Doctoral Student Profiles

Nanotechology has shown its impact on important aspects of modern life including biology, electronics, energy, and agriculture. I am an expert in characterization and fabrication of new materials and composites in different length scale using nano and micro structures. As an example, I have worked on high aspect ratio scanning probe microscopy, artificial muscles which are electroactive polymers and light weight composites.

K. (Koohyar) Pooladvand received both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, with his B.Sc. and M.Sc. thesis focused on the design optimization of hydraulic ram pump and inverse thermal boundary problems, respectively. He is currently a Ph.D. student in mechanical department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and working as a researcher in the CHSLT (Center for Holographic Studies ad Laser micro-mechaTronics). His current research interests include additive manufacturing, optical metrology, residual stress estimation and evaluation, ...

Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (WPI), Worcester, MA Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (May 2013) Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (WPI), Worcester, MA Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (July 2006) Bachelor of Science in Business Harbin Engineering University, (HEU), Harbin, China

Lei Yang received the B.S. degree in process equipment and control engineering from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China in 2009, and the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA in 2011. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His research interests include flow distribution control and liquid film flow boiling enhancement via electrohydrodynamic (EHD) conduction pumping.

Rui Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in Optomechanics Lab. He is currently working on developing cavity optomechanical transducers for sensing applications as well as exploring different methods to couple light from optical fiber to integrated photonics chips.

I am a physics PhD student who is currently a teaching assistant.

I am 3rd year PhD student working with professor Lyubov Titova in the Ultrafast THz and Optical Spectroscopy Lab. I study the optical properties of 2D materials for a wide range of applications such as THZ photonic devices, THz EMI shielding, optoelectronic devices, photo-electrochemistry, and photovoltaics. I specialize in many types of spectroscopy including Time-Resolve Photoluminescence, Time domain and Time resolve THZ spectroscopy, and Transient absorption. I also enjoy helping undergraduate students to master their experimental skills, and mentoring high school women and encourage them ...

I am currently interested in biophysics and computational physics.

I am a Physics Ph.D. student and WPI CEDAR fellow working with Professor Raisa Trubko in the WPI Quantum Sensing group. Using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond, this group works to image magnetic fields with high spatial resolution. We work towards developments of state-of-the-art quantum instruments as a tool to study the magnetic properties of novel materials and biological organisms. My current focus is to incorporate machine learning techniques to develop new data analysis methods in the lab.