Principal Investigator
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Sajjad Bigham
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (minor in Material Science and Engineering), 2016, University of Florida
Director, Energy eXploration Laboratory (Energy-X)
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Michigan Tech University
Email: sbigham at mtu dot edu
Graduate Students
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Masoud Ahmadi
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Next-gen. HVAC systems
Energy-X: August 2018 - present
Sunil Pinnu
M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: High-efficiency desalination systems
Energy-X: Sept. 2018 - present
Ikechukwu (Emmanuel) Okoh
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Compact 3D-printed HTHP HXs
Energy-X: August 2018 - present
Shiying Cai
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: High-efficiency desalination systems
Energy-X: March 2020 - present
Behzad Ahmadi
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Compact 3D-printed HTHP HXs
Energy-X: August 2019 - present
Behnam Ahmadi
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: High-performance HVAC systems
Energy-X: July 2019 - present
Peter Nguyen
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Microscale phase-change heat transfer
(Co-advised with Dr. Kazuya Tajiri)
Energy-X: Jan. 2017 - present
Rasoul (Amir) Bayani
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Ceramic 3D-printed HTHP HXs
Energy-X: Jan. 2020 - present
Mahesh Puttur
M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: High-performance HVAC systems
Energy-X: May 2019 - present
Undergraduate Students
Douglas Pedersen
B.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Thermal battery
Energy-X: August 2018 - present
Past Members
Tania Demonte Gonzalez
B.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Energy efficiency in buildings
Energy-X: March 2017 - March 2018
Leroy Kincannon
B.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Next-gen. energy efficient systems
Energy-X: March 2017 - March 2018
Gnana Vishnu Durgam
M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Enhanced condensation heat transfer
Energy-X: Jan. 2017 - Sept. 2018
Current position: Mechanical designer at RGD consulting engineers, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Sampath Boyapally
M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Topic: HVAC systems
Energy-X: Feb. 2017 - July 2017
Current position: Application engineer at Hanon Systems, Novi, Michigan
Venkatesh Narsingrao Mantalwad
M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Topic: HFO-based cooling systems
Energy-X: Jan. 2017 - May 2018
Current position: R&D engineer at Rheem Manufacturing, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Chetan Agarwal
M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Enhanced pool boiling process
Energy-X: Sept. 2017 - June 2019
Current position: Thermal engineer at Amazon, Seattle, WA