Principal investigator
Postdoctoral scholars
- Dr Sangjun Han
- Dr Taylor Waddell
PhD students
- Atulit Dasaratha (co-advised with Professor Lining Yao)
- Yangwoo Heo
- Abrar Khan
- Yaxuan (X) Sun
- Peter Toma
- Seungpyo Woo
- Jennings Ye
Group alumni: PhD
- Brett Kelly, MS 2015, PhD 2018 (Align)
- Hannah Gramling, PhD 2019 (Waymo)
- Kyle Chung, PhD 2019 (Samsung)
- Kristyn Kadala, MS 2015, PhD 2019 (Lockheed Martin)
- Hossein Heidari, MS 2017, PhD 2020 (Assistant Professor, University College London)
- Brian Salazar, MS 2017, PhD 2021 (then postdoc in this group)
- Chi Chung (Alvin) Li, MS 2018, PhD 2024 (co-advised with Professor Vivek Subramanian; postdoc, University of Colorado Boulder)
- Joseph Toombs, MS 2020, PhD 2024 (Atomic Machines)
- Nicole Luk, PhD 2024 (postdoc, Uppsala University)
- Nour Akiki, PhD 2025
- Taylor Waddell, PhD 2026
Group alumni: postdocs
- Lance Brockway (founded spin-out Nelumbo)
- Yasaman Daghighi (BD Biosciences)
- Elyas Goli (Applied Materials)
- Zahra Hemmatian (Quantapore)
- Emmeline Kao (Department of Energy)
- Vu Nguyen (Western Digital)
- Brian Salazar
- Ian Williams (CDM Smith)
Group alumni: MS
- Michael Loy, MS 2015
- Artos Cen, MS 2017
- Zack Yun, MS 2019
- Yunsu Park, MS
MEng capstone teams
2014–15
Polymer microfluidic cooling of electronic components (with Google): Saahil Agrawal, Will Dickson, Nick Foster, Weiran (Edward) Zhang, Huizhe (Lucy) Zhao
2015–16
Polymer microfluidic cooling of electronic components (with Google): Siyuan Ai, Vismit Bansal, Megan McClarty, Varun Vohra
Three-dimensional holographic lithography (with Studio Fathom): Emma Guerra, Eric Schmidt, Nick Stauss
Electrospun membranes, Team ViaeX (Materials Science MEng team hosted in the lab): Miao-Chun Chen, Vivian Qu, Rui Wang
2017–18
Nanoscale manufacturing of van der Waals-bonded multilayers by thin-film-assisted exfoliation (co-advised with Daryl Chrzan, Joel Ager and Ali Javey): Debbie Hu, Shu-Ting Ko, Jingchao Yang
2019–20
Computed axial lithography: materials, environmental impact and new applications: Heting Fu, Sorathan (Mike) Munckong, Alexander Watson, Yumeng Xu
Breathing façade: low-cost cooling and dehumidification for schools in the tropics: Hazelynn Khoo, Meijun Liu, Satomi Murayama Fritsch
2020–21
Volumetric 3D printing: exploring new applications of computed axial lithography: Deshan Cai, Vianna Quenon, Weisa Wang
2022–23
SpaceCAL: 3D printing in space: Issam Bourai, Yimeng (Aemon) Li, Shiv Makim, Garrett Miller, Jake Nickel
2023–24
SpaceCAL: 3D printing in space: Dillon Balk, Sean Chu, Brian Chung, Ameera Elgonemy, Anusri Sreenath
Leveraging the digital twin for additive manufacturing (with Siemens Digital Industries Software): Chenguang Jin, Felipe Santamaria, Mahith Tunuguntla, Brian Wang, Lijin (Sam) Yu
2024–25
HeliCAL: helical-beam computed axial lithography: QiSheng (David) Li, Jacob Michelson, Chaitanya Sahasrabudhe, Joanne Wang
OpenCAL: an open-source computed axial lithography printer: Tristan Bourgade, Scarlett Hao, Erfan Kohyarnejadfard, Evan Percival, Connor Vidmar
Regeneration of metal–organic frameworks by mechanical deformation: Charitha Kaki, Charles Liu, Tyler Zierer
2025–26
OpenCAL: Maya Lund, Wangari Mbuthia, Paul Morenkov, Zev Schuman, Bryan Vu
HeliCAL: large-scale layerless printing: Ryan Chiang, Jonas Ekuan, Aryan Kulkarni, Yi-Chun (Wendy) Lin
X-ray computed axial lithography (with Imperial College London): Seamus McNulty, Anthony Simion, Yun-Yun (Annie) Sung
2026–27
Roll-to-roll computed axial lithography: Aaditya Hingoo, Thien Ho, Andrew Joseph
Precision metal–organic framework structures for affordable direct air capture: Andrew Brooks, Marta Nunes, Alexander Trujillo
Open hardware meets open models: embodied AI (with X-Square Robot): Zora Anetor-Ebhabha, Chenxi Gao, Arihant Singhi, Brady Wedbush
Undergraduate researchers (by year joined)
2014
Caleb Davis, Wing Tak Fung, Mitchell Hoertz, Jimmy Huang, Brian Salazar
2015
Liam Berryman (co-founded spin-out Nelumbo), Nick Crispie
2016
