Members

Samaneh Farokhirad: Dr. Farokhirad is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NJIT. She received her Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York (CCNY), and B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Prior to joining NJIT, she was an NIH Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Penn Institute for computational science at University of Pennsylvania and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Computational Multiphase Flow Dynamics Group at CCNY.

Abdullah Al Mamun: Abdullah is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology in 2013 and his M.S. degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2020. His research goals revolve around the data-driven applications for computational multiphase fluid dynamics on the ground of Machine Learning. Publications

Giovanni Romero: Giovanni is a senior undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering department. His work in the lab focuses on exploring the deformation of multi-core compound droplet which has applications in dug delivery and oil recovery. He is interested in doing computational modeling and analysis that considers fluid and thermal properties. He is eager to learn more about new software applications and expand upon the theoretical concepts he already knows to better understand the design process of projects that presents impact to industry.

Ava Custode: Ava is a Junior at Montville Township Highschool where she studies Immunology. She has been an Intern in Rad Lab since Fall 2022. She is particularly interested in learning about antibiotic resistance of bacteria and their modeling. She is a biathlete being apart of Varsity Girls Lacrosse and Varsity Field Hockey. Outside of school and sports, Ava volunteers with her towns Emergency First Aid Squad and animal shelter. Ava shows a lot of enthusiasm towards her research and in the future and she hopes to pursue Nursing.

Jaime Siguenza (Undergraduate student, 2020): Jaime worked in the lab as a third-year undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He explored mechanical properties of hydrogel particles in porous media.

Fabiana Penachi (Undergraduate student, 2020): Fabiana worked in the lab as a second-year undergraduate student in the Engineering Technology Department. She explored the behavior of polymeric nanoparticles for medical applications.

Roua Daghestani (BS/MS dual degree, 2021): Roua currently works as a Junior mechanical design engineer at DEKA Research & Development (Medical Equipment Manufacturing).

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