Bhattacharya Group Members
Postdoctoral Scholars
Mina Karimi
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Office: 138 Gates-Thomas Laboratory
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
mkarimi@caltech.edu
Marlini Simoes
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Office: 326 Gates-Thomas Laboratory
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
msimoes@caltech.edu
Yupeng Zhang
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Office: 326 Gates-Thomas Laboratory
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
yupeng@caltech.edu
Graduate Students
Andrew J. (Andy) Akerson
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
aakerson@caltech.edu
Aakila Rajan
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
arajan@caltech.edu
Maximo Cravero Baraja
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
mcravero@caltech.edu
Eric Ocegueda
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
eocegued@caltech.edu
Sathvik R. Sanagala
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
ssanagal@caltech.edu
Carter Cocke
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
cartercocke@caltech.edu
Adeline Wihardja
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
awihardj@caltech.edu
Mayank Raj
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
mraj@caltech.edu
Theresa Tsaggaris
Graduate Student Mechanical & Civil Engineering
MC 104-44
Pasadena, CA 91125
ttsaggar@caltech.edu
Alumni
Former Doctoral Students
Hao Zhou
Ph.D. 2022
Currently Software Engineer, Google
Ying Shi Teh
Ph.D. 2021
Currently Post-doc, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jin Yang
Ph.D. 2018
Currently Post-doc, University of Wisconsin
Paul Plucinsky
Ph.D. 2017
Currently Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Srivatsan Hulikal
Ph.D. 2015
Currently Engineer, Tesla
Bharat Penmecha
Ph.D. 2013
Currently Engineer, Intel Corporation
Farshid Roumi
Ph.D. 2010
Founder of Parthian Energy, LLC
Ling Zheng
Ph.D. 2008
Currently Engineer, Intel Corporation
Vikram Gavini
Ph.D. 2007
Currently Professor, University of Michigan
Amir Sadjapour
Ph.D. 2006
Currently Engineer, TMT Observatory Corporation
Isaac V. Chenchiah
Ph.D. 2003
Currently Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol, England
Prashant K. Purohit
Ph.D. 2001
Currently Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Sai Sharan Injeti
Ph.D. 2021
Currently Engineer, Apple, Inc.
Louisa Avella
Ph.D. 2018
Currently Research Engineer, Schlumberger
Lincoln Collins
Ph.D. 2017
Currently Research Scientist, Sandia National Lab
Dingyi Sun
Ph.D. 2017
Currently Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Cindy Wang
Ph.D. 2015
Currently Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Andy Richards
Ph.D. 2013
Currently Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sharlotte Kramer
Ph.D. 2009
Currently Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory
Samantha Daly
Ph.D. 2007
Currently Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lixiu Tian
Ph.D. 2007
Yu Xiao
Ph.D. 2004
Currently Engineer, Corning Inc.
Eric Burscu
Ph.D. 2001
Currently Scientist, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michel Jabbour
Ph.D. 1999
Currently Professor, Ecole Polytechnique
Kevin Korner
Ph.D. 2022
Currently Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Victoria Lee
Ph.D. 2021
Currently Engineer, Saint Gobain North America
Paul Mazur
Ph.D. 2018
Currently Engineer, Intel Corporation
Chun-Jen Hsueh
Ph.D. 2017
Currently Research Engineer, Amazon
Vinamra Agrawal
Ph.D. 2016
Currently Assistant Professor, Auburn University
Ha Giang
Ph.D. 2013
Phanish Suryanarayana
Ph.D. 2011
Currently Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alex Kelly
Ph.D. 2008
Patrick Dondl
Ph.D. 2007
Currently Professor, University of Freiburg
Kaushik Dayal
Ph.D. 2006
Currently Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Arash Yavari
Ph.D. 2004
Currently Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bogdan Craciun
Ph.D. 2001
Currently Scientist, Synopsis
Yi-Chung Shu
Ph.D. 1998
Currently Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University
Former Post-Doctoral Fellows
Jean-Michel Scherer
Currently
Ruobing Bai
Currently Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Noy Cohen
Currently Assistant Professor, Technion, Israel
Gal Shmuel
Currently Associate Professor Technion, Israel
Aaron Stebner
Rowlinson Associate Professor, Georgia Tech
Laurent Ponson
Currently Charg ́e de recherche CNRS/ Institute d'Alembert, UPMC, Paris France
Sefi Givli
Currently Associate Professor, Technion, Israel
Doron Shilo
Currently Professor, Technion, Israel
Wei Zhang
Currently Engineer, Simulia
Robert V. Kukta
Currently Associate Professor, SUNY Stony Brook
Neda Maghsoodi
Currently Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Swarnava Ghosh
Currently Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mauricio Ponga
Currently Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Likun Tan
Currently Principal Research Scientist, Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation
Shuman Xia
Currently Associate Professor, Georgia Tech.
Jeong-Ho You
Currently Associate Professor, University of St. Thomas
Hsin-Yi Kuo
Currently Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Dnyanesh Pawaskar
Currently Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Jiangyu Li
Currently Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Narendra K. Simha
Currently Senior Principal Scientist, Medtronic Inc.
Stella Brach
Currently Charg ́e de recherche CNRS/ ́Ecole Polytechnique, France
Md. Zubaer Hossain
Currently Assistant Professor, Technion Israel
Pierluigi Cesana
Currently Associate Professor, LaTrobe University and Kyushu University
Saurabh Puri
Currently Engineer, Simulia
Liping Liu
Currently Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Thomas Blesgen
Currently Professor, University of Applied Science, Bingen, Germany
Johannes Zimmer
Currently Professor, University of Bath, UK
Georg Dolzmann
Currently Professor, University of Regensburg, Germany
Visitors
Marta Lewicka
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Robert Lang
Robert Lang Origami
Callan Luetkemeyer
Schmidt Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder
Cahit Can Aydiner
Associate Professor, Bogazici University
Blaise Bourdin
Professor, McMaster University
Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala
Associate Professor, University of Houston
Patrick Dondl
Professor, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg