Students Advised/Mentored

Ph.D. Dissertations (26):

1. Surya Poornachandiran (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: December 2028) (Director)

2. Aliakbar Jafari (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: December 2026) (Director)

3. Masoud Salavati (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: May 2026) (Director)

4. Mohammad Mansourian Tabaei (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: December 2023) (Director)

5. Azam Salmankhani (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: December 2024) (Director)

6. Omar Algharibeh (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: December 2024) (Co-Director with Dr. Hunain Alkhateb)

7. Mina Mahdavi (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2018) (Director)

8. Farzin Rahmani (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2018) (Director)

9. Amir Khakpay (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2017) (Co-Director with Dr. Paul Scovazzo)

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10. Grace McMahen Rushing (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2024) (Committee Member)

11. Yizhou Lu (Mechanical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2023) (Committee Member)

12. Weam Elmahmoud (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in August 2023) (Committee Member)

13. Oubayda Sras (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2023) (Committee Member)

14. Hirunika Wijesinghe (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2023) (Committee Member)

15. David Ndaleh Dodah Nghombui (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2022) (Committee Member)

16. Taylor Santaloci (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2022) (Committee Member)

17. Sudeep Adhikari (Physics and Astronomy, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2022) (Committee Member)

18. Rami Al-Sughary (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2021) (Committee Member)

19. Hunter Shirley (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2021) (Committee Member)

20. Kaloll Talukdar (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2020) (Committee Member)

21. Riya Chatterjee (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2020) (Committee Member)

22. Chuangshuo Zeng (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2020) (Committee Member)

23. Vahid Daghigh (Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, Graduated in Fall 2019) (Committee Member)

24. Hatem Almasaeid (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2018) (Committee Member)

25. Sachintha Illesinghe (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: Spring 2026) (Committee Member)

26. Ivani Jayalath (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: Spring 2026) (Committee Member)

 

Master’s Theses (11):

1. Mohammad Mansourian Tabaei (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2021) (Main Advisor)

2. Jaeyong Shin (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2016) (Main Advisor)

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3. Arghavan Beheshtimaal (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Summer 2021) (Committee Member)

4. Md Firoz Ahmed (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2021) (Committee Member)

5. Mohammed Al-Saleh (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2020) (Committee Member)

6. Torkel Nord Bjaerneman (Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2020) (Committee Member)

7. Saloumeh Kolahchyan (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2018) (Committee Member)

8. Mohammed Mustafees Khan (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Summer 2018) (Committee Member)

9. Yashaswi Nigam (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Summer 2018) (Committee Member)

10. Amir Khakpay (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Fall 2015) (Committee Member)

11. Utsab Roy Ayan (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Expected Graduation: December 2024) (Committee Member)

 

Honor’s Theses (2):

1. Alexander Ligman (Mechanical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2022) (Committee Member)

2. Ronish Shreshta (Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, Graduated in Spring 2020) (Committee Member)

 

Undergraduate Researchers (5):

1. Bryan Ha, B.S. (NASA-related Research) (Graduated in April 2024)

2. Harrison McKinnis, B.S. (NASA-related Research) (Graduated in April 2021)

3. Alex Brown, B.S. (Graduated in April 2018)

4. Haley McFall, B.S. (NASA-related Research) (Graduated in April 2017)

5. Zachary Zosel, B.S. (NASA-related Research) (Graduated in April 2017)

 

NSF REU Students (1):

1. C.W. Weaver (Northwest Mississippi Community College) (Summer 2023)

Student Awards

Mohammad Mansourian Tabaei: 2024 ACS Research Award (American Chemical Society, Local Ole Miss Chapter) (April 2024)

Mina Mahdavi: 2018 ACS Research Award (American Chemical Society, Local Ole Miss Chapter) (May 2018)

Farzin Rahmani: 2018 Graduate Achievement Award, School of Engineering, Ole Miss (April 2018)

Farzin Rahmani: 2017 ACS Research Award (American Chemical Society, Local Ole Miss Chapter) (May 2017)