People


Principle Investigator

Hong Liang, Ph.D.
hliang@tamu.edu

Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. Professor

Fellow, ASME, STLE

Editor: Tribology International

Regional Editor (North America): Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties (IOP)

Editorial Board: Friction, Lubricants


   

PostDoc


   

Ph.D. Students

Dali

Dali Huang
dhuang@tamu.edu

Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science & Engineering

Research Area:
Nanomaterials

 

Yan

 

Yan Chen
yanchen876@tamu.edu

Ph. D candidate in Materials Science & Engineering, 2017-present
M.S., Materials Science, Auburn University, 2016
B.S., Materials, Northeastern University, China, 2011

Research Area:

Nano- and micro-fluidic behavior, liquid-solid interfaces, characterization of advanced materials


   

Swarn Jha
swarn.jha14@tamu.edu

Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, 2018-present
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute & Technology, 2012

Research Area:
Nanomaterials and structures, advanced materials for energy applications, computational & experimental design of materials

Awards:
Int. students scholarship, TAMU, 2015

   
Peter

Peter Renner
rubiksrenner@gmail.com

Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018-present
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2018

Research Area:
Design, synthesis, and failure mechanisms of advanced materials, environmentally induced plasmarization and oxidation.


Awards:
NSF Graduage Reseach Fellowship

 

Ajinkya Raut
ajinkyaraut@tamu.edu

Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, 2019-present
M.Tech. & B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India, 2015

Research Area:
Nano and biomanufacturing of advanced materials and structures, numerical simulation, digital manufacturing

Siddhi

Siddhi Mehta
siddhi_23@tamu.edu

Ph.D. candidate in MSEN, 2020-present.

M.S. TAMU Energy Institute, 2019.
B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, 2017

 

Research Area:
Energy storage devices, nanostructutured materials

 
Kailash

Kailash Dhondiram Arole (co-advisor: Dr. Micah Green)
kailash_arole@tamu.edu

Ph.D. candidate in Materails Science & Engineering, 2021-present
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, TAMU, 2021.

B.Tech. Polymer Engineering & Technology, ICT Mumbai, India, 2016.

Research Area:
Nanomaterials (MXene and Graphene) Synthesis and Functionalization, Advanced Lubricants, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage

Mrudul

Mrudul Velhal

mvlhal4595@tamu.edu

Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science & Engineering.

Research Area:

Bio- and nature-inspired materials, microdevices

 
 

   

M.S. Students

 
Serge

Serge Kazadi
s_kzd@tamu.edu

M.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering

 

Research Area:
Coatings.

   
Undergrads  
   
   
 

Visiting Scholars

George E. Totten, Ph.D., FASM

Ph.D., New York University, Physical Organic Chemistry

M.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Organic Chemistry

B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Chemistry

Curriculum Vita

   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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