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Dr. Phillip Himmer -Assistant Research Professor& Lab Manager. Retired

Dr. Ben Dutton -2025 Graduate with Ph. D MSE. Now assistant professor at Penn State University

Dr. Santosh Swain – 2011 Graduate with Ph. D Physics. WSU-IMR research faculty, now with private company

Prof. Rubi Gul – research faculty, now with private company

Dr. Jani Jenenovec – 2022 Graduate with Ph. D MSE. Now with BAE Systems

Mr. Sam Bigbee-Hansen – 2022 Graduate with MS MSE. Now with Hexcel

Dr. Saketh Kakkirenii – 2021 Graduate with Ph.D ME. now with Redlen

Dr. Muad Saleh – 2019 Graduate with Ph.D MSE. Now with Lam Scientific

Dr. Tawfeeq K. Al-Hamdi – 2019 Graduate with Ph.D ME

Dr. Jedidiah McCoy – 2018 Graduate with Ph.D MSE. Now with SolAero Technologies

Dr. Peter Thomas Dickens – 2016 Graduate with Ph.D MSE. Now with Sandia National Laboratory

Dr. Tursun Ablekim – 2015 Graduate with Ph.D MSE. Now with First Solar

Dr. Kasey Lund – 2015 Graduate with Ph.D Physics. Now with National Super Conducting Cyclotron Laboratory

Dr. Alireza Narimannejad – 2015 Graduate with Ph.D MSE. Now with Intel

Dr. Sachin Bhaladhare – 2013 Graduate with Ph.D MSE. Now with Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Dr. Drew Haven – 2013 Graduate with Ph.D in MSE. Now with Luxium

Dr. Amlan Datta – 2013 Graduate with Ph.D in Physics, Now with CapeSym Inc.

And many more…