Panat Lab Members
Faculty
Rahul Panat,
Russell V. Trader Professor
Education:
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Pune University
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
PhD, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Professional Experience:
2023 – present: Russell V. Trader Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 – present: Associate Director of Research, Manufacturing Futures Institute, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
2017-2023, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, CMU
2014-2017, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU, Pullman, WA
2004-2014, Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
Link to CV
Link to Department website
Email address:
rpanat [at] andrew [dot] cmu [dot] edu
Graduate Students and Postdocs
Dr. Mert Can Arslanoglu, Postdoc
Co-advisor: Burak Ozdoganlar
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, CMU
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Sanjida Jahan, PhD Student
BS, Aeronautical Engg, Military Institute of Science & Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh
MS, Aerospace Engg, UCF, Orlando, FL
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Chunshan Hu, PhD student
BS, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China
MS, Washington State University, Pullman WA (this group), 2017
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Joseph Berthal, PhD student
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University
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Michael Stefanov, PhD Student
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rowan university, NJ, 2021
Methu Dev Nath, PhD Student
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh Univ of Eng & Tech (BUET), Dhaka, 2022
Aaditya Nandakumar, PhD Student
BS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2023
Robert (RJ) Holmes, BS Student, CMU
Alumni
Dr. Sandy Ritchie
Now Postdoc at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, CMU
Dr. Jacob Brenneman, PhD Student
Now Consultant at EME Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
BA, Physics, Goshen College, IN
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Dr. Azahar Ali
Now assistant professor at Virginia Tech , VA
Postdoc, Iowa State University (2016-19)
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology
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Dr. Md Taibur Rahman
Now Senior R&D Engineer at Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (this group) 2017-2018
PhD, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (this group) 2017
MS, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 2014
BS, Chittagong Univ of Eng & Tech (CUET), Bangladesh
Dr. Yeasir Arafat
Now Senior R&D Engineer at Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
PhD, Washington State University (this group), WA, 2019
BS, Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh, 2012
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Prithviraj Deshmukh, MS Student, CMU
Now Product Dev Engineer at H-quest Vanguard Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (this group)
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Roozbeh Danaei, MS
Now Senior R&D IC Packaging Engineer at Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
MS, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (this group), 2017
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Dr. Mohammad Sadeq Saleh, Postdoc
Now process engineer at Sakuu, CA
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2011
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2013
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (this group), 2019
Chih-Yang Cheng, MS
Now failure analysis engineer at SiTime, Taiwan
MS, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (this group), 2019
BS, Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Russell Moser, MS
Now Engineer at PACCAR Technical Center, Seattle, WA
BS, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
MS, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (this group), 2017
Rit Bezbaruah, BS
Now engineer at Boeing Corp., Seattle, WA
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2019
MS, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021
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Mrunal Vaze, MS, 2020
Now design engineer at Apple Inc.
BE, Mechanical Engineering, Pune University, India
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Ankita Kalkar, BS Student, CMU
Now software systems engineer at Lockheed Martin
Mihir Lovalekar, BS Student, CMU
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Caitlyn Santiago, BS Student, CMU
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Andrew McNeill, BS Student, UPitt
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Brendan Livelsberger, BS Student, Duquesne
MIDN 4/C USNR
Dr. Bin Yuan, Postdoc
PhD, Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames IA, 2019
MS, New Mexico State University
BS, Materials, Southwest University of S&T, China
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