Lab Alumni

Current Position: Assistant Professor at Harbin Inst. Tech., China since 02/2017 Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 08/2016 – 01/2017 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 08/2012

08/2017 ~ 07/2022 Dissertation: Study of Optical and Radiative Properties of Inhomogeneous Metallic Structures Award: 2019-2020 University Graduate Fellowship Current Position: Solar Cell Fabrication Engineer at Leap Photovo

Master in Mechanical Engineering, ASU, 2015 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, 2014

Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University (2014)

MS (2011) and BS (2008) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

MS in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University (2014) Bachelor in Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (2012)

08/2012 ~ 12/2017 Dissertation: Radiative Heat Transfer with Nanowire/Nanohole Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting Applications Award: 2017 ASU MAE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award; 2017, 2016, 2014 University Gra

Current Position: Assistant Professor at Harbin Inst. Tech., China since 02/2017 Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 08/2016 – 01/2017 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 08/2012

Current Position:Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 06/2016 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 08/2012 – 05/2016 B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Tec

01/2021 ~ 12/2022 Thesis: Comprehensive Study of Radiative Sky Cooling Effect for Visibly Transparent, High-Emissivity Glass Windows Current Position: in job searching

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University (08/2022 ~ ) M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University (01/2021 ~ 07/2022) B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, India (2

08/2021 ~ 05/2022 Thesis: Reducing the Vanadium Dioxide Transition Temperature using Tungsten Doping from Co-sputtering and Furnace Oxidation Current Position: Engineer at ASML, Chandler AZ

05/2019 ~ 07/2020 Thesis: Study of Solar Thermophotovoltaic (STPV) Energy Conversion with Selective Metafilm Coatings and GaSb Cell Separated by Glass Microspheres Current Position: PhD student in University of Oklahoma

05/2019 ~ 05/2020 Thesis: Tungsten Trioxide based Variable Reflectivity Radiation Coating for Optical Propulsion Applications Current Position: Medical Student in Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC

08/2018 ~ 07/2019 Thesis: Optical Simulation and Colloidal Lithography Fabrication of Aluminum Metasurfaces

01/2018 ~ 07/2019 Thesis: AFM Bi-material Cantilever Based Near-field Radiation Heat Transfer Current Position: PhD student in UC San Diego

Current Position: Mechanical Engineer at Foxconn, San Jose, CA since 08/2016 M.S. with Thesis, Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University (08/2014 – 05/2016) Thesis: Optical Simulation and Optimization of Light Extrac

08/2021 ~ 05/2022 Applied Project: Transient Cryothermal Measurement Current Position: Thermal Engineer at Northrop Grumman

08/2017 – 12/2017 Applied Project: Tuning Fork AFM for Casimir Force Measurement

01/2016 ~ 05/2016 Applied Project: Design of Vacuum System for Testing Solar Thermophotovoltaic with Intermediate Absorber/Emitter

01/2015 ~ 05/2015 Applied Project: Development and Testing of a Custom Scanning Thermoreflectance Microscope with Lock-in Modulation

01/2015 ~ 05/2015 Applied Project: Design and Validation of the Test Rig for Building Cooling Using a Smart Window

Bachelor in Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 2012 Current: PhD student at ASU

08/2013 ~ 05/2014 Applied Project: Parallelization of Flat Plates with Nano-scale Resolution

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2012 Current Position: Mechanical Engineer at Compound Photonics, Phoenix, AZ (since 2014)

01/2021 ~ 12/2021 Thesis: Development of High-Temperature Heater for Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion System

08/2020 ~ 05/2021 Thesis: Development of Tuning Fork-Based Metrology for Study of Casimir Forces Across Nanometric Gaps

08/2020 ~ 05/2021 Thesis: Tunable Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Exceeding Blackbody Limit with Vanadium Dioxide Thin Film

08/2021 ~ 05/2022 Applied Project: Transient Cryothermal Measurement Current Position: Thermal Engineer at Northrop Grumman

08/2021 ~ 05/2022 Thesis: Reducing the Vanadium Dioxide Transition Temperature using Tungsten Doping from Co-sputtering and Furnace Oxidation Current Position: Engineer at ASML, Chandler AZ

08/2020 ~ 4/2021 ASU FURI: Simultaneous Microscale Optical Spectroscopy and Thermoreflectance Analysis

08/2020 ~ 05/2021 Thesis: Development of Tuning Fork-Based Metrology for Study of Casimir Forces Across Nanometric Gaps

01/2020 ~ 12/2020 ASU FURI: AFM Based Near-field Radiation Heat Measurement

01/2021 ~ 12/2021 Thesis: Development of High-Temperature Heater for Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion System

08/2021 ~ 05/2022 Thesis: Reducing the Vanadium Dioxide Transition Temperature using Tungsten Doping from Co-sputtering and Furnace Oxidation Current Position: Engineer at ASML, Chandler AZ

08/2021 ~ 05/2022 Applied Project: Transient Cryothermal Measurement Current Position: Thermal Engineer at Northrop Grumman

01/2019 ~ 05/2020 ASU FURI: Near-field Radiation Measurement with Particle Spacer

08/2020 ~ 05/2021 Thesis: Tunable Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Exceeding Blackbody Limit with Vanadium Dioxide Thin Film

01/2019 ~ 07/2019 ASU FURI: Outdoor Radiative Cooling Measurement

01/2019 ~ 05/2019 ASU FURI: Near-field Measurement with Bimaterial AFM Probe

08/2018 ~ 05/2019 ASU/NASA Space Grant: Tuning Fork Based Metrology for Casimir Force Measurement

05/2018 ~ 05/2019 ASU FURI: Solar Thermal/Thermophotovoltaic Measurements

05/2018 ~ 12/2018 ASU FURI: Tip-tilt Platform for Near-field Radiation Measurement

05/2019 ~ 05/2020 Thesis: Tungsten Trioxide based Variable Reflectivity Radiation Coating for Optical Propulsion Applications Current Position: Medical Student in Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC

(05/2017 – )

01/2017 ~ 05/2017 ASU FURI: LabVIEW Control of a Tip-Tilt Platform for Aligning Surfaces in Parallel with Nanometer Spacing

08/2016 ~ 05/2017 ASU FURI: AFM Based Near-Field Thermal Metrology for Nanometer-Scale Surface Temperature Mapping

08/2016 ~ 12/2016 ASU FURI: Design and Validation of an Outdoor Test Apparatus for the Evaluation of Radiation Coatings for Smart Windows

Undergraduate student since 2012 , Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University Current: BS expected by 2016

Current: Master student in the ASU Solar Energy Engineering and Commercialization Program

Current Position: Thermal Engineer at Intel, Chandler, AZ Awards: Distinguished Graduate 2015

03/2022 ~ 02/2024 Role: Visiting NSF Postdoctoral Fellow Topic: Optical Characterizations of Insects Current Position: Assistant Professor in Biology at Indiana University

10/2019 ~ 10/2020 Role: Visiting PhD student from Prof. Ceji Fu’s group at Peking University Topic: Radiative sky cooling

2012 ~ 2016 Role: Adjunct Researcher Topic: Theoretical near-field radiative heat transfer Current Position: Packaging Engineer at Google