Ph.D. Degree
Shin Young Jeong
Post-doctoral Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chuyang Chen
Former Ph D. Student
Dudong "Frank" Feng
Post-doctoral Research Associate at Purdue University
Graduated Dec. 2021
Thesis Title: Study of the Photon Chemical Potential in Semiconductor Radiative Energy Converters at Micro/Nanoscales
Eric J. Tervo
Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduated Dec. 2019
Thesis Title: Thermal Radiative Energy Transfer in Polaritonic Nanostructure Arrays
Peiyan Yang
Hardware Engineer at Google
Graduated Aug. 2019
Thesis Title: Thermal Radiatvie Properties of Disordered Media and Deep Metal Gratings
Bo Zhao
Assistant Professor at University of Houston
Graduated Dec. 2016
Thesis Title: Thermal Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Plasmatic Metamaterials Including Two-Dimensional Materials
Xianglei Liu
Professor, College of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Graduated May 2016
Thesis Title: Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties and Enhancing Near-Field Radiative Heat Flux with Electromagnetic Metamaterials
Jesse I. Watjen
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, NY
Graduated May 2016
Thesis Title: Study of Radiative Properties of Thin Films and Near-Field Radiation for Thermophotovoltaic Applications
Richard Z. Zhang
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas
Graduated Dec. 2015
Thesis Title: Investigating the Far- and Near-Field Thermal Radiation in Carbon-Based Nanomaterials
Trevor J. Bright
Thermal Analysis Engineer, Fluid Mechanics Department, the Aerospace Corporation
Graduated Dec. 2013
Thesis Title: Infrared Properties of Dielectric Thin Films and Near-Field Radiation for Energy Conversion
Andrew NcNamara
Senior Product Development Engineer, Thermal Mechanical Packaging Engineering Group (TMPE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Graduated Dec. 2013
Thesis Title: Characterization and Measurements of Next Generation Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Based Thermal Interface Materials
Liping Wang
Associate Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University
Graduated Dec. 2011
Thesis Title: Role of Magnetic Resonance and Wave Interference in Tailoring the Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures
Xiaojia Wang
Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota
Graduated Dec. 2011
Thesis Title: Study of the Radiative Properties of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Nanorods
Soumyadipta Basu
Packaging Technologist AR/VR at Facebook
Graduated Dec. 2009
Thesis Title: Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer at Nanometer Distances
Bong Jae Lee
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Graduated Dec. 2007
Thesis Title: Fabrication and Analysis of Multilayer Structures for Coherent Thermal Emission
Keunhan Park
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Graduated May 2007
Thesis Title: Thermal Characterization of Heated Microcantilevers and a Study on Near-Field Radiation
Yu-bin Chen
Professor at National Tsing Hua University
Graduated May 2007
Thesis Title: Rigorous Modeling of the Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures and Comparisons with Measurements of Fabricated Gratings and Slit Arrays
Hyunjin Lee
Professor, School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
Graduated July 2006
Thesis Title: Radiative Properties of Silicon Wafers with Microroughness and Thin-Film Coatings
Ceji Fu
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
Graduated Nov. 2004
Thesis Title: Radiative Properties of Emerging Materials and Radiation Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale
Qunzhi Zhu
Dean and Professor in College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power,
Graduated July 2004
Thesis Title: Modeling and Measurements of the Bidirectional Reflectance of Microrough Silicon Surfaces
Yu-Jiun Shen
R&D Engineer, Epistar Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Graduated Dec. 2002
Thesis Title: Investigation of Bidirectional Reflectance and Transmittance of Rough Silicon Wafers
Yihui Zhou
Graduated May 2002
Thesis Title: Radiative Modeling in Rapid Thermal Processing for Accurate Wafer Temperature Measurement
Donghai Chen
Graduated May 2001
Thesis Title: Thermal Modeling and Analysis of 193 nm Pulsed Excimer Laser Calorimeters
A. Ravi Kumar
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Process R&D and Packaging Development Group, HiRel Division, International Rectifier, Leominster, MA 01453
Graduated Dec. 1999
Thesis Title: Far-Infrared Radiative Properties of YBa2Cu3O7– Films on Si Substrates
M.S. Degree
Brian C. Johnson
Graduated in December 1997
Thesis Title: Heat Transfer Analysis and Modeling of a Cryogenic Laser Radiometer
Dave Pearson
Graduated in August 1998
Thesis Title: Thermal Analysis and Modeling for Future Development of Cryogenic Radiometers
C. Alan Canfield
Graduated in May 1999
Thesis Title: Effects of Diesel–Water Emulsion Combustion on Diesel Engine NOx Emissions
Ferdinand Rosa
Graduated in May 1999
Thesis Title: Modeling the Radiation Environment in the Lower Chamber of Rapid Thermal Processing Furnaces
Yu-Jiun Shen
Graduated in May 1999
Thesis Title: Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Absolute Radiometers Designed for Solar Irradiance Measurements
Jorge L. Garcia
Graduated in May 2002
Thesis Title: Radiative Property Measurements for Rapid Thermal Processing
Linxia Gu
Graduated in August 2002
Thesis Title: Thermal and Stress Analysis During Rapid Thermal Processing
Vinh Khuu
Graduated in May 2004
Thesis Title: Spectral Radiative Properties of Thin Films with Rough Surfaces Studied with Fourier-Transform Spectrometry
Qinghe Li
Graduated in May 2008
Thesis Title: Light Scattering of Semitransparent Media
Trevor J. Bright
Graduated in August 2009
Thesis Title: Non-Fourier Equations in Solids Analyzed from Phonon Statistics
Continued for Ph.D. study at Georgia Tech
Ahmad Haider
Graduated in August 2011
Thesis Title: Application of Rigorous Coupled-Wave Theory for Studying Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures and Silver Nanorods on Gratings
B.S. Degree
Kristopher Stryker
Highest Honors Thesis, Spring 1997
Phillip Behling
Independent Study, Spring 1998
Adam J. Suydam
Highest Honors Project, Spring 1999
James Miller
Higher Honors Thesis, Summer 2001
Sunny Sin
Highest Honors Thesis, Summer 2001 and Fall 2001
Amanda Bryson
Fall 2005-Fall 2006
Shawn Shields
Spring 2007
Orion Andrew King
Spring 2007
Justin Chow
Fall 2008
Chuyang Chen
Summer 2016
Matthew T. Mandel
Spring 2017
Priyank B. Acharya
Spring 2017
Yiyang Zhou
Fall 2017
Samuel R. Caballero
Spring 2019
Jesus Rodrigo Garcia Kawas
Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Matthew Burg
Spring 2021
Kevin Pan
Spring 2022
Lauren Tapp
Spring 2022
Varisa Gumpangkum
Spring 2022
Visiting Scholars
Yue Liu
2008
Hong Ye
Professor at University of Science and Technology of China
Visited from 2011-2012
Yong Shuai
Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology
Atsushi Sakurai
2013-2014, Niigata University
Junming Zhao
Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology
Visited from 2013-2014
Qiang Cheng
Professor at Huazhong University of Science of Technology
Visited from 2014-2015
Visiting Ph.D. Students
Han Wang
2011-2012, Harbin Institute of Technology
Currently at Nanjing Tech University
Zhaolong Wang
2016-2017, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Currently at Hunan University
Xiaohu Wu
Associate researcher at Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology
2017-2018, Peking University
Shiquan Shan
2018-2019, Zhejiang University