PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
- Dr. Xun Li:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
- Dr. Devika Mehta:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS
- Yajie Huang:
- M.S. & B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Peter Sokalski:
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship, and Samsung Fellowship
- Emma Peavler Martin
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- B.S. in Astrophysics, University of California at Los Angeles;
- Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship and Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Chuting Cai:
- B.S. in Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS
- Mary Stripling:
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
PAST PhD STUDENTS
- Qianru (Sally) Jia:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2023
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Synthesis and Thermal Transport Measurements of Graphitic Nanostructures and Superstructures
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin;
- M.S. Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of High-Surface Area Hexagonal Boron Nitride Foam Structures;
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship and University Graduate Continuing Fellowship;
- Currently Post-doctoral Fellow at University of California at Berkeley
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2023
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Thermal and Thermoelectric Measurements of Atomic Layers with Controlled Symmetry Breaking
- B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
- Post-doctoral Fellow at University of Texas at Austin (September 2023 to May 2024) and at Sandia National Laboratories (June 2024-)
- Hwijong Lee:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2022
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Compound Crystals with Weak Phonon Couplings
- co-advised by Profs. Li Shi and Jianshi Zhou
- M.S. & B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
- Currently Post-doctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories
- Yuanyuan Zhou:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2021
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Peak Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Bulk Boron Arsenide Crystals and Individual Carbon Nanotubes
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2017
- M.S. Thesis: Four-Probe Thermal Measurements of Mesoscale Structures;
- B.E. in Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship;
- Post-doctoral fellow, University of Texas at Austin, October 2021-September 2022;Currently Process Integration Engineer at Samsung Austin Semiconductor
- Eric Ou:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2020
Ph.D. Dissertation: Four-Probe Thermal Transport Measurements of Few-Layer Graphene and Ultrathin Graphite; - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2015;
M.S. Thesis: Four-Probe Thermal Measurement of a Carbon Nanotube Sheet;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin;
Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship and Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Texas at Austin, September 2020-December 2020 - Currently Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
- Brandon Smith:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2020
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Experimental Investigations of Energy Carrier Interactions with Atomic Disorders and Artificial Long-Range Orders;
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2016
- M.S. Thesis: Four-Probe Measurements of Anisotropic In-Plane Thermal Conductivities of Thin Black Phosphorus;
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
- Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship;
- Currently Post-doctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories
- David Choi:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2018,
Ph.D. Dissertation: The Thermal Effect of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Supports in Graphene Devices;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2014;
M.S. Thesis: Nanoparticle Characterization with Nanopore Sensors;
co-advised by Profs. Li Shi and S.V. Sreenivasan;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles;
Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship and Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
Currently Post-doctoral Fellow, UT Austin - Sean Sullivan:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2018,
Ph.D. Dissertation: Nonequilibrium Heat and Spin Transport in Materials with Long Carrier Relaxation Lengths;
M.S. & B.S. in Materials Science&Engineering, Purdue University;
Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship and Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
co-advised by Profs. Li Shi and Jianshi Zhou;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, January 2019-July 2019;
Post-doctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, August 2019-2022 - Currently CTO of memQ Inc
- Kevin Olsson:
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Fall, 2018;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Phonon and Magnon Thermometry using Light Scattering Techniques;
co-advised by Profs. Elaine Li and Li Shi;
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Maryland - Gabriella Coloyan:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2018,
Ph.D. Dissertation: Electrothermal and Optothermal Characterization of Thermal Transport in Two-dimensional Materials;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2014;
M.S. Thesis:Basal Plane Thermal Conductivity of Thin Germanane Layers;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, September-October 2018; - Currently Research Associate and Director of the Center for Equity in Engineering, UT Austin
- Evan Fleming:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2018,
Ph.D. Dissertation: Multi-Scale Investigation of Composite Materials for Enhanced Phase Change Thermal Storage Systems;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2013,
M.S. Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of a Novel Thermal Storage System for Electric Vehicle Climate Conditioning (co-advised by Profs. Li Shi and Alex da Silva);
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan;
Recipient of Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship; - Currently Research Fellow, University of Michigan
- Annie Weathers:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May, 2016;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Transport and Coupling of Phonons, Electrons, and Magnons in Complex Materials;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2012;
M.S. Thesis: Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport in Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures;
B.S. in Physics, New York University;
Recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship, Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering, Ben Streetman Junior Award for outstanding research by a graduate student in microelectronics, and 2017 Caltech Young Investigator Lecturer in Engineering and Applied Science;
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Texas at Austin, June 2016-April 2017;
Currently Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory - Patrick L. Jurney:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2015;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Nanoparticle Margination, Adhesion, and Uptake in Microflow;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2011;
M.S. Thesis: The Effect of Particle Size and Shape on Margination and Adhesion Propensity;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Portland;
Recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship, and David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship;
Post-doctoral fellow at Oregon Health & Science University, 2016-2019;
Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, Fall 2019- - Mir Mohammad Sadeghi:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2015;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Thermal Transport in Graphene;
Recipient of Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, October 2015-February 2019;
Currently Senior Member of Technical Staff, AMD, Austin - JaeHyun Kim:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2015;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Four-Probe Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport Measurements of Bismuth Antimony Telluride, Silicon, and Boron Arsenide Nanostructures;
Recipient of Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, September 2015-February 2018;
Currently Assistant Professor, Hongik University - Xi Chen:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2014;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Higher Manganese Silicides for Waste Heat Recovery;
Co-advised by Profs. Li Shi and JIanshi Zhou;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, January 2015-July 2019;
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Riverside, August 2019- - Insun Jo:
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, December 2012;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Thermal Transport in Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride;
Co-advised by Profs. Zhen Yao and Li Shi;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, January 2013 -August 2013;
Post-doctoral fellow, Princeton University, September 2013 – April 2017;Dr.
