Dr. Tejaswi Soori, Fall 2022 - present
Postdoc

tsoori@utexas.edu

Tejaswi is a research fellow and his research interests are in the area of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and machine learning. Tejaswi received his B.S. (2012) from India and his M.S. (2016) and Ph.D. (2019) from Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Prior to joining the Bahadur group in 2022, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at Drexel University for three years. 


Mark Hamalian, Spring 2022 - present

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant | NSF Graduate Research Fellow

markhamalian@utexas.edu


Mark earned his Bachelor's degrees in Physics from Stonehill College and in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2019. He worked for a few years in aerospace before starting at UT in Fall 2021 and joining Dr. Bahadur's lab in Spring 2022. Mark was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in 2023 to research rapid synthesis of CO2 gas hydrates for long term carbon sequestration. Outside of research he likes soccer, camping, and gardening. 



Karey Maynor, Spring 2022 - present

Ph.D. Gradaute Research Assistant | NSF Graduate Research Fellow

kareymaynor@utexas.edu


Karey earned his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX in 2017. He worked for 4 years at HTRI as a Test Engineering before returning to academia to pursue a Ph.D. He joined Bahadur's lab in Spring 2022. His current research focuses on carbon capture and sequestration, green ammonia production, and related sustainable energy topics. Karey was awarded the NSF Gradaute Research Fellowship in 2023. 



Awan BhatiSpring 2019 - present

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant

bhati137@utexas.edu


Awan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India in 2017. He joined Bahadur's lab in Spring 2019. His current research focuses on the experimental investigation of enhancement of phase change heat transfer using electrical control.

Alumni




Serhat Bilyaz

Post Doc, 2022

serhatbilyaz@utexas.edu

(Currently at: Tesla)


Manojkumar Lokanathan

Ph.D., 2022

manoj.l@utexas.edu

(Currently at: C-Crete Technologies)



Aritra Kar

Ph.D., 2022

akar@utexas.edu

(Currently at: Intel)



Palash V. Acharya

Ph.D., 2021

pvacharya@utexas.edu

(Currently at: Qualcomm)



Enakshi Wikramanayake

Ph.D., 2020

enakshi.wik@gmail.com

(Currently at: Exponent)



Onur Ozkan

Ph.D., 2019

onurozkan@utexas.edu

(Currently at: Intel)


Arjang Shahriari 

Ph.D., 2018

arjangsh@utexas.edu

(Currently at Qualcomm)



Renee Hale 

Ph.D., 2016

renee.s.hale@gmail.com



Katherine Carpenter

Ph.D., 2016

k.carpenter@utexas.edu

(Currently at: Raytheon)


Colin Capello

M.Sc., 2016 

cjcapello@gmail.com



Mark Hermes

B.Sc., 2016

markherm@usc.edu

(Currently at: USC)



Chris Galvin

M.Sc., 2015

chris.galvin07@gmail.com

(Currently at: US Navy)



Enes Gokkus

M.Sc., 2014

gokkus@utexas.edu

(Currently at: Global Prior Art, Inc.)