Students

Jesus Corona
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yangyang Liu
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected]
 

Steve Figueroa
Department: Physics
Advisor: Dr. Armen Kocharian
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected] 
 

Eric Gutierrez
Department: Physics
Advisor: Dr. Armen Kocharian
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected] 
 

Chastity Ruiz
Department: Organic Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Matthias Selke
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected] 

Andy Damas
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Arturo Pacheco-Vega
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected]

Jordan Doose
Department: Computer Science
Advisor: Dr. Salvador Rojas
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected]

Cristian Hernandez
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Curtis Wang
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

 

Jonathan Martinez
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Curtis Wang
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Marwin Tepanohaya
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Chris Bachman
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Luis Martinez
Department: Electrical Engineering 
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Won 
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected]

Brandon De Jesus
Department: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Wing Shun Kwan, Dr. Gustavo Menezes
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected]

Cesar Miguel Leal
Department: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Wing Shun Kwan
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected]

Josue Martinez-Maldonado
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Petr Vozka
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected] 
 

Elizabeth Nunez
Department: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Wing Shun Kwan
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected]

Dang Khoa Tran
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Petr Vozka
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected]
 
 

Henry Amador
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Bachman
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected]
 

Alyssa Madewell
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Adisor: Dr. Travis Hu
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected] 

Tommy Taing
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yangyang Liu
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected]
 

Daniel Yang
Department: Analytical Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yixian Wang 
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Email: [email protected] 
 

Ezequiel Blanco
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Santner
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Diego Flores
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Santner
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Hector Gardea
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Salvador Rojas
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Carlos Lopez
Department:  Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jim Kuo
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected]

Christian Perez
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. David Blekhman
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected]

Charlie Sanches
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Mario Medina
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Apryl Sperling
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jim Kuo
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

William Pasillas
Department: Electrical Engineering 
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Won 
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Email: [email protected] 

Nathan Brieu
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Petr Vozka
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected]

Edrei Pliego
Department: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Lucey 
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Email: [email protected] 
 

Vivian Zhou
Department: Electrical Engineering
Thrust Area: Education, Outreach and Policy-Informing (EOPI)
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Mechanical Engineering at CSULA (Former U - Research Fellow)

Nathan Brieu
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Petr Vozka
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
(Former U - Research Fellow)
Email: [email protected]

James Limon
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Mechanical Engineering at CSULA
(Former U - Research Fellow)
 

Derrick Lopez
Department: Civil Engineering
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Engineering Technology at CSULA 
(Former U - Research Fellow)

 

Nicholas Cusato
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Current Status: Solution Engineer, Oracle

Rayana Ramirez
Department: Biochemistry
Current Status: Masters Student at CSULA for Criminalistics 
 

Aimee Anguiano
Department: Criminalistics
Current Status: Criminalistics Laboratory Technician, Hertzberd Davis Forensic Science Center

Branden Zamora
Department: Computer Science
Thrust Area: Education, Outreach and Policy-Informing (EOPI)
Current Status: Solution Engineer, Oracle

Yanting Xu
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Current Status: Engineer, Affiliated Engineers Inc

Alexis Ruiz
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Current Status: Phd Student at UW Madison for Mechanical Engineering 

Estefani Ontiveros Najera
Department: Mechanical Engineering
 
 

Anthony Trujillo
Department: Civil Engineering
Current Status: Civil Engineer, Tetra Tech

 

Roger Roldan
Department: Computer Science
Thrust Area: Education, Outreach and Policy-Informing (EOPI)
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Compter Science at CSULA

Matthew Engquist
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Current Status: PhD student at Johns Hopkins University 
 

Hung Gieng
Department: Analytical Chemistry
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
 

Anayely Saguilan
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Current Status: Mechanical Design Engineer 2, Honeywell Aerospace

Nicole Salimbangon
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Mathias Selke 
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
 

Christopher Morales
Department: Electrical Engineering
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Current Status: Electrical Engineer T2, Northrop Grumman
 

Vivian Zhou
Department: Electrical Engineering
Thrust Area: Education, Outreach and Policy-Informing (EOPI)
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Mechanical Engineering at CSULA

James Limon
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Mechanical Engineering at CSULA

 

Ngoc Pham
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
Current Status: Field Engineer, Mortenson 
 

Cesar Carrasco
Department: Biochemistry
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
 

Dominique Dang
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Current Status: Graduate student, CSULA

Catalina Lee
Department: Mechanical Engineering

 

Hannah Tjitradjaja
Department: Biochemistry
Current Status: Laboratory Technician, Varda Space Industries 

Janice Nguyen
Department: Electrical Engineering
Current Status: PhD Student at UCR in Electrical Engineering 
 

Jose Jarquin
Department: Mechanical Engineering

 
 

Michael Morales
Department: Biochemistry
Current Status: Asset Science Technology Program Manager, Amazon

Raymond Lo
Department: Chemistry



 

Adolfo Retana-Garcia
Department: Civil Engineering
Current Status: New-Grad Entry Level Engineer, Skanska
 

Deep Bhakta
Department: Computer Science
Thrust Area: Education, Outreach and Policy-Informing (EOPI)
Current Status: Associate Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman

Kevin Diego-Perez
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yixian Wang  
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies

 

Nathan Stoetzel
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings
Current Status: Gradute research assistant, CSULA 
 

Tony Tran
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yixian Wang  
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies 

David Strickland
Department: Material Science and Engineering
 Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings 
Current Status: Professional Entertainer, Self-Employed 

Genesis Barzallo
Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
 

Vicente Pena-Perez
Department: No department
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
Current Status: TA/RA, Arizona State University
 

Derrick Lopez
Department: Civil Engineering
Current Status: Undergrad Student, Engineering Technology at CSULA 

 

Stellina Ao
Department: Computer Science
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications 
Current Status: Masters Student at UCLA for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
 

Cristian Reynaga Gonzalez
Department: Physics
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
Current Status: PhD Student at UCI for Physics - ChAMP

  

Mike Lim
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Current Status: Assistant Engineer, Meritek Electronics Corporation 

Michael Zitser
Department: Biochemistry
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications