{"id":2534,"date":"2023-05-26T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/rrg\/?page_id=2534"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:55:56","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/rrg\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2534\" class=\"elementor elementor-2534\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f297583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f297583\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a04657e\" data-id=\"a04657e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9c15c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9c15c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alumni<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bb1c91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bb1c91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-015fe6c\" data-id=\"015fe6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4d7f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4d7f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Doctoral students:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><em>Pan Adhikari, \u201c<\/em>Electrical and Optical Characterization of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy,\u201d August 2022.<\/li><li><em>Kanishka Kobbekaduwa, \u201cIn situ <\/em>Study of Ultrafast Carrier Transport Dynamics in Perovskite Thin-Films,\u201d August 2022.<\/li><li><em>Prakash Parajuli, <\/em>\u201cPhonon Anharmonicity in Binary Chalcogenides for Efficient Energy Harvesting,\u201d August 2021.<\/li><li><em>Fengjiao Liu, <\/em>\u201cThermoelectric and optical properties of SnSe,\u201d June 2019.<\/li><li><em>Lakshman Ventrapragada<\/em>, \u201cNanomaterials-based Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells\u201d, January 2019.<\/li><li><em>Sai Sunil Mallineni<\/em>, \u201cTwo-dimensional nanomaterials for renewable energy generation and sensing applications\u201d, May 2018.<\/li><li><em>Anthony Childress<\/em>, \u201cGraphene Foam and Helically Coiled Carbon Nanotubes as Electrodes in Energy Storage Devices\u201d, May 2018.<\/li><li><em>Yongchang Dong<\/em>, \u201cNonlinear Optical Phenomena in Emerging Low-Dimensional Materials\u201d, May 2018.<\/li><li><em>Longyu Hu<\/em>, \u201cModulation of Photonic Mode Density in Silver Nanodisks and Far Field Focusing of Light by Coupled Plasmonic Nanorings\u201d, December 2017.<\/li><li><em>Jingyi Zhu, <\/em>\u201cDefects in graphene: electrochemical, magnetic, and optical properties\u201d, December 2016.<\/li><li><em>Mehmet Karakaya, <\/em>\u201cScalable Synthesis and Energy Applications of Defect Engineered Nanomaterials\u201d, December 2015.<\/li><li><em>Deepika Saini, <\/em>\u201cMechanical Properties of Low Dimensional Materials\u201d, August 2014.<\/li><li><em>Pooja Puneet, <\/em>\u201cMulti-Scale Defect Engineering and Interface Modification for Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in Nanostructured Bulk Materials\u201d, August 2013.<\/li><li><em>Kiran Lingam, <\/em>\u201cSpectroscopic Signature for Bundling, Edge States and Impurities in 1D and 0D Materials\u201d, December 2012.\u00a0<\/li><li><em>Doyl Dickel, <\/em>\u201cElectrical Detection of Mechanical Resonance in Nanotubes and Semiconducting Nanowires\u201d, December 2011.<\/li><li><em>Ramakrishna Podila, <\/em>\u201cEffects of Surface States, Defects and Dopants on the Optical and Magnetic Properties of Low Dimensional Materials\u201d, August 2011.<\/li><li><em>Jason Reppert, <\/em>\u201cSynthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials\u201d, December 2009.<\/li><li><em>Keqin Yang, <\/em>\u201cCoiled Growth, Doping and Intertubular bonding in Carbon Nanotubes &#8211; Synthesis Methods and Properties\u201d, December 2009.<\/li><li><em>Gayatri Keskar,<\/em> \u201cInferring Mechanical Resonances in Micro- and Nanocantilevers Using the Harmonic Detection of Resonance Method to Develop a Novel Sensing Platform\u201d, August 2008.