The Gene and Linda Voiland School of

Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

Graduate Research

Baba Abdul

Research

Baba's research includes: Modeling evaporative heat transfer in open coil channels with cross air flow, modifying a small prototype and developing related concept inventories for hands-on learning.

Office: ETRL 348 (Tel: 509 335-9625)
davab@wsu.edu

Advisor

Bernard J. Van Wie

Bulbul Ahmed

Research

Bulbul's research includes: Uranium Transformations in Biofilms. My research focuses on understanding of electron transfer processes between bacteria, minerals and uranium in the subsurface biofilms.

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
bulbul_ahmed@wsu.edu

Advisor

Haluk Beyenal

Courtney Bonuccelli

Research

Courtney's research includes: mass, momentum and heat transfer, with an emphasis in two-phase flow, heat removal, alternative fluids, and fluid atomization.

Office: ETRL 306 (Tel: 509 335-1545)
herr4564@wsu.edu
Courtney's Website

Advisor

Richard Zollars

Danny Bottenus

Research

Danny's research includes: isoelectric focusing and pH shift in nanochannels.

Office: ETRL 306 (Tel: 509 335-1545)
bottenus@wsu.edu
Danny's Website

Advisor

Neil Ivory

Elvie Brown

Research

Elvie's research includes: Bioengineering of Bacterial Cellulose/Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites.

Office: wood materials
elvie_brown@wsu.edu

Advisor

Marie-Pierre Laborie

Jeff Burke

Research

Jeff's research includes: the examination of several performance bottlenecks of DFGF through the use of experimentation and numerical modeling. These bottlenecks include membrane stability, protein polarization, voltage degradation and depletion/enrichment of buffer components.

Office: ETRL 348 (Tel: 509 335-9625)
jmburke@wsu.edu
Jeff's Website

Advisor

Neil Ivory

Laura Cree

Research

Laura's research includes: Understanding the biomechanics of sperm cell formation.

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
lhcree@wsu.edu

Advisor

Laurence Brewer

Chris Detzel

Research

Office: ETRL 348 (Tel: 509 335-9625)
cdetzel@wsu.edu

Advisor

Bernard Van Wie

Alim Dewan

Research

Alim's research includes: focused power generation and power optimization of MFCs in remote areas.

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
maalimdewan@wsu.edu
Alim's Website

Advisor

Haluk Beyenal

Sarah Haarsma

Research

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
haarsmas@wsu.edu

Advisor

Bernard Van Wie

Sean Lin

Research

Sean's research includes: developing catalyst systems used in liquid fuel reforming to produce renewable hydrogen. He is also working on PEM fuel cell characterization.

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
shihyilin@wsu.edu
Sean's Website

Advisor

Su Ha

Bingwen Liu

Research

Bingwen's research includes: Multi-dimensional electrophoresis on a microchip.

Office: ETRL 306 (Tel: 509 335-1545)
bingwen_liu@wsu.edu

Advisor

Neil Ivory

Oscar Marin Flores

Research

Office: ETRL 348 (Tel: 509 335-9625)
omarinflores@wsu.edu

Advisor

Su Ha

Reuven Miropolskiy

Research

Reuven's research includes: Electrokinetic Remediation of Sediments. Application of low voltage can improve degradation of organic contaminants such as PCBs and PAHs in sediments. This research explores the possibility of degradation of organic contaminants on surface of electrodes.

Office: Albrook 211 (Tel: 206 380-2660)
rmiropolskiy@wsu.edu

Advisor

Jeff Ullman

Hung Nguyen

Research

Hung's research includes: microsensors and their applications to biofilm processes, specifically he uses microsensors to understand uranium mobility in subsurface biofilms. In addition, he is actively involved lactic acid production using biofilms and microbial fuel cell research

Office: ETRL 348 (Tel: 509 335-9625)
hungnguyen@wsu.edu

Advisor

Haluk Beyenal

Bong-Jae Park

Research

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
bjpark@wsu.edu

Advisor

Nehal Abu-Lail

Yanling Qiao

Research

Yanling's research includes: labeling cardiac protein with fluorescent probes and measuring the conformational changes with Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) method.

Office: ETRL 306 (Tel: 509 335-1545)
yanling_qiao@wsu.edu

Advisor

Wenji Dong

Isabela Reiniati

Research

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
isabela_reiniati@wsu.edu

Advisor

Marie-Pierre Laborie

Ryan Renslow

Research

Ryan's research includes: Biofilm research emphasizing on NMR techniques and data modeling.

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 280-3723)
rrenslow@wsu.edu

Advisor

Haluk Beyenal

Daniel Rieck

Research

Dan's research includes: Going from Macro to Nano Scale in the Development and Characterization of an Inexpensive Sensor for Monitoring Aqueous and Ionic Hexavalent Chromium.

Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700)
daniel_rieck@wsu.edu

Advisor

Bernard Van Wie

The Gene & Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, PO Box 642710, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-2710, 509-335-4332, Email ChEBE: chebe AT wsu DOT edu