Postdoctoral scholars
Youngjoon Suh
ysuh2@uci.edu
Youngjoon Suh received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the fundamental investigation of nanoscale transport physics through data-driven deep learning techniques to address thermal challenges in modern electronics and energy applications.
Graduate students
Nhi Quach
nvquach@uci.edu
Nhi Quach received her B.S in Material Sciences and Engineering with a focus on Nanomaterials from UCI in 2018. She is currently researching on defects in thin films and the effect of fluid flow through these defects. She is supported by the Departmental Fellowship.
Chuanning Zhao
chuanniz@uci.edu
Chuanning Zhao received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from China University of Petroleum (East China) in 2017 and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from UCI in 2019. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UCI. Her current research focuses on the two-phase flow in thermofluidic systems, topology design for porous microstructure, and analyzing droplet-impact-related phenomena using computer vision techniques.
Sanghyeon Chang
changsh3@uci.edu
Sanghyeon Chang received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, Virginia, in 2021. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in UC Irvine. His current research focuses on flow boiling heat transfer based on computer vision technique.
Nicholas Choi
nmchoi@uci.edu
Nicholas Choi is a first-year master student pursuing his M.S. in mechanical engineering. He received his BS in mechanical engineering from UCI in 2023. His research currently focuses on developing the use of the schlieren imaging method for use in single bubble nucleation experiments, flow boiling heat transfer, and designing experimental rigs using additive manufacturing methods.
Jooho Park
joohop@uci.edu
Jooho Park is currently pursuing his M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Weapon System Engineering and Military Art and Science from Korea Military Academy. His research focuses on hydrogen production from water electrolysis.
Fatemeh(Saba) Farahani
fazizaba@uci.edu
Saba received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, and her M.S. from Sharif University of Technology. Her research centered on computer vision and machine learning.
Xiaojing Zhang
xiaojz9@uci.edu
Xiaojing Zhang received her B.S. in Built Environment and Energy Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology in 2021 and M.S. from Pohang University of Science and Technology in 2023. She is pursuing her Ph.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Irvine. Her current research focuses on Lattice Boltzmann simulation for phase change heat transfer.
Qianxi (Tom) Fuqianxif1@uci.edu
Qianxi Fu received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara in 2023. He is currently pursuing his M.S/Ph.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on using machine learning assisted computer vision to analyze heat transfer phenomena during phase change.
Jaeyun Leejaeyl14@uci.edu
Jaeyun Lee received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Korea Military Academy in 2018. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in Electrical Engineering at UC Irvine. His research focuses on the effects of LiDAR sensor contamination on autonomous vehicles and sensor cleaning.
Undergraduate students
Sorah Chung
sorahc@uci.edu
Sorah Chung is a currently undergraduate student at The University of California Irvine pursuing a B.S in Computer Science as well as a minor in Business Management.
Students
Sean Barbieri
seantiny11@gmail.com
Sean Barbieri is a junior in high school. His work focuses on annotating images of bubbles used to study heat transfer.
Miri Chen
miriamchentiger@gmail.com
Miri Chen is currently a high school student in Santa Clara. Beyond her interest in science, her art has been recognized by the State Merit 2019 PTA, The 6th District 2020 PTA, and is an alumnus of CSSSA. She is interested in pursuing medical science and psychology.
Visiting Scientists
Michael Barako
mbarako@uci.edu
Dr. Michael Barako specializes in the synthesis and thermal transport phenomena in rationally-designed nanomaterials and composites. He is currently a visiting scholar at UC Irvine and a research scientist in the NG Next Basic Research Laboratory at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, where he leads a portfolio in extreme thermal transport. Dr. Barako received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2016.
Seungho Shin 
newhapply@naver.com
Seungho Shin received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea in 2018. He was on his master course at Hanyang University from 2018 to 2020 and as a visiting student at UCI. He was funded by the Global Researcher Nurturing Program of Korea Institute of Advancement of Technology(KIAT). His research focused on the application of Flashlight sintering for the fabrication of thin-film and switchable wettability surface of nanoscale fabricated oxide thin film.