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Doctoral Graduates

1. Derong Zhou, Graduated January 1991
   Thesis: YBCO Superconducting Powder Generation by an Aerosol Process
   Research Manager, Air Liquide Inc., Philadelphia.
   
    
2. Shaibal Mukherjee, Graduated July 1991
   Thesis: Source Resolution and Risk Apportionment of Air Emission Sources in an Industrial Complex for Risk Reduction Considerations: An Air Waste Management Methodology.
   Research Scientist, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
   
    
3. Chungsying Lu, Graduated December 1991
   Thesis: Theoretical Study of Particle, Chemical and Microbial Transport in Drinking Water Distribution Systems.
   Professor, Dept. of Env. Engr., National Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan.
   
    
4. Hyuksang Chang, Graduated December 1991
   Thesis: Particle Characterization in Flames by In Situ Light Scattering Measurements.
   Professor, Dept. Of Env. Engineering, Yeungnam University, S. Korea.
   
    
5. Hsunling Bai, Graduated, January 1992
   Thesis: Fundamental Study of Ammonia-Sulfur Dioxide Reactions to Form Solid Particles.
   Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
   
    
6. Wen Yinn Lin, Graduated, August 1993
   Thesis: Multicomponent Aerosol Dynamics in Incinerators.
   Professor, Tajen College, Taiwan.
   
    
7. Joseph Flora (co-advisor), Graduated, August 1993
   Thesis: Modeling Mass Transfer and Chemical Interactions in Biofilms.
   Professor, Dept. Of Civil and Env Engr., University of South Carolina.
   
    
8. Timothy Owens, Graduated, August 1995
   Thesis: Aerosol Dynamics and Chemical Reaction Between Lead Compounds and In Situ Generated Silica in High Temperature Systems: Applications to Toxic Metals Capture in Combustors
   Group Leader, General Engineering and Laboratories, Charelston, South Carolina.
   
    
9. Virendra Sethi, Graduated, June 1996
   Thesis: Particle Transport and Depostion Characteristics in Liquids.
   Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
   
    
10. Chang-Yu Wu, Graduated, December 1996
    Thesis: Study of Gas Phase Reactions, Aerosol Formation and Growth Dynamics of Toxic Metals at High Temperatures.
    Associate Professor, Environmental Engr. And Science, University of Florida.
    
     
11. David Brown, Graduated, December 1996 (co-advisor: Dr. S.G. Rubin)
    Thesis: Development and Application of a Coupled Flow, Chemistry and Aerosol Model: Applications to Supersonic Aircraft Emissions
    Research Engineer, VTT, Finland.
    
     
12. Susan Durlak, Graduated, September 1997
    Thesis: Investigation of Aerosol Formation and Sulfur Speciation in Subsonic Aircraft Engines.
    
     
13. Guixiang Yang, Graduated, March 1998
    Thesis: Gas Phase Processing of Nanostructured Particles and Films: Environmentally Benign Methodologies
    Research Engineer, Yang Technologies.
    
     
14. Tai-Gyu (Teddy) Lee, Graduated, June 1999
    Thesis: Study of Mercury Kinetics and Control Methodologies in Combustion Flue Gases
    Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea.
    
     
15. Anthony Zimmer, Graduated, July 2000
    Thesis: Aerosol Formation Mechanisms, Metallurgical Aspects and Engineering Control of Fumes Generated from Gas Metal Arc Welding Operations
    Research Scientist, USEPA, Cincinnati.
    
     
16. Ye Zhuang, Graduated, July 2000
    Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Submicrometer Particle Formation and Capture Mechanisms in Coal Combustion Environments
    Research Engineer, Energy and Environ. Res. Center, North Dakota.
    
     
17. Clay Miller, Graduated August 2000
    Thesis: Role of Chemical and Morphological Properties of Submicrometer Nickel-Containing Combustion Aerosols on Lung Injury
    Research Scientist, US Army.
    
     
18. Sylvana Li, Graduated December 2000
    Thesis: Chlorine Transport and Decay Studies in a Pilot Scale Dead End Drinking Water Distribution System
    Research Engineer, Department of Agriculture, Washington DC.
     
19. Zhong-Min Wang, Graduated March 2004
    Thesis: Synthesis of Pristine and Doped Nanostructured Oxides in Flame Reactors
    Research Engineer, California Air Resources Board.
    
     
20. Catherine Almquist, Graduated June 2001
    Thesis: The Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts and Their Performance in Selected Environmental and Industrial Applications
    Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Miami University.
    
