People

Alumni

JaeHyun Ahn

Staff Engineer at Samsung
Leisha Armijo

UNM, CHTM
Talha Arshad

OPC Development Engineer at Intel
Nima Asoudegi

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Eng.
Mallika Bariya

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Mahmoud Behzadirad

UNM, CHTM
Aqyan Bhatti

UT Austin, Mat. Sci. and Engineering
Carlos Biaou

R&D Engineer, GAF Energy
Greg Blachut

Process Engineer at Lam Research
Russel Borduin

Postdoctoral Researcher, UT Austin
Zhiyi Cao

Research Scientist at DSM
Mariana Castañeda

Technical Consulting Engineer at Cisco
Artos Cen

Graduate Student Researcher at UC Berkeley, EECS
Hsiao-Yu "Sherry" Chang

Panel Process Engineer with Apple
Kevin Chen

UC Berkeley, Electrical Eng. & Comp. Sci.
Ke Chen

Post Doctoral Researcher, MIT
Anshuman Cherala

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
David Choi

Postdoctoral Researcher within NASCENT, UT Austin
Meghali Chopra

CEO at SandBox Semiconductor, Inc.
Sonali Chopra

MBA Candidate, The Wharton School
Andrew Cochrane

Research Scientist, COSMIAC
Brennan Coffey

Process Engineer, LAM Research
Joseph Corea

Founder and Senior Engineer at InkSpace Imaging
Eric Danielson

Post Doctoral Researcher, Okinawa Inst, of Science and Tech. Graduate University (OIST)
Igor Igal Deckman

New Technology Engineer, Analog Devices
Rik Dey

Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur in India
Andrew Dick

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Anthony Engler

PhD Student at Georgia Institute of Technology
Matthew Erdman

UNM, CHTM
Juan J Faria Briceno

Postdoctoral Researcher, UNM, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark Ferraro

Sandia National Labs
Wei Gao

Assistant Professor at Caltech
Brian Gawlik

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Gerd Grau

York University, Assistant Professor
Tae-Jun “T.J.” Ha

Kwangwoon University, Assistant Prof.
Daniel Hariprasad

Postdoctoral Researcher
Milo Holt

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Xiaoer Hu

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Akhilesh Jain

OSIsoft
Shruti Jain

Engineer- RET Design at Micron Technology
Seonpil Jang

Display Hardware Engineer at Apple
Wei Jiang

Battery System Engineer at Younicos
Praveen Joseph

LIthography and Etch Research at IBM, Albany NY
Hongki Kang

Assistant Professor at DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)
Brett Kelly

Manufacturing Process Development Engineer at Align Technolgy
Yasser Khan

Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University
Seohee Kim

Qualcomm, San Diego, CA
Tae Hoon Kim

Application Engineer at Intel Corporation
Ji Yeon Kim

Process Engineer at Lam Research
Rungrot Kitsomboonloha

Senior TFT Panel Designer at Apple
Ian Ladner

R&D Engineer, Materials Engineering Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL)
Austin Lane

Research Scientist at Facebook Reality Lab
Jongho Lee

Senior Engineer, Samsung
Byoungdo Lee

Senior Engineer, SK Hynix, Korea
Philip Liu

PTD Module and Device Yield Engineer at Intel Corporation
Akhila Mallavarapu

University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Researcher
Prabhakar Marepalli

Software Engineer at Intel Corporation
Kevin Martinez

Process Design Engineer at Wolfram Manufacturing
Marissa Martinez

Sandia National Lab
Devika Mehta

UT Austin, Advanced Manufacturing Center
Craig Milroy

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Vasish Mohan

University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering
Seung Ryul Na

Senior Simulation Engineer at LG Innotek
Maruthi Nagavalli Yogeesh

Researcher at University of California Berkeley
Shima Nezhadbadeh

UNM, CHTM
Thong Ngo

Sr. Process Engineer at IMI
Hnin Nyein

Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford
Dr. Emmanuel Onyegam

Test Circuit Design R&D Engineer at NXP Semiconductors
Twinkle Pandhi

Graduate Student Researcher at Boise State University
Saungeun Park

Process Integration Engineer at Texas Instruments
Adrien Pierre

Device Integration Engineer at Intel Corporation
Tanmoy Pramanik

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Eng.
Shutao Qiao

UT Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Amritesh Rai

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Eng.
Urmimala Roy

Principal Engineer Design Enablement at Global Foundries
Mir Mohammad Sadeghi

Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin
Sayan Saha

Engineering TD Manager at Intel Corporation
Aseem Sayal

Hardware Engineer at Google
Will Scheideler

Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University
Brandon Smith

Sandia National Lab
Brent Snyder

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Sushant Sonde

Research Scientist at University of Chicago, Resident Associate at Argonne National Laboratory
Amrita Srinivasan

to medical school...
Corey Staller

Thin Film Development Engineer at Micron Technology
Steven Stanley

Research Analyst at Center for Naval Analyses, Arlington, VA
Xiaohan Wang

Sr. Thin Films/Diffusion TD Engineer at Intel Corporation
Zheng Wang

UT Austin, Aerospace Eng. & Eng. Mechanics
Martin Ward

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Matt Weldon
Andrew “Drew” Westfahl

