Cohort from ASU, Michigan, Duke, Cal, Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, Northwestern and UCLA for our Summer Sustainble Energy Fellowship with Lincoln Pratson from Duke and Andy Hoffman of Michigan.
Jessica Katz, whom I supervised as an Honors Thesis student - great student better person! President Obama shakes her hand on stage for her exceptional work at ASU.
PhD / Masters Level Supervisor or Co-Supervisor
Todd Otanicar, Ph.D. Candidate Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Radiative and Optical Properties of Nanoparticle Enhanced Fluids for Direct Solar Absorption: Appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering at Loyola Marymount University and leading their Sustainable Energy Program. Completed April 9, 2009.
Humberto Silva, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Mesoscale Thermal Modeling for Urban Climate and Biocomplexity Applications: May 2009 Graduation
Joby Carlson, M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Urban Climate + Civil Engineering. Quantifying the Diurnal Thermal Variability of Urban Surface Pavements. Completed in 2005
Jooseng “Gavin” Gui, M.S. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering: Materials for Urban Climate. Completed in 2006
Vairavan Subramanian, Ph.D. Candidate School of Sustainability: A Life Cycle Framework to Address Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at the Local Scale
Jin Jo, PhD Candidate, School of Sustainability. Sustainability Implications form the Rapid Urbanization and Altering Built Environment of Seoul, South Korea
Raj Busch, PhD Candidate, School of Sustainability. Electricity Supply Sustainability and The Electricity Supply Sustainability Assessment Model
Wen-Ching Chuang, PhD Candidate School of Sustainability: An Object Based Approach for Land Cover Classification of Engineered Surfaces
Gustavo M. Ugarte, PhD Candidate School of Sustainability. Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Graduate Committee Member
Sophia Beym, MS 2005 - now an Environmental Specialist with the Bishop Paiute Tribe
Brent Hedquist, Geography 2006 PhD Candidate Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of the Urban Heat Island in Phoenix, Arizona
Mohammad Islam, M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering 2005 - Material Diffusivity
Heather Kinkade-Levario, 2007 Geography Ph.D. Candidate
Mark Belshe, M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering 2006
Rahul Bhardwaj, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 2007 MS Candidate, Urban Heat Island
Donna Hartz, Geography 2007 PhD Candidate for Urban Heat Island
Vasudha Lathey, Environmental Planning: Completed and Successfully defended PhD (2008). Environmental Design and Health
Michael Tierney, 2005 M.S. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Daniel Hruska, 2006 M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering: Air Quality Modeling
Shreshth Nagpal, 2005 CAED Energy Program, MS Integration of Photovoltaics into Building Envelope- Effect on whole building energy performance
David Carroll, 2006 Masters of Science in Building Design, Energy Performance and Climate Responsive Architecture
Saravanan Balasubramanian, 2007 M.S. Building Technology and Energy Performance.
Siwat Sriphirom, Ph.D. Candidate Industrial Engineering: Sustainable Supply Chain for the Health Sector.
TEACHING
Graduate Committees, continued
Krishna Biligiri, Ph.D. Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering. Development of a Laboratory Test Protocol to Evaluate Tire / Pavement Noise. Completed November 2008
Maria Carolina Rodezno, Ph.D. Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lionel Metchop, MS Mechanical Engineering. 1-D Analysis of Desorption Phenomenon & Performance Analysis of a Desiccant Air Conditioning System. February 2007
Tianhua Duan, PhD Mechanical & Chemical Engineering. Transport and Reaction of Photocatalytic Oxidation of VOC’s. February 2007
Himanshu Tyagi, PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Radiative and Combustion Properties of Nanoparticle-Laden Liquids. Completed November 2008
Yeshpal Gupta, PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Research and Development of a Small - Scale Adsorption Cooling System. 2006
External Examiner
Jiselle Joseph, MSc Implications of Introducing a New Ethylene Facility at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate. The University of West Indies. 2007
Reena Rampersad, MSc The Design, Construction and Performance Evaluation of a Solar Disinfection Unit for the SODIS Treatment of Rain Water and River Water. The University of West Indies 2007.
Honors Undergraduate Thesis Committee Chair
Jessica Katz, BS Civil & Environmental Engineering. Thesis Chair 2008-2009 Summa Cum Laude Barretts Honors College
Tyler Perry, BS Finance. Barretts Honors College. Photovoltaic Saturation Strategy. Thesis Chair 2007-2008 Magna Cum Laude
Uven Chong, BS Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Barretts Honors College. Guarded Hot Plate. Thesis Chair 2007-2008
Steve Terry, BS Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Committee Member 2007-2008
Awards Obtained by Students Under My Supervision
Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Humberto Silva (2009).
National Science Foundation (EAPSI). East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for Graduate Students. Todd Otanicar (2008). Carried out his researched on Nanoparticles Solar at the University of New South Wales.
Science Foundation Arizona Graduate Research Fellowship. Robert Horner (2008)
The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Fellowship. Humberto Silva (2008) assigned to DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a computational fluid dynamicist.
Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative Award. Vairavan Subramanian (2007)
El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Graduate Fellow. Gustavo Marco Antonio Ugarte Irizarri (2007-2009).
TEACHING
Sustainable Capstone Projects
Sergio Blanco (2007-2008). Sustainable Business Plan / A Sustainable Business Plan Development for a SME from a Lower Income Region. 2nd Reader
Insua, Ivan (2007-2008). Application of carbon capture technology on an existing coal-fired power plant. 2nd reader
Eric Kingsbury (2007-2008). Organizational Strategies for Sustainability and the Global Cocoa Value Chain. Chair
Dimitrios Laloudakis (2006-2007). Strategic Plan for Use of Hybrids in Government Fleets. Chair
Derek Skousen (2006-2007). Implementing Lean and LEED In the Residential Construction Industry.
Jan Kowal (2006-2007). Biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oil. Chair
Michael Scott (2006-2007). Biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oil. Chair
Joey Kellner (2006-2007). GreenDriver: Aftermarket Automobile Gasoline Management System. Chair
Raj Buch (2006-2007). Distributed Energy Development Project. Ingersol Rand Corporation. Chair
John Williams (2006-2007). Distributed Energy Development Project. Ingersol Rand Corporation. Chair
Benjamin Young. (2006-2007). Sustainable Residential Construction. Shea Homes. Chair
Lionel Metchop (2006-2007). Development of a new product to draw humidified air for potable water. Prize Winner at the Intel / UC Berkeley Technology Competition. Formed Watel Inc. Chair
Yeshpal on left and Lionel far right present their research to faculty from outside ASU and an environmental reporter for the Arizona Republic at the National Center of Excellence.