<\/li><li><em>Bevan Elliott, <\/em>\u201cSynthesis, Electronic Structure, and Reactivity of Endohedral Metallofullerenes and other Endohedral Carbon Nanostructures\u201d, August 2008.<\/li><li><em>Rahul Rao<\/em>, \u201cRaman Spectroscopic Evidence for Anharmonic Phonon Lifetimes and Blueshifts in 1D Structures\u201d, May 2007.<\/li><li><em>Jay Gaillard<\/em>, \u201cHarmonic Detection of Resonance in Micro- and Nano-cantilevers\u201d, December 2006.<\/li><li><em>Kristopher McGuire<\/em>, \u201cRaman Characterization of Doped Carbon Nanotubes, and Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelts and Nanowires\u201d, December 2003.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6c8e6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6c8e6b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b471578\" data-id=\"b471578\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c31603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c31603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>Masters Graduates:<\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Poonam Choudhary<\/em>, \u201cSpectroscopic Investigation of Protein Corona\u201d, August 2014.<\/li><li><em>Luciana Oliveira, <\/em>\u201cTensile Properties of IM7 Fibers\u201d, December 2012.<\/li><li><em>Ismail Bilgin, <\/em>\u201cCVD Growth of Spinnable Nanotube Forests\u201d, August 2012.<\/li><li><em>Damien Howard, <\/em>\u201cPotential use of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes as Meta-materials\u201d, May 2012.<\/li><li><em>Mehmet Karakaya, <\/em>\u201cExploring the Use of SPEED: Surface Patterning by Electron Emission-induced Displacement for Photonic Applications\u201d, August 2011.<\/li><li><em> D. Taylor<\/em>, \u201cAnalysis of the Harmonic Detection of Resonances Method as Applied to Vibrating Micro- and Nano-Cantilevers\u201d, December 2007.<\/li><li><em>Jason Reppert, <\/em>\u201cLaser-assisted Synthesis and Optical Properties of Bismuth Nanorods\u201d, May 2007.<\/li><li><em>Wei Wang<\/em>, \u201cBulk Synthesis and Characterization of Helical Coiled Carbon Nanostructures\u201d, December 2004.<\/li><li><em>Rahul Rao<\/em>, \u201cThermal CVD Synthesis of Semiconducting Oxide Nanowires and Nanobelts\u201d, December 2004.<\/li><li><em>Gayatri Keskar<\/em>, \u201cControlled Growth and Doping of Isolated Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube\u201d, December 2004.<\/li><li><em>Nick Gothard<\/em>, \u201cControlled Growth of Y Junction Carbon Nanotubes\u201d, December 2003.<\/li><li><em>Bindu Sadanadan<\/em>, \u201cSynthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-Doped Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes, May 2003.<\/li><li><em>Saurabh Chopra<\/em>, \u201cCarbon Nanotube Based Resonant-Circuit Sensor for Gas Detection\u201d August 2002.<\/li><li><em>Traig Savage<\/em>, \u201cInvestigation of Photoinduced Adsorption of Oxygen in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes using Thermoelectric Power Measuresurements\u201d, August 2002.<\/li><li><em>Ulrich Schlecht<\/em>, \u201cHigh-Pressure Study of the Raman modes in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes\u201d, August 2000.<\/li><li><em>William Lee<\/em>, \u201cEnhanced Electrochemical Li ion Intercalation into MoS<sub>2<\/sub> Nanoparticle Based Electrodes\u201d, August 1998.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c00eea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c00eea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-863b910\" data-id=\"863b910\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffff8fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffff8fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>BS Degree Graduates:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Brooke Henry <\/em>\u201cThe Effects of Electrolyte Composition on Li-S Battery Performance,\u201d July 2021.<\/li><li><em>Matthew Everette <\/em>\u201cElectrolyte Selection for Enhanced Lithium Sulfurized Polyacrolynitrile Batteries,\u201d July 2021.