Sandia National Lab, Mechanical Eng.
Dr. Grant Willson

Professor (retired), UT – Austin, Chemical Engineering
Neal Wostbrock

UNM, Nanoscience and Microsystems Program
Hao Xin

Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Xin Xu

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Eng.
Darlene Yanez

NASCENT Center Program Evaluator (retired)
Shixuan “Rocky” Yang

Software Engineer at Google
Tsung-Fu Yao

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Bailey Yin

Technical Services at Epic
Mohammadreza Zamani

UNM, CHTM
Zizhuo Zhang

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Nanzhu Zhao

Research Associate, Nissan Technical Center, Farmington Hills, MI
Xilan Zhu

Lam Research, Process Engineer 3
Ruichao Zhu

Staff Manufacturing Engineer at Lumentum
Weinan “Vanna” Zhu

3D NAND Device Engineer with Intel Corporation
Qingjun Zhu

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering

Director

Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic

NASCENT Associate Director, Associate Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng.
Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan

NASCENT Director, Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Diversity and Workforce Development

Tricia Berry

Broadening Participation Director, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Maura Borrego

NASCENT Education Director, Director, Center for Engineering Education, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
Lydia Contreras

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic

NASCENT Associate Director, Associate Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng.
Dr. Larry Dunn

NASCENT Assistant Director, Industry and Innovation Programs, UT Austin
Risa Hartman

NASCENT Senior Outreach Program Coordinator, MRSEC Education & Outreach Staff Director, University of Texas at Austin
Tyrone Porter

Professor, UT Austin, Biomedical Engineering, Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering
Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan

NASCENT Director, Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty

Dr. Deji Akinwande

NASCENT Process Technologies Thrust Co-Lead, UT-Austin, ECE
Dr. Sanjay Banerjee

UT-Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Roger Bonnecaze

Professor, UT-Austin, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Maura Borrego

NASCENT Education Director, Director, Center for Engineering Education, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
Dr. Steven Brueck

NASCENT Metrology & Yield Enhancement Thrust Lead, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Tito Busani

Nanofabrication Operations Manager, Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), Research Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, Elec. & Comp. Eng.
Chih-Hao Chang

Associate Professor, UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Lydia Contreras

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Michael Cullinan

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic

NASCENT Associate Director, Associate Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng.
Dr. Ananth Dodabalapur

Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. John Ekerdt

NASCENT Process Technologies Thrust Lead, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Chem. Eng.
Dr. Ali Javey

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; LBNL lead of Electronic Materials
Dr. Jaydeep Kulkarni

UT-Austin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Wei Li

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Kenneth Liechti

UT-Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Dr. Raul Longoria

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Tyrone Porter

Professor, UT Austin, Biomedical Engineering, Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering
Dr. Leonard Frank Register

UT-Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. P. Randall Schunk

University of New Mexico, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dr. Venkat (Selva) Selvamanickam

University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Li Shi

NASCENT Metrology & Yield Enhancement Thrust Co-Lead, Professor, UT Austin, Dept. of ME
Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan

NASCENT Director, Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Vivek Subramanian

Professor, UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, EPFL STI IMT, Laboratory for Advanced Fabrication Technologies
Dr. Hayden Taylor

UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. T.M. Truskett

UT- Austin, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Yaguo Wang

UT-Austin Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Edward Yu

UT-Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Lei Zhou

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering

Grad Student

Md Hasibul Alam

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Yang H Ban

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Crystal Barrera

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
David Cayll

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Siwei Chen

University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering
Liam G. Connolly

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Preyom Dey

UNM, Electrical Engineering
Carlos Favela

University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering
Ziam Ghaznavi

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas
Noah Graff

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Yuqian Gu

UT Austin, Elec. & Computer Eng.
Daniel Hernandez-Guzman

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Nan Hong

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Mark Hrdy

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Anant Jain

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Rohit Jain

University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering
Qianru Jia

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Myungsoo Kim

UT-Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Raul Lema Galindo

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
"Alvin" Chi Chung Li

UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering
Kelly Liang

UT Austin, Electrical & Computer Eng.
Robert Malakhov

UNM, Nanoscience and Microsystems Program
Marialice Mastronardi

UT Austin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, STEM Education
Himamshu Nallan

