Graduated PhD Students

Student Date of graduation Co-Advisor, if applicable Employment after graduation (or latest known employer)
27 Ali Nouriani July, 2023 Robert A. McGovern Mathworks, Natick, MA
26 Vimal Kumar April, 2023 Shankar Ram ZF Technical Center, India
25 Zhenming Xie October, 2022 Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan
24 Hamid Movahedi August, 2022 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
23 Gregory Johnson July, 2021 Advanced Science and Technology Group, 3M Corporation, Saint Paul, MN
22 Heng Wang July, 2021 Assistant Professor, South China University of Science and Technology, China.
21 Corey Cruttenden May, 2020 Wei Chen Neuroengineering Group, Medtronic Corporation, Fridley, Minnesota.
20 Ye Zhang August, 2019 Research Engineer, Aptiv Mobility, Troy, Michigan.
19 Woongsun Jeon March, 2019 Assistant Professor, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.
18 Ryan Madson November, 2018 Principal Research Engineer, Innotronics, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
17 Song Zhang August, 2018 Starkey Labs, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
16 Mahdi Ahmadi June, 2017 Astrin Biosciences, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
15 Garrett D. Nelson October, 2015 Art. Erdman Senior Research Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
14 Saber Taghvaeeyan July, 2014 Research Engineer, Advanced Technologies Lab, 3M
13 Shan Hu July, 2014 Assistant Professor, Iowa State University. Recipient of CAREER and other NSF Grants.
12 Kalpesh Singal December, 2013 Research Engineer, GE Global Research Laboratories, Schenectady, NY
11 Peng Peng December, 2011 Senior Principal Engineer, Seagate Corporation, Shakopee, Minnesota.
10 Gridsada Phanomchoeng August, 2011 Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
9 Krishna Vijayaraghavan July, 2010 Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
8 Gurkan Erdogan November, 2009 Senior Research Engineer, Michelin Tires, South Carolina
7 Shyam Sivaramakrishnan December, 2009 Senior Research Engineer, GE Global Research Laboratories
6 Serdar Sezen December, 2006 Bradley J. Nelson Professor, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
5 Samuel Kidane September, 2006 Senior Principal Engineer, Apple Computer, Cupertino, California.
4 Xun Yu June, 2006 Kim Stelson Department Head and Professor, Mech E, New York Institute of Technology.
3 Neng Piyabongkarn October, 2004 Global Control Systems Manager, Eaton Innovation Center, Eden Prairie.
2 Ankur Ganguli February, 2004 Director, Propulsion Control Software, General Motors, Michigan.
1 Hong Zhu February, 2004 Kim Stelson Senior Engineer, Seagate Corporation.

Partial List of Former MS Students

We no longer offer RA positions to M.S. students.
Student Date of graduation Co-Advisor, if applicable Employment after graduation (or latest known employer)
19 Mike Mott 2012 3M Corporation (St. Paul, MN)
18 Matt Hildebrand 2011 Wenger Corporation (Owatonna, MN)
17 James Holmberg 2011 Honeywell International Inc (Golden Valley, MN)
16 Sean Pruden 2011 Honeywell International Inc (Golden Valley, MN)
15 Justin Wilhelm 2007 3M Corporation (St. Paul, MN)
14 Neranjan Persaud 2005 Guidant/Boston Scientific (Maple Grove, MN)
13 Ian Foslien 2005 Visteon Automotive (Van Buren Township, MI)
12 Mohd Syukri Yahya 2005 (Malaysia)
11 Lance Koehn 2005 Lockheed Martin (Eagan, MN)
10 Piyush Agrawal 2005 Z.S. Associates (Chicago, IL)
9 Matt Potter 2004 United Defense (Minneapolis, MN)
8 Jesse Gohl 2003 Emmeskay Inc (Plymouth, MI)
7 Junmin Wang 2003 Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, TX)
6 Kumar Santhanakrishnan 2002 University of Minnesota, Ph.D Student (Minneapolis, MN)
5 Dan Youtt 2001 Eaton Hydraulics Inc (Eden Prairie, MN)
4 Joshua Dudney 2001 St. Jude Medical (Minnetonka, MN)
3 Supawat Larparisudthi 2000 QRDC Inc (Chaska, MN)
2 Krishna Prashant Anandan 2000 Seagate Inc (Bloomington, MN)
1 Chunyu Zhu 2000 Cummins Engines Inc (Columbus, IN)
Student Date of graduation Co-Advisor, if applicable Employment after graduation (or latest known employer)

Partial List of Undergraduate Research Students

Andre Espindola*   2021
John Levahn   2019
Ying Lu   2019
Jonathan Cabak*   2019
Peter Kelly   2018
Ross Pavelka   2018
Kenson Cai   2018
Rachit Mahindra   2018
Cosmos Zhu   2017
Brant Axt*   2015
Christopher Flegel*   2013
Ludong Sun*   2013
Yongbin Han*   2013
Ross Klabon   2012
Zhen Sun   2011
Michael Sulgrove   2011
Jeff Chang*   2009
Kane Ishibashi   2009
Spencer Bondhus   2006
Alex Kossett   2004
Michael Greminger*   2000
(*Honor's Thesis students)

Research Staff

Anastasis Georgiou April 2022 - April 2023
Woongsun Jeon  March 2019 - Feb 2022 
Mahdi Ahmadi    June 2017 - September 2019
Yan Wang    September 2014 - February 2018
Serdar Sezen    September 2006 - August 2008
Hwa Soo Kim    August 2007 - September 2008
Jin-Oh Hahn   September 1999 - October 2000
Su-Mi Hur   May 2002 - May 2003