Current members
Tse-Ang Lee
PhD student
Email: tseanglee@utexas.edu
Tse-Ang Lee is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University, Taiwan. His research interests focus on integrated microfluidic device design and analysis and micro fabrication techniques. He enjoys swimming, weight training, and cooking during his spare time.
Nirmalay Barua
PhD student
Email: nirmalay@utexas.edu
Nirmalay Barua is a PhD Student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her bachelors in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and masters in Nanoengineering from North Carolina A&T State University. Her research experience includes nanomaterials synthesis & characterization, atomic scale modeling & simulation, nanomechanics. She is an avid book-reader and advocate for mental health.
Yufeng Su
PhD Student
Email: yufeng.su@utexas.edu
Yufeng Su is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (HITSZ) in China, with a major in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, and he completed his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University. He enjoys hands-on laboratory work and his research interests focus on microfluidic device design and manufacture. In his free time, he loves hiking.
Jessie Peng
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: jes.p1098@utexas.edu
Jessie is a 1st year biomedical engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests lies in prosthetic design, infrared spectroscopy, artificial organ design. She likes to read, play piano and watch sports.
Aastha Bhatia
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: aasthabhatia@utexas.edu
Aastha Bhatia is an undergraduate Biomedical engineering pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include early brain and lung cancer detection, blood rheology, and the development of surgeon-guided robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery. She enjoys dancing, traveling, and spending time with friends.
Past members
Aminur Chowdhury
PhD student
Email: aminur@utexas.edu
LinkedIn
Google Scholar
Aminur Rashid Chowdhury is a PhD Student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He is working in Hutter Lab as a graduate assistant. He received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh in 2013 and M.S. in Chemistry at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2019. Previously he worked for Oil & Gas industry for 3.5 years. His research interests in nanoengineered devices, gas sensors, nanostructured functional interfaces, renewable energy, and electromechanical sensors.
David King
PhD student
Email: kingdavid710@utexas.edu
David King graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in Spring 2021. In Fall 2021, he joined the Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program at UT Austin. His research interests encompass gas detection, pyroelectric crystals, and microelectromechanical systems. David also has professional experience in the manufacturing, construction, and medical device industries. His past functions in these industries include design engineering, quality engineering, and regulatory affairs. Outside of the lab, he is interested in soccer, traveling, and rock climbing.
Nehali Shah
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: nehali.shah@austin.utexas.edu
Nehali is a 2nd year undergraduate biomedical engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests focus on blood coagulation and optical devices, as well as cancer, stem cell engineering, and neurological disorders. She loves playing tennis, drawing, reading, binging YouTube, and spending time with her friends in her free time.
Fadi Istelinides
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: fadi.istelinides@utexas.edu
Fadi Istelinides is an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on nanoscale thermal/fluid transport, nanomaterials, and renewable energy. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing billiards, and stargazing in his spare time.
Umar Burney
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: uab65@utexas.edu
Umar Burney is a 3rd year undergraduate electrical engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on the data analysis of spectral data and power systems. He enjoys cooking, frisbee, and video games in his spare time. Also, he has a pet cockatiel, named Chocobo.
Aaron Guo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: aguo5707@utexas.edu
LinkedIn
Aaron Guo is an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interest involves 3-D software design, gas sensors, infrared spectroscopy, and photoionization. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, dancing, and watching anime.
Ziwen Yan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: yan0717@utexas.edu
Ziwen Yan is a 3rd year chemical engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include nanoporous materials for gas phase sensing and adsorption. She enjoys working out, going to concerts, and reading in her free time.
Zeynep Deliormanli
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: zeynepdeliormanli@icloud.com
Zeynep Deliormanli is an undergraduate finance and pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include value-based care, proton radiation treatment for cancer patients, fabrication of stem cell tissues, and healthcare policy and management. She enjoys playing tennis, traveling, cooking, and spending time with friends.
Hebah Tanveer
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hebah is a third year Biomedical Engineering student at the University of Texas, hoping to pursue a bridging disciplines certificate in Design Strategies. Currently for the Hutter Lab, Hebah uses FLOW-3D software to create microfluidic simulations that model capillary flow. She hopes that by better understanding the movement of non-newtonian blood through capillary tubes, she’ll be able to make larger conclusions about detecting blood viscosity. Aside from software-created simulations, Hebah loves to prototype physical models as well. And when she’s not engineering something from scratch, Hebah can be found reading fiction or spending quality time with her friends and family.
Pallabi Samaddar
Research Fellow, 2021
Email: pallabi.samaddar@austin.utexas.edu
Dr. Pallabi Samaddar is a postdoctoral researcher. She obtained her Ph.D from the Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Her doctoral research mainly centers on the application of aqueous biphasic extraction and cloud point extraction in speciation analysis. Following that, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Air Quality & Materials Application Lab, Hanyang University, South Korea. Her research area included competitive sorption behavior of various gaseous molecules especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on different nanoporous/mesoporous sorbent materials. Afterwards, she joined as a senior research associate at the supramolecular lab, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of advanced scientific research (JNCASR), India. Her research work at JNCASR dealt with the synthesis of different porphyrin derivatives and exploration of their property in the field of transient supramolecular assembly. Her current research focuses on the gaseous/liquid adsorption in nanoporous materials with the aid of several advanced techniques. She is passionate about painting, reading book, travelling and a big follower of multi-cultural cuisines.
Andre Mickles Jr
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2020
Email: Andre.Mickles@utexas.edu
Andre Mickles Jr is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interest focus on integrated microfluidic device design and analysis, nanomaterials, and bio-sensing. He enjoys spending time with family, weight training, and cooking during his spare time.
Carlos Sotillo
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2020
Email: Carlos.Sotillo@utexas.edu
Carlos Sotillo is an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on integrated microfluidic device design and analysis, nanomaterials, and bio-sensing. He enjoys playing soccer, reading, and playing the guitar during his spare time.