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Eva Natinsky

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Sai Subrahmanya teja Nibhanupudi

UT-Austin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Parth Pandya

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Ramin Sabbagh

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Vineeth Sasidharan

UNM, Optical Engineering
Sahil Sharma

University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering
Jacob (Jake) Sporrer

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Isaac Stricklin

UNM, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Li_Chia "Jerry" Tai

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Joe Toombs

Mechanical Engineering, UCB
Xuemei Wang

UNM, Optical Science and Engineering
Xiao Wang

UT-Austin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Niphattha (Pat) Wongwiset

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Siyu Wu

UT Austin, Elec. & Computer Eng.
Xin Yang

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Huidong Zhang

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Qishen Zhao

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Yongjian Zhou

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering

Miscellaneous

Dr. Joseph Beaman

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering

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Tyler Fahey

Software Developer

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Pauline Han

UT Austin, Chemical Engineering
Zahra Hemmatian

UC Berkeley, Postdoctoral Researcher
Yu Huang

Thermal Engineer at AREVA
Dr. Nanshu Lu

UT-Austin Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Dr. Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram

UT-Austin Mechanical Engineering

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Matthew McPhail

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Xianghai Meng

UT-Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Amy Oldendorf
Weston Ortiz

UNM, Nanoscience & Microsystems Program
Marylene Palard

UT Austin, Lab Manager

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Dwipayan Patnaik

UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Margaret Payne

UC Berkeley, Electrical Eng. & Comp. Sci.
Jacob Rohan

UT Austin, Elec. & Computer Eng.
Danny Sanchez

UT Austin, Aerospace Eng. & Eng. Mechanics
Dr. Tiger Tao

UT- Austin, Mechanical Engineering

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Miaomiao Yang

UT Austin, Research Associate
Alla Zamarayeva

UC Berkeley, Electrical Eng. & Comp. Sci.

Partnership and Technology Director

Ovadia “Oved” Abed

NASCENT Materials Technology Director, UT Austin
Dr. Larry Dunn

NASCENT Assistant Director, Industry and Innovation Programs, UT Austin
Shrawan Singhal

NASCENT Process Technology Director, UT Austin

Research Staff

Ovadia “Oved” Abed

NASCENT Materials Technology Director, UT Austin
Paras Ajay

UT Austin, Mechanical Engineering, Postgraduate Researcher
David Choi

Postdoctoral Researcher within NASCENT, UT Austin
Gabriella Coloyan Fleming

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UT Austin
Juan J Faria Briceno

Postdoctoral Researcher, UNM, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Devendra Khatiwada

Research Assistant, University of Houston
Alexander “Sasha” Neumann

UNM, Postdoctoral Researcher
Blanca Quiñones Díaz

Postdoctoral Researcher
Shrawan Singhal

NASCENT Process Technology Director, UT Austin
Li Tao

Research Associate, UT Austin
Kristianto “Kris” Tjiptowidjojo

UNM, Assistant Professor

Staff

Tricia Berry

Broadening Participation Director, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Larry Dunn

NASCENT Assistant Director, Industry and Innovation Programs, UT Austin
Risa Hartman

NASCENT Senior Outreach Program Coordinator, MRSEC Education & Outreach Staff Director, University of Texas at Austin
Diane McNair

Accounting Specialist, UT Austin
Janet Monaco

Administrative Director
Stefi Weisburd

UNM, Outreach & Education Manager

Thrust Leader - Functional Materials

Tricia Berry

Broadening Participation Director, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Maura Borrego

NASCENT Education Director, Director, Center for Engineering Education, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
Lydia Contreras

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic

NASCENT Associate Director, Associate Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng.
Dr. Larry Dunn

NASCENT Assistant Director, Industry and Innovation Programs, UT Austin
Risa Hartman

NASCENT Senior Outreach Program Coordinator, MRSEC Education & Outreach Staff Director, University of Texas at Austin
Tyrone Porter

Professor, UT Austin, Biomedical Engineering, Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering
Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan

NASCENT Director, Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Thrust Leader - Metrology & Yield Enhancement

Dr. Steven Brueck

NASCENT Metrology & Yield Enhancement Thrust Lead, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Li Shi

NASCENT Metrology & Yield Enhancement Thrust Co-Lead, Professor, UT Austin, Dept. of ME

Thrust Leader - Process Technologies

Dr. Deji Akinwande

NASCENT Process Technologies Thrust Co-Lead, UT-Austin, ECE
Dr. John Ekerdt

NASCENT Process Technologies Thrust Lead, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Chem. Eng.