    -------- Washington University in St. Louis Graduates --------
     
21. Pramod Kulkarni, Graduated December 2003
    Thesis: Studies on the Transport and Deposition of Charged Nanoparticles
    Research Scientist, National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, OH.
     
22. Prakash Kumar, Graduated May 2005
    Thesis: Aerosol Routes for Manufacture of Nanostructured Magnetic Oxides
    Research Engineer, Cabot Corporation, NM.
     
23. Kuk Cho, Graduated August 2005
    Thesis: Controlled study on growth dynamics of nanostructured pristine and doped titanium dioxide particles
    Research Scientist, KIGAM, Korea.
     
24. Shaohua Hu, Graduated December 2006
    Thesis: Modeling to Establish Traffic Aerosol Contributions that Impact Children's Health
    Research Scientist, California Air Resources Board.
     
25. Swapnil Dhumal, Graduated August 2007
    Thesis: Computational and Experimental Study of Gas Phase Synthesis of Nanoparticles
    Research Engineer.

Master's Graduates

1. Xiaoming Li, M.S., Graduated: March, 1987
   Thesis: "Aerosol Dynamics in a High Temperature Reactor: Optical Waveguide Preform Fabrication".
   
    
2. Yi Tian, M.S., Graduated, June 1989
   Thesis: Microcontaminant Particle Source Identification and Apportionment in Clean Rooms.
   
    
3. HsunLing Bai, M.S., Graduated, December 1989
   Thesis: Deposition of Continuously Distributed Aerosols.
   
    
4. Wen Yin Lin, Graduated, June 1990
   Thesis: An Expert System to Develop Emergency Responses to Hazardous Material Spills.
   
    
5. Virendra Sethi, Graduated, September 1990
   Thesis: Fundamental Study of Metallic Emissions from Waste Incinerators.
   
    
6. Nikhil Shenoi, Graduated, September 1990
   Thesis: Ambient Aerosol Measurements in the Cincinnati Area: Source-Receptor Analysis.
   
    
7. Tom Gerstle, Graduated, December 1991
   Thesis: Source Apportionment of Ambient Aerosols in the Lower Price Hill Airshed.
   
    
8. Robert Saikally, Graduated, December 1991
   Thesis: Partitioning of Sulfur Amongst the Gaseous and Particulate Phases.
   
    
9. Ajay Gupta, Graduated, June 1992
   Thesis: Effect of Humidity and Particle Hygroscopicity on the Mass Loading Capacity of HEPA filters.
   
    
10. Shih Yuan Lin, Graduated, March 1993
    Thesis: Aerosol Generation of Magnetic Materials.
    
     
11. Wendy Merz, Graduated, March 1993.
    Thesis: Receptor Modeling of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Lower Price Hill Airshed.
    
     
12. I-Fen Li, Graduated, March 1993.
    Thesis: Statistical Analysis of Air Quality Data from the Greater Cincinnati Airshed: Time Series and Non-Linear Analysis.
    
     
13. Chang-Yu Wu, Graduated, March 1993.
    Thesis: Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste: Metals Emissions and Exposure.
    
     
14. Paul Smith, Graduated, April 1993
    Thesis: Theoretical Study of Biofilters for Volatile Organic Compound Treatment.
    
     
15. Piotr Czechowicz, Graduated December 1993
    Thesis: Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Air Quality Data.
    
     
16. Jeffrey Ferg, Graduated December 1994
    Thesis: Kinetics of Metal Reactions in High Temperarture Environments.
    
     
17. Ajay Bahri, Graduated June 1997
    Thesis: Chlorine Concentration Decay in Distribution Pipes.
    
     
18. Ravi Kanda, Graduated, June 1997
    Thesis: Ozone Dynamics and Predicitability in the Cincinnati Air Shed.
    
     
19. Gabriel Dutari, Graduated, March 2000
    Thesis: Filtration Mechanisms of Cryptosporidium Parvum as a Waterborne Particle.
    
     
20. Elizabeth Hedrick, Graduated August 2000
    Thesis: The Study of Gaseous Mercury Speciation Sampling and Analysis Methods Using Direct Injection Nebulization Coupled Plasma Spectrometry.
    
     
21. Sylian Rodriguez, Graduated June 2001
    Thesis: In Situ Generated Sorbents for Mercury Capture in Combustor Exhausts: Role of Other Particles and Water Vapor.
    
