Enakshi Wikramanayake (Fall 2015-present),
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
Enakshi earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. She joined Bahadur's lab as an undergraduate research assistant in 2014. Her current research focuses on atmospheric water harvesting and natural flare gas.
Palash V. Acharya (Fall 2016-present),
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
Palash earned his Bachelor’s
degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology,
Karnataka, India in 2014. Before joining Bahadur Lab at Fall 2016, he worked
with the R&D division at Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive
group for 2 years. His current research focuses on thermal management of power electronics and nucleation of hydrates.
Hobbies: Playing guitar & keyboard, dancing, reading mystery & fiction novels
Manojkumar Lokanathan (Spring 2017-present),
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
Manoj earned his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University at 2013 & 2016 respectively. His Master's focus was in the area of downward two-phase flow. He joined Bahadur's lab in Spring 2017. His current research focuses on applying statistical learning techniques towards droplet wettability and electrowetting on plasma etched surfaces.
Hobbies: Playing Soccer, food, Netflix, cooking
Aritra Kar (Fall 2017-present),
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
Aritra earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2015. He worked for a year as a software developer at Axtria Inc. in India. He joined the Bahadur's lab in Fall of 2017 and is currently working both on enhancement of CO2 hydrates nucleation and energy recovery of flared natural gas.
Hobbies: Soccer, table tennis, chess, bodybuilding
Awan Bhati (Spring 2019-present),
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
Alumni
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.)