Our team is comprised of PhD, Master's, and Undergraduate students across civil, mechanical, architectural, electrical, and chemical engineering students. Complex, cross-disciplinary research requires bright minds from different technical backgrounds!
Graduate Students
Jaehwan Cha
(PhD Student, Civil Engineering)
Master of Architecture (Korea University), Bach. of Architecture (Korea University)
Topics: Membrane Dehumidification Systems and Water Vapor Compression Technologies
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Meeran Qari
(PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering)
Bach. of Mechanical Engineering (University of Kashmir)
Topics: Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification / Regeneration, Distillation, and Atmospheric Water Harvesting Systems
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Aitong Xu
(MS Student, Civil Engineering)
Bach. of Arch. Engineering (Texas A&M-Kingsville)
Topics: DC-Powered Atmospheric Water Harvesting Systems (vapor compression refrigeration)
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Undergraduate Students
Parsa Koupaei
(BS in Chemical Engineering)
Topics: Environmental impacts of atmospheric water harvesting, industrial membrane drying
Medha Gollapudi
(BS in Mechanical Engineering)
Topics: data center thermal management, atmospheric water harvesting
Internship(s): Daikin Comfort
Ritika Nandi
(BS in Architectural Engineering)
Topics: Air conditioning condensate recovery and building energy modeling
Award(s): Academy of Distinguished Alumni Undergraduate Research, American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects Conference Travel Grant
Internship(s): Southland Industries (MEP Intern)
Catelin Mo
(BS in Mechanical Engineering)
Topics: Mechanical and Separation Performance of Dehumidification Membranes
Internship(s): Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Felix Stimets
(BS in Civil Engineering)
Topics: Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Tejaswini Kalikiri
(BS in Electrical Engineering)
Topics: Data Center Thermal Management
Award(s): TEX-E Fellow
Group Alumni
Andrew Abdelmlak (BS in Mechanical Engineering, Topic: Atmospheric Water Harvesting)
Pascal Stevens (BS in Mechanical Engineering, Topic: Thermal Energy Storage in Building Materials)
Jeffrey Wang (BS in Aerospace Engineering, Topic: Membrane Dehumidification in Space)
Ivan Colon Bermudez (BS in Mechanical Engineering, Topic: Atmospheric Water Harvesting)
Benjamin Aguayo (BS in Mechanical Engineering, Role after Graduation: MEP Engineer at ARUP, Topic: Environmental Chamber Design)