     
22. Andreas Richter, Graduated June 2001
    Thesis: Modeling Chlorine Decay in Dead Ends of Water Distribution Systems Under Generalized Intermittent Flow Conditions.
    
    -------- Washington University in St. Louis Graduates --------
     
23. Chulhan Kim, Graduated August 2003
    Thesis: Synthesis of Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Films and Their Applications.
     
24. Rafael McDonald, Graduated December 2003
    Thesis: Morphology and Other Characteristics of Ambient PM 2.5.
     
25. Ayano Niwa, Graduated December 2004
    Thesis: Characterization of Fine Particle Emissions from Laser Printers.
     
26. Shaohua Hu, Graduated December 2004
    Thesis: Estimation of Traffic Source Contributions to Ambient PM 2.5 in Different Regions in the Cincinnati Airshed.
     
27. Marina Smallwood, Graduated May 2005
    Thesis: Mercury Emissions Control in Coal Combustors.

Undergraduate Students

1. *Paul Smith, University of Cincinnati, 9/87-9/90.
2. *Glendon Tyree, Morehead State University, Oak Ridge Summer Intern, 6/96-9/96.
3. Steven Lasher, University of Cincinnati, 9/96-8/97.
4. *Mindy Hazelwood, Cumberland College, Oak Ridge Summer Intern, 6/97-9/97.
5. Steven Schutte, University of Cincinnati,, 9/97-6/98.
6. Adrienne Menneti, University of Cincinnati, 6/98 - 6/00.
7. Steven Simon, University of Cincinnati, 6/98 - 6/99.
8. Andrew Young, University of Cincinnati, 6/98 - 6/99.
9. Andrew Baumgardner, Chemical Engineering, Washington University, 6/01-5/02.
10. *David Weingeist, Chemical Engineering, Washington University, 9/01-6/05.
11. *Christopher Hogan, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell Univ., 6/03-8/03, NSF, REU.
12. Bukky Akinyemi, Chemical Engineering, WUStL, 6/03 - 8/05.
13. Elizabeth Henderson, Mechanical Engineering, WUStL, 6/03-8/03.
14. Michael Mendehall, Physics, WUStL, 2004.
15. *William McClellan, Physics & Civil Engineering, WUStL, 6/04-8/04. NSF, REU.
16. Erin Dunbar, Univ. of Rochester, 6/04-8/04, NSF, REU.
17. Damien Brewer, Chemical Engineering, WUStL, 9/04 - current.
18. *Michael Gamble, Oklahoma State University, 5/05 - 8/05., NSF-REU.
19. Shannon Klaus, University of Missouri, Columbia, 5/06-8/06; NSF-REU.
20. Jeff Gardner, Ohio University, 5/06-8/06; NSF-REU.

(* UG students who have co-authored Refereed Journal Papers)

Other Students

1. Sheau Rong Lou, Environmental Engineering, 9/85 - 8/86.
2. Dan Vance, Mechanical Engineering, 1/86 - 9/86.

Visiting Scholars

1. Dr. Haoren Zhuang, TDK Inc., 1995-1996.
2. Dr. Yong Jin Kim, Korea Institute of Machinery and Metals, 1996.
3. Mr. Toshiaki Hayashi, Toyobo Inc., Japan, 1997.
4. Dr. Zhongmin Wang, South China University, 1997 - current.
5. Dr. Avner Adin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998-1999.
6. Mr. Chung-Sun Lee, KAIST, Korea, 1999.
7. Ms. Mar Esperanza, Univ. of Alicante, Spain, 1999.
8. Dr. Masami Furuchi,  Kanazawa Univ., Japan, 1999.
9. Dr. Norikazu Namiki, Kanazawa University, Japan, 2001.
10. Dr. M. H.  Lee, Post Doctoral Fellow, Kanazawa University, now at KITECH, 2003-2005.
11. Mr. Joong- Hyuk Kim, KAIST, S. Korea, 2004.
12. Dr. Soon Kwan Jeong, KIRE, S. Korea, 2005-06.
13. Mr. Sang-Bok Kim, KAIST, S. Korea, 2005-06.

High School Students

1. Angelica Becerra, Chandler High School, Arizona, NASA Summer Intern, 6/97-8/97.
2. Niramon Arjara, Bronx High School of Science, New York, NASA Summer Intern, 6/98-8/98.
3. Laura E. Lugo, Puerto Rico, NASA Summer Intern, 6/99-8/99.
4. Dhruv Bhatnagar, Parkway South High School, St. Louis, 9/04 - 5/05.