Alumni

Graduate Students

Peng Yu  (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2021)

Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Research Award 

Dissertation: Reaction Pathways and Kinetics of Reaction Coupling for Process Intensification

After graduation: Postdoc at Tufts University, Medford, MA

Melisa Nallar  (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2020)

Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award 

Dissertation: Application of Sustainability Principles for Green Engineering: Production of High-Value Platform Chemicals from Selective Biomass Fast Pyrolysis and Use of Safer Solvents for Liquid Chromatography

After graduation: Pioneer Astronautics, Lakewood, CO

Current position: Chief, Engineering Resources Branch, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH

Heba Morgan (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2023)

Thesis: Generalization of Parametric Effects of Reactor Operations and Feedstock Properties on the Yields and Compositions of Bio-oils Produced from Pine Pyrolysis

Harsha vardhan Gogulapati (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2017)

Thesis: Thermal Decomposition of Chitin Over Solid Acid Catalysts

After graduation: Midwest Medical Isotopes, Oklahoma City, OK

Current position: Specialist Pharmaceutical Analyst at RD2Rx, LLC, Overland Park, KS

Wilbur Zuo (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2016)

Thesis: Production of Linear Alkylbenzenes via Diel-Alder Cycloaddition between Biomass-Derived Furan and Linear Olefins over Solid Acid Catalysts

After graduation: APorous Inc., Tyngsborough, MA

Current position: Senior Battery Engineer at Canoo, Torrance, CA

Prerak Shah (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2015)

Thesis: Quantitative Determination of Species Production from Two-Zone Phenol-Formaldehyde Resin and Carbon Preform Pyrolysis Reactions

After graduation: Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors, Louisville, KY

Current position: Principal Process Engineer at Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN

Commonwealth Honor Student

Arick Forsyth (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2019)

Recipient of the Howard H. Reynolds Award

Thesis: A Study of the Synergistic Effects of Chitin and Plastics Copyrolysis

After graduation: DPS Engineering, Framingham, MA

Current position: Process Engineer II at Vor Biopharma, Cambridge, MA

Senior Undergraduate Researchers

Nathaniel George (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2023)

Toren Burton (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2022)

Recipient of the Chemical Engineering Department Award – Biological Option

After graduation: Superior Controls, Seabrook, NH

Montayo Cardoza (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2022)

After graduation: Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc., Wilmington, MA

Colleen Ahern (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2020)

Recipient of the Undergraduate Research Award

After graduation: Ph.D. Program in Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Ethan Bossange (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2020)

Recipient of the Howard H. Reynolds Award

After graduation: M.S. Program in Chemical Engineering, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

Current position: PhD Student, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA

Nicholas Tenaglia (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2020)

Recipient of the Chemical Engineering Scholarship Award

After graduation: New England Controls and Instrumentation, Mansfield, MA

Current position: Enterprise Solutions Engineer, New England Controls and Instrumentation, Mansfield, MA

Solomon Gobaw (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2016)

After graduation: Sekisui Voltek, Lawrence, MA

Current position: Process Engineer, Pfizer, Andover, MA

James Phan (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015)

After graduation: DSM Coating Resins, Wilmington, MA

Current position: Manager of Automation, Rapid Micro Biosystems, Lowell, MA

Undergraduate Honor Students and Immersive Scholars

Michele Pham (Summer 2023)

Aidan Silvia (Summer 2023)

Melvin Orn (Summer and Fall 2022)

Protitee Paromita (Spring and Fall 2022)

Abraham Mudoola (Spring and Fall 2022)

Anthony Quartarone (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

Patrick Bertini (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

Conall Persechino (Summer 2019)

David Barry (Summer 2018)

Nicholas Tenaglia (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

Armand Noel (Summer 2017)

Irena Manukian (Summer 2016)

Zenon Nieduzak (Summer 2016)