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Students
Doctoral:
Current:
Lucia Bollini Braga, 2013, Ph.D. Student at UNESP-Guaratinguetá
(Brazil) (co-advised with Prof. J.L Silveira). Hydrogen Production from
Microalgae.
Elise Meister Sommer, 2012, Ph.D. Student at UFPR- Curitiba (Brazil)
(co-advised with Prof. J.V.C. Vargas). Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells.
Wen Hang. 2011. Ph.D. candidate. Modeling and Optimization
of Hybrid Fuel Cell Based Systems for Propulsion.
Han Zhao. 2011. Ph.D. candidate. Thermal Management of Pulsating
High Heat Flux Thermal Loads.
Lauber de Souza Martins. 2011. Ph.D. Student. Development,
Modeling and Optimization of an Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell.
Fernando Gallego Dias. Ph.D. Candidate. 2010. System Level
Thermal Management of Next Generation Electric Ships. Co-advised with
J.V.C. Vargas at the Federal Universty of Parana, Brazil.
Penyarat Chinda. Fall 2010. Ph.D. candidate. King Monkut
University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand. Co-advised with W.
Wechsatol. Effeccts of Variable Loads on the Performance of Hybrid
Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Gas Turbine Systems.
Graduated:
Thomas Brinson. Ph.D., Fall 2010. Co-advised with C.A.
Luongo. Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization of a Fuel
Cell-Based Power System For Future Aircraft Propulsion.
Srinivas Kosaraju. Summer 2009. Ph.D. Constructal
Optimization of Asymmetric Flow Trees.
Rob Hovsapian. Ph.D., 2009. FSU. Thermodynamic Optimization
of a Solar System for Cogeneration of Water Heating and Absorption
Cooling.
Marcos A. Campos. Ph.D., 2004, co-advised with J.V.C. Vargas.
Modeling and simulation of cooling systems for electronic equipment and
Stirling engines. Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil.
Currently faculty member at UFPR.
Master:
Phil Girurugwiro, 2012. Solar Water Purification Systems
Quinn Straub. Fall 2010. Algae Photobioreactor.
Tyler Thomas. Fall 2010. Fuel Cell Systems for Unmanned Air Vehicles.
Michael Coleman. Fall 2011. Calorimetric Measurements of AC Losses in
High Temperature Superconducting Materials. Currently at
the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State University.
Thomas Tracy Jr. Summer 2010. Trigeneration
Nikhil Anthony. Fall 2008. Thermodynamic Modeling an Evaluation
of the Integration of Photovoltaic Arrays and a Solar Distiller.
Currently at Trow
Associates, Inc.
Heriberto Cortes. Summer 2008.Theoretical and Experimental Simulation
of All Electric Ship Propulsion System Cooling with Hot Stream Energy
Scavenging. Currently at Talla-Com .
Noel Aguilar. Spring 2008. Experimental Characterization of Heat
Recovery Heat Exchangers for Absorption Refrigeration Systems,
Currently a Edison Scholar at General Electric.
Nischal Srivastava. Summer 2006. Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel
Cell -Gas Turbine Hybrid Systems. Currently at: Wipro
Technologies.
Mohit Mathur. Summer 2006. Cooling Concept for the Armature Winding of
High Temperature Superconducting Motors.
Sheng Chen. Summer 2006. Transient Operation and Shape Optimization of
a Single PEM Fuel Cell. Currently at the University of Illinois.
Chad McIntosh, Spring 2006. TC-L Heat Recovery System Thermo-Economic
Study. Currently at Caterpillar.
Fabricio Ferrari, 2005. Co-advised with J.V.C. Vargas at the Federal
University of Parana. Thermodynamic Optimization of Solar Refrigeration
Systems with Ejectors.
Lauber de Souza Martins. 2005. Co-advised with J.V.C. Vargas at
the Federal University of Parana. Mathematical Modeling and Real
Time simulation of a Regenerator Heat Exchanger. Currently Ph.D.
Student at FSU.
Collaborators and Postdoctoral fellows:
Professor J.V.C. Vargas. UFPR, Brazil, Visiting Scholar
(2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010)
Professor A. Morega. PUB, Romania, Visiting Scholar (2005, 2006, 2007).
Professor W. Wechsatol, KMUTT, Thailand, Postdoctoral Fellow (2005)
Professor J.A. Souza, FURG, Brazil, Postdoctoral Fellow (2009, 2010)
Professor Alejandro Rivera-Alvarez, UPB, Colombia, Postdoctoral Fellow
(2010, 2011)
Professor José Alberto dos Reis Parise, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Professor Adrian Bejan, Duke University
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