{"id":781,"date":"2025-07-23T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/jones\/?page_id=781"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:49:07","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/jones\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Term End<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Current Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=up7hF7EAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Dipankar Ghosh, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mesut-varlioglu-0093948a\" target=\"_blank\">Mesut Variloglu, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Materials Engineer at Hewlett-Packard. Author of \u201cIdea to Product: DIY Invention Commercialization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=gFnlk-gAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\">Abhijit Pramanick, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ufellc\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Fell, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Senior Research Engineer at Tesla Motors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=f0VTlNkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Goknur Tutuncu, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shruti-seshadri-24793961\" target=\"_blank\">Shruti Seshadri, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lead of Corporate Security Management at Sutherland Global Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elena-aksel-b3016076\" target=\"_blank\">Elena Askel, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Project Manager at SCHOTT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dradprewitt\" target=\"_blank\">Anderson Prewitt, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Founder of Prewitt Solutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ehyaPM8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Krishna Nittala, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Applied Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=wcrEX_QAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Forrester, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Leeds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qc-SRqYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Sungwook Mhin, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Professor at Korea Institute of Industrial Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Jv85EUwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Tedi-Marie Usher-Ditzian, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=wYcY3UEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Thanakorn Iamsasri, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">King Monkut's University of Technology North Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=xJjhSQQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Fancher, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=GA06TgQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Podowitz-Thomas, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Faculty at Haverford College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ONHUsmsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Giovanni Esteves, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postdoctoral Researcher at\u00a0Sandia National Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Aa_5ftsAAAAJ&amp;hl\" target=\"_blank\">Dong Hou, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postdoctoral Researcher at\u00a0NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=lsz5ydYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Deepika Saini, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Eastman Chemical Company<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brienne-johnson-ph-d-bb5169a8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brienne Johnson, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Northrop Grumman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Ju2Xcx0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Ching-Chang Chung, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory Manager at NC State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hanhan Zhou, Ph.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Senior Electrical Failure Analysis\/Package<br \/>\nFailure Analysis Engineer at GLOBALFOUNDRIES\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=1QJVnjgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Alisa Paterson, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Postdoctoral Associate at University of Calgary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Alexandria Cruz, Ph.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jianwei Zhao, Ph.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Younghwan Lee, Ph.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=IC8Z9g4AAAAJ&amp;authuser=1\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra Henriques, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Alexis Payne, Ph.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joshua-simon-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Harris, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ryan-newell-phd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Newell, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Temposonics Materials Engineer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexhsain\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Hsain, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rachel-broughton-a5abb925a\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Broughton, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/corradojw\/\" target=\"_blank\">Corrado Harper, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr 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