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Graduate Fellows

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

William Kwok Department: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Welson 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]

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

Andres Lopez Department: Material Science and Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Chris Bachman
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]

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

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

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

Dominique Dang Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yixian Wang
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
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]

Ilana Moreno Department: Material Science and Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Maritza Sanchez
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
Email: [email protected]

Undergraduate Fellows

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jared Guerrero Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Travis Hu
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
Email: [email protected]

Truong Hong Department: Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yangyang Liu
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications
Email: [email protected]

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

Ricardo Arevalo Castaneda Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Curtis Wang
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]

Hector Gomez-Cano Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Santner
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings
Email: [email protected]

U-Research Students

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)

Former Students

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Martinez Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Curtis Wang
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings
Current Status: Critical Power Solutions Electrical Systems Engineer at Eaton Corporation

Elizabeth Nunez Department: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Wing Shun Kwan
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies
Current Status: Assistant Engineer, Suburban Water Systems

Carlos Lopez Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jim Kuo
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings
Current Status: Service Engineer, MAN Energy Solutions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jordan Doose Department: Computer Science
Advisor: Dr. Salvador Rojas
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

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

Jesus Corona Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Yangyang Liu
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications

Dang Khoa Tran Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Petr Vozka
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies

Steve Figueroa Department: Physics
Advisor: Dr. Armen Kocharian
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications

Heber Garcia Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jim Kuo
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Hector Gardea Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Salvador Rojas
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Luis Martinez Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Won
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Apryl Sperling Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jim Kuo
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Ezequiel Blanco Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Santner
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Diego Flores Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Santner
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

William Pasillas Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Won
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Henry Solares Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jim Kuo
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

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

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

Cristian Hernandez Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Curtis Wang
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

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

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

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

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

Oscar Ulloa Department: Chemistry
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies

Filiberto Zavala Department: Civil Engineering
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies

Nathan Brieu Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies

Giselle Sandoval Department: Civil Engineering
Thrust Area: Resilience of Urban Water Bodies

Fabian Gonzalez Department: Physics
Thrust Area: Advanced Materials for Energy and Water Applications

Zane Price Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Jonathan Sanchez-Gutierrez Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings

Andy Damas Department: Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Area: Energy Systems and Management in Buildings
Email: [email protected]

Alvaro Hernandez Department: Material Science and Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Yangyang Liu
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]

Estefani Ontiveros Najera Department: Mechanical Engineering

Catalina Lee Department: Mechanical Engineering

Jose Jarquin Department: Mechanical Engineering

Raymond Lo Department: Chemistry