.
- Daniel Belknap (2020 – 2022),
- Federico Arduino (2013 – 2014), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2014. Thesis: Computer Simulation and Analysis of Investment Casting of Thin Patterns.
- Federico Lugnani (2012 – 2013), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2013. Thesis: Simulation of Cold Flow in Cavity-Ramp Combustor.
- Domenico Geraci (2012 – 2013), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2013. Thesis: Heat Transfer Enhancement by Micro-structured Surfaces.
- Chien-Wei Chang (2007 – 2009), M.S. Degree in Bio Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2009. Thesis: One-dimensional Fluid Model of Methane Plasma for Diamond-like Coating.
- Martino Zuccali (2006 – 2008), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2008. Thesis: Mixture Modelling by a Lattice Boltzmann Method Fully Recovering Maxwell Stefan Law.
- Mohammad Davoudabadi (2003 – 2005), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2005. Thesis: Dust Particle Dynamics in Magnetized Low-Pressure Plasma Sheath.
- Kaustav Sengupta (2003 – 2004), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, December 2004. Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Liquid-Fuel Combustor for Control of Combustion.
- Nahid Sedighi (2002 – 2004), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, December 2004. Thesis: Simulation of Charging and Shielding of Dust Particles in Low Pressure Cold Plasma.
- Palak Gandhi (2002 - 2003), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, December 2004. Thesis: Numerical Investigation of Compressible Flow in Two-Sided Lid-Driven Cavity.
- Beniamino Rovagnati (2000 - 2002), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2002. Thesis: A Computational Investigation of NOx Reduction by Reburn Process in Wood-Fired Stoker Boiler.
- Marco Fumagalli (2000 - 2002), Co-advisor (Advisor: Suresh Aggarwal), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2002. Thesis: A Numerical Investigation of Fluid and Particle Dynamics in an Unsteady Flow past an Oscillating Cylinder.
- Dazhi Guo (1999 - 2001), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, December 2001. Thesis: Numerical Simulations of Particle-Laden Turbulent Flows.
- Brian S.C. Lau (1997 - 1999), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, May 1999. Thesis: Simulation of Oscillating Drops with Thermocapillary Effects.
- Jason D. Zeda (1998 - 1999), M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 1999. Major Report: Numerical Simulation of Evaporating Capillary Jets.
- Celine Barre, (1996 - 1997), Co-advisor, M.S. Degree in Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, February 1998. Thesis: Direct Numerical Simulation of Particle-Laden Plane Strain Turbulent Flows.
