Group

From right to left: (first row) Dr. Zhen Li, Dr. Qijin Huang, Stephen Holtz, Dr. Hong Zhao, Zhijing Xue, Lilly Balderson; (second row) Karam Al-Milaji, Brendan White, Eddy Ekouevi, Bruno Trigo, Susie McLeod

Principal Investigator

Dr. Zhao received her Ph.D. in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University in 2007. Prior to joining Virginia Commonwealth University in 2014, she was a research scientist and project lead at Xerox Corporation. Zhao has authored and co-authored 20+ peer-reviewed journal publications and proceeding papers, 30+ issued patents and patent applications. Her research interests include superhydrophobic and superoleophobic surface design, inkjet drop dynamics, self-assembly of colloidal particles, inkjet printing and electrohydrodynamic printing for functional devices and additive manufacturing.

Post-doctoral Research Associates

Dr. Karam Al-Milaji

Ph.D. Graduate Students

Yuanhang Yang

Kashminder Mehta

Vertically-Integrated-Projects (VIP) students

Andrew Hennigan (Undergraduate student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Joseph Tirre (Undergraduate student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Undergraduate research students

Lilly Balderson (Chemistry department)

Eddy Ekouevi (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Alumni

Dr. Zhen Li (Co-advised with Prof. Daren Chen), (Post-doctoral research associate, Oct. 2017 – Feb. 2020)

Dr. Qijin Huang (Post-doctoral research associate, July 2017 – Dec. 2018)

Dr. Shun Duan (Visiting scholar from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China, Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2020)

Dr. Weilin Zhao (Visiting scholar from Jinan University, China, Feb. 2016 – Jan. 2017)

Brennan Chaloux (Undergraduate student in Biomedical Engineering)

Stephen Holtz (Undergraduate student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Bruno Trigo (Undergraduate student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Thomas Vu (Undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Brendan White (Undergraduate student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Zhijing Xue (Undergraduate student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Ryen Stahl (Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering)

Susie McLeod (Undergraduate VIP student, Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2018)

Heather Hepperle (Undergraduate work-study research assistant, Oct. 2017 – May 2018)

Kevin Salinsky (Undergraduate VIP student, Aug. 2017-May 2018)

Blake Kinkead (Undergraduate VIP student, Aug. 2017-Dec. 2017)

Hunter Locks (Undergraduate intern student, 2017 summer)

Colter G. Snowbarger (Undergraduate intern student, 2015 summer)

Charles Stacy (VCU undergraduate co-op student, lab assistant, 2014-2016)

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