Currently at Intel, Portland - Chad Baker:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2012;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Simulation, Design, and Experimental Characterization of Catalytic and Thermoelectric Systems for Removing Emissions and Recovering Waste Energy from Engine Exhaust;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2009;
M.S. Thesis: Vapor Transport Techniques for Growing Macroscopically Uniform Zinc Oxide Nanowires;
co-advised by Profs. Mathew J. Hall and Li Shi;
Currently at National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Michael T. Pettes:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2011;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Experimental Investigations of Thermal Transport in Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Nanoscale Point Contacts;
M.S. Thesis: Thermal Transport in Individual Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes;
B.S., Duke University;
Recipient of Harrington Fellowship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship, and NSF CAREER award;
Post-doctoral fellow, UT Austin, June 2011-August 2013;
Currently Deputy Group Leader and Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Arden L. Moore:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2010;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport in Nanostructures;
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin;
M.S. Thesis: Synthesis and Thermoelectric Characterization of Individual Nanowires;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University;
Recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention and Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
Post-doctoral fellow at UT Austin, June 2010-August 2011;
Thermal Advisory Engineer, IBM, September 2011-August 2013;
Currently Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University - Mary Caldorera-Moore:
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2010;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Development and Optimization of Shape Specific, Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Nanocarriers Using Step and Flash Imprint Lithography;
co-advised by Profs. Krishendu Roy and Li Shi;
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University;
Recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship;
Post-doctoral fellow at UT Austin, June 2010-August 2013;
Currently Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University - Feng Zhou:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2009;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Thermoelectric Transport in Semiconducting Nanowires;
M.S. in Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; B.S. in Physics, Jilin University;
Recipient of David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship;
Currently at Microchip Technology Inc, San Jose, CA - Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2009;Ph.D. Dissertation: Thermal and Thermoelectric Measurements of Silicon Nanoconstrictions, Supported Graphene, and Indium Antimonide Nanowires;
M.S.& B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University;
Recipient of David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship;
Post-doctoral fellow, Berkeley, 2010-2012;
Currently Associate Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea - Anastassios Mavrokefalos:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2008;
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Thermoelectric and Structural Characterization of Individual Nanowires and Patterned Thin Films;
M.S. & B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin;
M.S. Thesis: Nano-patterning and Transport Measurements of Nanowire Structures for Interconnect and Thermoelectric Applications;
Recipient of Fulbright Fellowship and David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship;
Post-doctoral fellow, MIT, 2009-2012;
Currently at Rogers Corporation - Luz Cristal Glangchai:
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2008;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Nanoimprint Lithography Based Fabrication of Size and Shape-Specific, Enzymatically-Triggered Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications;
Recipient of NSF IGERT Traineeship; co-advised by Profs. Krishendu Roy and Li Shi; - Currently Founder/CEO, Venture Lab
- Sanjoy Saha:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2007;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Theoretical Study of Thermal Transport at Nano Constrictions and Nanowires with Sawtooth Surface Roughness; - Recipient of David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship;
- Currently Director, Thermal Mechanical Solutions, Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group at Intel Corporation
- Jianhua Zhou:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2005;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport Measurements of One-Dimensional Nanostructures;
Currently Vice President of Engineering, Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA - Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2004;
Ph.D. Dissertation: Nanomaterials Characterization and Bio-chemical Sensing using Microfabricated Devices; - Recipient of Continuing University Fellowship;
- Post-doctoral fellow, Berkeley, 2004-2007;
- Currently Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station
PAST M.S. STUDENTS
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2004;
M.S. Thesis: Thermal Investigation of Silicon-on-Insulator Devices and Tin Dioxide Nanobelts;
Ph.D. in Mechaicnal Engineering, MIT, 2010;
Currently Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona - Olen Anderson:
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2004;
M.S. Thesis: Experimentation and Modeling of Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps - Antonette Cummings:
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2005;
M.S. Thesis: Thermal Conductivity of Nylon 11 Nanocomposite Materials;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, August 2003;
Currently at Bell Helicopter - Colin M. Folta:
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2005;
M.S. Thesis: Development of a Scanning Thermoelectric Microscope for Profiling the Local Seebeck Coefficient in a Thin-Film Superlattice;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 2004 - Nathan Malcolm:
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, May 2009;