Brooks Barrett, Mark Hedreen, James Johnson, Brandon Kan, Peter Nguyen, Nicole Panditi, Cameron Riley, Levi Seidel, Kim Sover, Gradey Wang, David Zarrin, Eric Zhang
2017
Lucas Filshill, Charlene Hong, Roger Isied, Evan Lewis, Travis Tindell
2018
Joyce Noh, Yunsu Park, Aldo Suseno, Ganesh Vurimi, Grace Yun, Kai Yun, Michelle Zhang
2019
Ricardo Avila, Kevin Coulson, Allen Ruan
2020
Jacob Brito, Youngmoon Choe, Lizzette Corrales, Magnus (Max) Gu, Michael Hong, Hams Laeeq, Sharjeel Laeeq, Matthew Mesman, Rafael Prieto, Ashley Reilly, Shilpa Sathyanathan, Tristan Schwab, Ingrid Shan, Yaxuan (X) Sun, Yueying Wu
2021
Andy Chen, Hannah Dam, Luis Flores, Katherine How, Alberto Ibarra, Yiheng Ji, Tasha Lewis, Sophya Mirza, Pranit Mohnot, Dylan Potter, Sebastian Ramos-Roux, Claudia Renero-Lopez, Miguel Salazar-Rivera, Aayush Sehgal, Kevin Widjaja, Alex Yun
2022
Roma Ankolekar, Joey Benedetti, Alexander Castillo, Tavis Chen, Greg Dachtler, Yuqi Han, Landon Knipp, Anne Le, Christopher Luo, Gregoria Millensifer, Anthony Moody, Vishnu Murali, Cameron Smith, Shotaro Yamaguchi
2023
Laurence Allen, Sophia Arvin, Parth Behani, Conor Van Bibber, Chang Bo, Ryan Franaszek, Jacob Gottesman, Jackson Hilton, Mark Ogata, Audrey Young
2024
Erik Dahlhaus, Eric Djajadi, Tavleen Kaur, Joseph (Julian) Rosales
2025
Arya Gandhi, Matthew Gimelli, Tyler Lai, Daniel Oslund, Rajdeep Summan
2026
Angel Arambula, Ashna Bhandari, Dhruv Kesavarap, Aiden Lo, Huy Tran
Earlier (year not recorded)
Guangkai An, Arash Bastanfard, Yining Chen, Bosen Ding, Mina Finaian, Max Gerber, Anoushka Giri, Defne Gun, Keith Hardaway, Tiffany Hou, Adar Karny, Dana Lansigan, Yash Mehta, Nathan Pucheril, Jie Qiu, Mitchell Robinson, Anjana Saravanan, Jeffrey Spitz, Shreyas Sudhakar (former lab manager), Arnav Vaid, Yida Yao
Visiting researchers and interns
2015
- Richard O’Rorke (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; visiting postdoctoral researcher)
2015–16
- Tharindu Dissanayake (Imperial College London; visiting exchange student)
2016
- Juan Francisco Fernández Ontiveros (UC Education Abroad Program reciprocity student, Mexico)
- Shawn Ng (National University of Singapore; summer intern at BEARS)
2016–17
- Nastasia Okulova (Technical University of Denmark; visiting student researcher)
2017–18
- Michelle Mallahi (research intern, substrate conformal imprint lithography)
2018
- Garrett Vanacore (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; visiting student researcher, NSF nanoMFG node)
2019
- Samira Feili (summer research intern; remote student assistant 2020–21)
2022
- Quinten Thijssen (Ghent University; visiting student researcher)
2022–23
- Malek Alaouie (Brunel University London; visiting student researcher)
- Christian Castaneda (visiting scholar, OpenCAL and SpaceCAL)
2023
- Leonhard Hambitzer (University of Freiburg; visiting student researcher)
2024
- Richard Prediger (University of Freiburg; visiting student researcher)
2025
- Nico Bach (RWTH Aachen University; visiting student researcher, master’s thesis)
2026
- Carl Gustav Sander Kruse (Technical University of Denmark; visiting student researcher)
- Antonio Jaén Ortega (Ghent University; visiting student researcher)
- Lucas Li (Technical University of Munich; visiting exchange student)
Year not recorded
- Italo Leite de Camargo (visiting researcher)
- Aadhav Prabu (visiting researcher)
- Vishal Bansal (high-school intern)
Other collaborators and alumni
- Indrasen Bhattacharya (collaborator; supplementary MS thesis advisee)
- Ailu Chen (postdoctoral scholar, NTU/BEARS, Singapore, 2014–15)
- Tanya Das (postdoctoral scholar, BEARS, Singapore, 2015–17)
- Alexander Lin (postdoctoral scholar, NUS/BEARS, Singapore, 2018–20)
- Marcus Maier (postdoctoral scholar, BEARS, Singapore, 2018–20)
- Chris McCoy, PhD (visiting entrepreneur)
- Maria Echeverria Molina (collaborator, BearAir)
- Alondra Perez (PhD student collaborator on dropwise condensation modeling)
- Amir Shakouri (postdoctoral associate, NTU, Singapore, 2012–13)