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Abdullah Al Mamun

Abdullah is a Postdoc in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this, he was a PhD student in the SMIL research group at NJIT. He received his MS degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Oklahoma State University. His research goals revolve around the development of data-driven applications for computational multiphase fluid dynamics, based on the principles of Machine Learning. Publications

Saba Mirahsani

Saba is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering. She completed her M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran. Her current research focuses on interactions of nanofilaments such as filoviruses with human and animal cells. Publications

Morteza Hamzeh

Morteza is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering. He completed his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran. His current research focuses on interactions of active nanoparticles with biological cells. Publications

 Zinia Sultana Joti

Zinia is a first-year PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering, co-advised with Dr. Dibakar Datta and Dr. Fatemeh Ahmadpoor. She completed her B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. She later pursued a master’s degree in Applied Statistics and Data Science at Jahangirnagar University. Her current research focuses on applying Generative AI to the study of biological materials. Webpage

Abdullah Al Mamun (PhD student, 2020-2024).

Jaime Siguenza (Undergraduate student, 2020): Jaime currently works as a Design and Analysis Engineer at Boeing.

Fabiana Penachi (Undergraduate student, 2020): Fabiana is currently pursuing an Associate degree in Cardiovascular Technology at Eastwick College.

Roua Daghestani (BS/MS dual degree, 2021): Roua currently works as Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Leviant.

Giovanni Romero (Undergraduate student, 2022): Giovanni worked in the lab as a senior undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Giovanni explored the deformation of multi-core compound droplet which has applications in dug delivery and oil recovery.

Joel Sideco (Undergraduate student, 2025): Joel worked in the lab as a senior undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Jullian Garcia (Undergraduate student, 2025): Jullian worked in the lab as a senior undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Jimmy Chen (Undergraduate student, 2025): Jimmy worked in the lab as a senior undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Priyanjali Solanky (High school student at Montville Township, Fall 2020-Summer 2022): Priyanjali is currently an undergraduate student in Computer Science program at Cornell University

Ava Custode (High school student at Montville Township, Fall 2022-Summer 2024):