Graduate Research
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Baba AbdulResearchBaba'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) Advisor |
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Bulbul AhmedResearchBulbul'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) Advisor |
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Courtney BonuccelliResearchCourtney'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) Advisor |
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Danny BottenusResearchDanny's research includes: isoelectric focusing and pH shift in nanochannels. Office: ETRL 306 (Tel: 509 335-1545) Advisor |
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Elvie BrownResearchElvie's research includes: Bioengineering of Bacterial Cellulose/Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites. Office: wood materials AdvisorMarie-Pierre Laborie |
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Jeff BurkeResearchJeff'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) Advisor |
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Laura CreeResearchLaura's research includes: Understanding the biomechanics of sperm cell formation. Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700) Advisor |
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Alim DewanResearchAlim's research includes: focused power generation and power optimization of MFCs in remote areas. Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700) Advisor |
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Sarah HaarsmaResearchOffice: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700) Advisor |
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Sean LinResearchSean'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) Advisor |
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Bingwen LiuResearchBingwen's research includes: Multi-dimensional electrophoresis on a microchip. Office: ETRL 306 (Tel: 509 335-1545) Advisor |
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Reuven MiropolskiyResearchReuven'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) AdvisorJeff Ullman |
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Hung NguyenResearchHung'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) Advisor |
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Yanling QiaoResearchYanling'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) Advisor |
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Isabela ReiniatiResearchOffice: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 335-5700) AdvisorMarie-Pierre Laborie |
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Ryan RenslowResearchRyan's research includes: Biofilm research emphasizing on NMR techniques and data modeling. Office: ETRL 349 (Tel: 509 280-3723) Advisor |
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Daniel RieckResearchDan'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) Advisor |



















