Alumni

A former member

Santino Macaggi

Santino Macaggi

Santino is an imaginative and adaptive sophomore pursing a B.S in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Business Economics. Santino has a passion for both semiconductors and thermal management. When free, Santino can be found creating 3D CAD models, playing soccer, or traveling with friends.

Cole Stephens

Cole Stephens

Cole is a third-year undergrad from San Diego, California, studying Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Economics and Creative Writing. He is also pursuing the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Certificate and has a certificate in Entry-Level Python.

IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. (Hons.)

Dr. Sougata Hazra

Sougata is from Kolkata, India, and graduated at the top of his class from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering in 2017. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford, funded by the SOE fellowship. Sougata worked extensively in microfluidics during his undergraduate years, and his current […]

Antariksh Krishnan

Antariksh Krishnan

Antariksh is a rising second year at the Georgia Institute of Technology pursuing a B.S in Electrical Engineering. His areas of academic interest include the intersection of IC fabrication and Power Electronics/Systems to provide sustainable and efficient energy transmission. He is working on the SCALE SURF Heterogeneous Integration and Advanced Packaging: 3D Cryogenic Packaging for […]

Lavinia Barker

Lavinia Barker

Lavinia is a rising sophomore studying Electrical Engineering at Rice University, with interests in aerospace, condensed matter and semiconductor research. She is working on the SCALE SURF Advanced Packaging: Self-Alignment Technology for 3D System Integration over the summer at Purdue, and enjoys building rockets, baking, and playing percussion in Rice’s Marching Owl Band in her […]

Michael Kurtz

Michael Kurtz

Michael Kurtz is a Senior at Purdue University pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Aerospace. His area of research involves leveraging ANSYS to evaluate the thermal performance of various microchip architectures. Outside of the lab, he enjoys learning the piano and playing hockey.  

Aidan Powers

Aidan Powers

Aidan is a senior at mechanical engineering, with emphasis on computational studies. By using programming and finite element code he hopes to decrease the number of physical iterations required.

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Andrew Modin

Andrew is a first-year engineering student at Purdue interested in pursuing a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. His areas of academic interest include the fabrication of cutting-edge semiconductors and the development of new processes that can spearhead a new generation of denser integrated circuits. Apart from his academic pursuits, Andrew enjoys […]

Lab member, Kiet Tran

Kiet Tran

Kiet is a senior pursuing a B.S in Purdue Mechanical Engineering. He is considering to attend grad school after graduation. His interest areas are electronics systems and fluid dynamics. In his free time, he likes playing video games and watching soccer games.

Lab member, Chih-Yao

Chih-Yao Chan

Chih-Yao is a junior pursing a BS in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He has a strong interest in graduate studies in the future. Chih-Yao’s area of interest is thermodynamics and heat transfer. In his spare time, he enjoys video games and travel.