Summer 2023

Old group photos: Summer 2023. Spring 2023 Go Karts [#1, #2]. Fall 2021 Knott’s Scary Farm [#1, #2]. Fall 2019 [#1, #2]

	Shengquan Xuan PhD Student in Materials Science and Engineering UCI email: shengqux
	Huiming Guo PhD Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering UCI email: huimingg
	Jenny Martinez PhD Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering NSF Graduate Research Fellow UCI email: jennypm
	Marquez Balingit PhD Student in Materials Science and Engineering UCI email: balingim
	Hyojoo Kang Visiting Undergraduate Student (Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea) Materials Science and Engineering
	Ivette Morales PhD Student in Materials Science and Engineering UCI email: ivettemm B.S. of MSE (UCI)
	Alexander Vasquez PhD Student in Physics (ChAMP) NSF Graduate Research Fellow UCI email: alexamv B.S. Physics (Sonoma State U.) A.S. Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Machine Tool Technology, and Natural Sciences, Santa Rosa Jr. College Cal-Bridge Cohort 6 Alpha Tester at NASA Neurodiversity Network (N3)
	Christian Desantiago Undergraduate Student in MSE
	Alexander Ziff Undergraduate Student in MAE NSF REU (UCI MRSEC 2024)
	Jeff Chen Undergraduate Student in CBE
	Visiting Prof. Jinkyung Kim, PhD Professor, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA
	Holly Shafer (MRSEC REU, 2025) Undergraduate Student in MSE
	William J Bowman Associate Professor Materials Science and Engineering UCI email: will.bowman

Past members

PhD

	Hasti Vahidi PhD 2024, MSE
	Komal Syed PhD 2021, MSE National Academy of Engineering
	Somnath Mandal

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Xin Wang
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

M.S.

Jairo Gonzalez
MS 2021, MSE
Intel

Undergraduate

	Luotong (Bruce) Lin Former: Undergraduate Student in MSE
	Abdullah Alhussain Current: Stanford University’s MS in Mechanical Engineering. Former: Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
	Joann-Matthew Means Undergraduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering
	Jack Samaniego BS 2024, Chemical Engineering
	Laurel Wagner Undergraduate Student (MRSEC REU, 2023) Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Benjamin Lam BS 2022, MSE UC Berkeley MSE PhD program
	Jason Luong BS 2022, MSE Applied Materials
	Laura Peralta BS 2023 Hampton University (UC-HBCU Initiative ACES program) UC Irvine MAE PhD Program
	Fernando Robledo BS, MSE
	Sai Muktevi BS, Computer Engineering

Visitor

Dr. Kwan-woo Song
Visiting Scholar
(SK Hynix, South Korea)

Bevin Glanton Undergraduate Researcher (Albany State University via UC-HBCU Initiative ACES program)
Emelin Altamirano Undergraduate Researcher (Chafey College)
Jose Chavez Undergraduate Researcher (Cal. State Los Angeles, Mechanical Eng.)
Anirudh Chari Graduate Student (Lehigh University)