University of Pittsburgh

Principal Investigator

PaulLeu

Paul W. Leu

Professor and BP America Fellow
Co-Director, Materials Data Science and Reliability Center

Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. 2008
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University.

Awards
2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2016 IISE UPS Minority Advancement Award
2012 Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2012 Pitt Innovation in Education Award
2006 Harvey Fellow
2002 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Office: Benedum 1004
Phone: (412) 624-9834
Email: ude.ttip@uelp

Postdocs

JungtaekKim

Jungtaek Kim

Personal Page

Education
PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology. 2022
BS, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology. 2015 

Interests
Statistical machine learning, bayesian optimization
Email: ude.ttip@mik.keatgnuj

Students

Mingxuan Li

Mingxuan Li

Education
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester. 2020
B.S. in Chemistry, Nanjing University. 2016

Interests
Optical functional surfaces, Nanoscale fabrication

Email: ude.ttip@251lim
Mehdi Zarei

Mehdi Zarei

Education
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology. 2019
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology. 2016

Interests
Superhydrophobic surfaces, carbon nanotubes

Email: ude.ttip@8zom
Rong Chen

Rong Chen

Education
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2023

Interests
3D Printing Antibacterial structure

Email: ude.ttip@89COR
Ylan Phan

Ylan Phan

Education
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2022

Interests
Manufacturing, product design, sustainability

Email: ude.ttip@2pdy
Jenna Ross

Jenna Ross

Education
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2023

Interests
Chemical Engineering, pharmaceuticals, sustainability, consumer products

Email: ude.ttip@22rgj
Jakob Ross

Jakob Ross

Education
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2023

Interests
Software development/engineering

Email: ude.ttip@311rjj
Yirong Li

Yirong Li

Education
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2023

Interests
Industrial engineering, material science

Email: ude.ttip@603liy


Alumni

Benjamin Bailey

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2022

Brady Pilsbury

Now Patent Examiner at US PTO.
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2022

Sooraj Sharma

Now Process Engineer at View, Inc.
M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering. University of Pittsburgh. 2022
B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2020

Anthony Galante

Now Data Scientist at PNC.
Ph.D in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2022
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017.

Ziyu Zhou

Ph.D in Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2022
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2018
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University. 2015
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Science. 2013

Maxwell Smith

Process Engineering Co-op student at Avient Corporation.

Sajad Haghanifar

Now at Tower Semiconductor
Ph.D in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2020
M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Sharif University. 2012
B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Sharif University. 2010

Zhengyu Xu

M.S. in Material Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2019
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology. 2016

Imrul Kayes

Ph.D in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2019
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015
B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. 2011

Lucas Tomasovic

Clinical Research Assistant at Emory University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2021

Michael Magnotti

GED, Baldwin High School. 2019

Andrew Macgowan

Now at CERN
MEng in Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford. 2020

Mohamed Kashkoush

Now at Peptilogics and UPMC Presbyterian

Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh. 2021

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Bradley Pafchek

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2018

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Danielle Kline

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2019

Maxwell Lindsay

B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2018

Rafael Rodriguez

B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2019

Tongchuan Gao

Now at Lam Research.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016
B.S. in Materials Science, Tsinghua University. 2011

Baomin Wang

Now at Amazon.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2016
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2012
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University. 2010

Sean McCarthy

Now at Mitsubishi Electric Power Products.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Rithika Reddy

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Thomas Werkmeister

Now a PhD student at Harvard.

B.S. in Engineering Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2017

Lincoln Walton

B.S. in Engineering Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Miriam Rathbun

Now a PhD student at MIT.

B.S. in Engineering Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2016

Erica Stevens (co-advised with Jung-kun Lee)

Now at University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program.

B.S. in Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Donald Voland

Now at University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program.

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Brendan O'Brien

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2014

Dalton Hale

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Rodney Kizito

Now at University of Arkansas PhD Program.

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2015

Arpit Ajmanji

Now at JP Morgan Chase.

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2014
M.Sc.(Honors) in Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani. 2010
B.S.(Honors) in Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani. 2010

Cheng Du

Now at Schlumberger.

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2014
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan--Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute. 2012

Ibrahim Chebib

Now at Carnegie Mellon Business School MBA program.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Jesse Randall (co-advised with Jung-kun Lee)

B.S. in Engineering Physics, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Peter Brendel

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Ryan Hays

Now at PNC.

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2012

Nithin Krishna

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, SRM University. 2012
Masters in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2013

Rebecca (Terry) Graupman

Now at LMI.

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. 2011