<\/li><li><em>David Thomas, <\/em>\u201cPreparation of few layered Graphene via the Ultra-sonication Method,\u201d May 2012.<\/li><li><em>John Spear, <\/em>\u201cOptimization of CVD Growth Process for Nitrogen-Doped Graphene,\u201d December 2011.<\/li><li><em>Matt Craps<\/em>, Senior Thesis Topic: \u201cGrowth of 1D Bismuth Telluride Nanostructures using Pulsed Laser Vaporization and Thermal CVD Techniques\u201d December 2005.<\/li><li><em> D. Taylo<\/em>r, Senior Thesis Topic: \u201cHarmonic Detection of Resonances in Vibrating Micro- and Nano-Cantilevers,\u201d December 2005.<\/li><li><em>Caroline Yount<\/em>, Conducted research in the area of doped carbon nanotubes, and was awarded the 2005 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.<\/li><li><em>Colin Harris<\/em>, B.S., \u201cUpgrading He Glove Box for Electrochemical Measurement Capability,\u201d August 2002.<\/li><li><em>Jay Gaillard<\/em>, Senior Thesis Topic: \u201cOptimization CVD Growth Process for Large Scale Production of Multiwalled and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes\u201d, December 2001.<\/li><li><em>Tara Morgan<\/em>, Senior Thesis Topic: \u201cUse of Carbon Nanotube Resonator for Gas Detection\u201d, August 2001.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><u>High School Students:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Isabel Rancu <\/em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=jCXInTYAAAAJ&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=jCXInTYAAAAJ:cSdaV2aYdYsC\">Thermoelectric figure-of-merit from Peltier cooling<\/a>,\u201d Summer 2021.<\/li><li><em>Oliver Rancu <\/em>\u201cHigh Figure-of-merit and its origin in Sb-doped GeTe single crystals,\u201d Summer 2020.<\/li><li><em>Patricio Ortiz <\/em>\u201cCharacterization of 3D Printed Thermoelectrics by the Linseis System to Maximize their Figure-of-merit,\u201d Summer 2019.<\/li><li><em>Nikhita Patel <\/em>\u201cFabrication of carbon-based paper for electro-chemical applications\u201d, Summer 2013<\/li><li><em>Nila Veerabagu<\/em> \u201cPreparing Nanostructured Cantilevers on Sharpened Tungsten Tips\u201d, Summer 2014<\/li><li><em>Balu Pillai, <\/em>\u201cAcademic Magnet High School Project &#8211; The Determination of Young\u2019s Modulus of a Coiled Carbon Nanowire via the Harmonic Detection of Resonance Method\u201d, December 2011.<\/li><li><em>Siddhart Mohan,<\/em> \u201cCVD Growth of ZnO Nanowires\u201d, December 2004.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><u>Creative Inquiry Students:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Paul Welsh<\/em> &#8211; Sophomore MS&amp;E<\/li><li><em>Hunter Lee<\/em> &#8211; Freshman ME<\/li><li><em>Ben Shealy<\/em> &#8211; Sophomore MS&amp;E<\/li><li><em>Olivia Layman<\/em> \u2013 Sophomore Chem E<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><u>Ph. D. Students at International Institutions:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Sai Muthukumar V<\/em>, Department of Physics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India<\/li><li><em>Abilash Gangula<\/em>, Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India<\/li><li><em>Pradyumna Mulpur,<\/em> Department of Physics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India<\/li><li><em>Aleksandr K\u00e4kinen<\/em>, Department of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni Doctoral students: Pan Adhikari, \u201cElectrical and Optical Characterization of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy,\u201d August 2022. Kanishka Kobbekaduwa, \u201cIn situ Study of Ultrafast Carrier Transport Dynamics in Perovskite Thin-Films,\u201d August 2022. Prakash Parajuli, \u201cPhonon Anharmonicity in Binary Chalcogenides for Efficient Energy Harvesting,\u201d August 2021. Fengjiao Liu, \u201cThermoelectric and optical properties of SnSe,\u201d June 2019. 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