Team
Richard Zhang (张紫浩）
Principal Investigator
Hometown: Melbourne, FL, USA
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2010)
M.S. and Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech (2015)
Staff Engineer, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (2015-2017)
Ken Araki
Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Takasaki, Japan / San Diego, CA
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Niigata University (2019)
Research Interests: Photonic gratings
Project: Radiative emission tuning using plasmonic graphene-metal gratings
Micah Vallin
M.S./Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno (2017)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UNT (Expected Dec. 2019)
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, phonon dynamics, and computational optimization
Project: Thermal conductivity of phase transition nanomaterials
Partially funded by US AFOSR
Morgan Blankenship
M.S. Student
Hometown: Aubrey, TX
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas (2018)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UNT (Expected Dec. 2019)
Research Interests: Quantum computing, nanoscale energy transfer, and drones
Project: Near-field radiative heat transfer between Hall conductance layers
Ethan Cramer
Senior/Grad Track Student
Hometown: Prosper, TX
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas (Expected Spring 2020)
Research Interests: Waste heat recovery, renewable energy, and thermoelectric materials
Project: Exceptional thermal-electrical properties of semiconductor nanowires
Alumni
1. Anton Yorzh, M.S. (2019)