M.S. Thesis: Simulation of a Plasmonic Nanowire Waveguide;
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville;
Recipient of Applied Materials Graduate Fellowship and Thrust 2000 Fellowship;
co-advised by Profs. John R. Howell and Li Shi;
Currently at Lockheed Martin, Inc
- Peter Sokalski
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin;
- M.S. Thesis: Optical Excitation and Probing of Nonequilibrium Phonons in Molybdenum Disulfide;
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champion;
- Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship and Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
- Currently Ph.D. student at University of Texas at Austin
- Currently Ph.D. student at University of Texas at Austin
- Emma Peavler
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin;
- M.S. Thesis: Design and Fabrication of Electrothermal Measurement Devices to Probe Coulomb Heat Transfer across Two-Dimensional Heterostructures;
- B.S. in Astrophysics, University of California at Los Angles;
- Recipient of UT Graduate School Fellowship and Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship;
- Currently Ph.D. student at University of Texas at Austin
- Rodolfo Cantu
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin;
- M.S. Thesis: Synthesis and Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of Long Carbon Nanotubes;
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin;
PAST POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
- Dr. Yunyu Wang:
- Ph.D. in Physics, North Carolina State University;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2004-Spring 2006, co-advised by Profs. P. S. Ho, L. Shi and Z. Yao;
Currently at Applied Materials, Inc. - Dr. Jianlong (Steve) Li:
- Ph.D. in Physics, Beijing University;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, August 2005 to October 2006;
Currently Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University - Dr. Huijun Kong:
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Michigan;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin,October 2008 to August 2009;
Currently at CGGVeritas, Houston - Dr. Yong Lee:
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Texas at Austin;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, May 2007-August 2010;
Currently on the faculty of Kyungpook National University - Dr. Daniel Sellan:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, June 2012-June 2014;
Recipient of NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Scholarship and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship;
Currently McKinsey & Company
- Dr. Shaoyi Wen:
- Ph.D. in Mechancial Engineering, Purdue University;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, June 2012-April 2015;
Currently at HP, Inc, Houston - Dr. Abhijit Paul:
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Oklahoma State University;
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, June 2012-
PAST VISITORS
- Dr. Dae-Jin Kang:
- Visiting Scholar, September 2003 to July 2004.
Currently Associate Professor, Korea Polytechnic University. - Dr. Baozhi Sun:
- Visiting Scholar, November 2007 to November 2008.
Currently Associate Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China - Hideto Ito:
- Visiting M.S. Student, Nihon University, Japan, September 2007 to September 2008
- Dr. Kedong Bi:
- Associate Professor, Southest University, Nanjin, China, October 2011-November 2012
- Keivan Davami:
- Ph.D. candidate, Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea. May 2012-August 2012
- Dr. Xihong Chen:
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. February 2013-August 2013
- Chenguan Fu:
- Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University. November 2014-May 2015
- Ms. Sarah DiMaria:
- Visiting High-School Teacher, Summer 2015;
Geometry Teacher, Manor New Tech High School.
- Ms. Kim Collins:
- Visiting High-School Teacher, Summer 2016;
Teacher, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
- Yangyu Guo:
- Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
- Zhiguo Tian:
- Undergraduate Student, Tsinghua University, summer 2018
PAST UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
- Sarah E. Ruch:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors, University of Texas at Austin, May 2006;
Recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for graduate study at Stanford. - Anthony Hayes:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors, University of Texas at Austin, August 2004.
- Robert V. Pearsall:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2004.
- Carlos Villalobos:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2004.
- Katherine P. Carpenter:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2008.
Recipient of Intel Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Justin M. Jensen:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2007.
Recipient of Intel Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Katherine Aristizabal:
- B.S. in Chemistry, NNIN Summer REU program
- Clifton Roozeboom:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2008
- Edgar Soto:
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2008
- Sally McMenamin:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Summer and Fall 2011
- Ivan Davydychev:
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Summer and Fall 2011
- Alberto Salinas:
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, NNIN Summer REU program, Summer 2014
- Alex Aviles:
- B.S. candidate in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2014
- Kevin Chen:
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2014-2015
- Nicholas M. Willems:
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2015-2016
- Rebecca Moore:
- B.S. candidate in Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Summer 2016
- Andrew Chen:
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, Summer 2016
- David Kristek:
- B.S. candidate in Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2016, Summer 2018
- Rodrigo Issac Mesta:
- B.S. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, Summer 2017
- David Lonstein:
- B.S. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University at Albany, Summer 2017
- Edgar Blanco
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, Summer 2019
- Kyle Meche
- B.S. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2019
- Ho “Ray” Tin
- BS candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Spring-Summer 2020