Principal Investigator
Dion S. Antao
Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Device Research Lab) 2013-2016
Ph.D., Drexel University 2009-2013
M.S., Drexel University 2007-2009
B.Tech.(Hons.), National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur 2003-2007
Email: dantao@tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher
William (Will) Hutchins
B.S.____
M.S.____
Ph.D.___
Will joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2025 as a postdoc at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests:
Email: will.hutchins@tamu.edu
Ph.D. Students
Cornelio Rodriquez Jr (CJ)
B.S. General Engineering with Mechanical Concentration
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 2024
CJ joined TEG in Spring 2025 as PhD student at Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Low temperature plasma, Plasma water treatment and mineral extraction, Non-destructive laser measurement techniques
Email: ccr20a@tamu.edu
Jennifer (Jenny) Kroon
B.S., Engineering, Specialized in Mechanical, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, 2023
Jenny joined the Thermal Engineering Group Fall of 2024 as a PhD Student at Texas A&M University. She is co-advised with Dr. M. Cynthia Hipwell from the INVENT Lab.
Research Interests: Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Interfacial Phenomena, and Semiconductor Cooling Technology
Email: jkroon130@tamu.edu
Jiahui Guo
B.S., Process Equipment & Control Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China 2016
M.S., Mechanical Engineering (Concentration: Thermofluids), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2019
Jiahui joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2020 as a PhD student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests:
Email: j.guo@tamu.edu
Shiyu (Steve) Zhang
B.S., Architectural Environment and Energy Application Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China,2017.
M.S., Heating, Gas Supply, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2020.
Shiyu joined Thermal Engineering Group in Spring 2021 as a PhD student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests: Mirochannel boiling, Interfacial Phenomena, Phase-Change Heat Transfer
Email: shiyu_94@tamu.edu
Yanxiu Ge
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2021
B.A., Physics, Texas A&M University, 2021
Yanxiu joined Thermal Engineering Group in Spring 2022 as a MS student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests: Phase-Change Heat Transfer, Electrochemistry, Electrowetting, Surface Chemistry
Email: yolandage@tamu.edu
Masters Students
Anna Hilburgh
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2024
Anna joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2024 as a Masters student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests: Low-Temperature Plasmas, Plasma-Water Interactions, Electrochemistry, Water Treatment Technologies
Email: anna.hilburgh@tamu.edu
Daniel Pinilla Silva
B.S.____
Daniel joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2023 as a Masters student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests:
Email: dafeps@tamu.edu
Ryan Range
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2025
Ryan joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2025 as a Masters student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests: Phase-Change Heat Transfer
Email: ryanLrange327@tamu.edu
Alumni
Emily Muckleroy
Emily is a freshman Engineering Student at Texas A&M University. She joined the Thermal Engineering Group in Spring 2021.
Email: mucklee at tamu dot edu
Yida Wang
Yida is a Senior Mechanical Engineering Student at Texas A&M University. He joined Thermo Engineering Group in Fall 2021
Email: davidwang at tamu dot edu
Megan Montgomery
Megan is a Mechanical Engineering Student at Texas A&M University. She joined Thermo Engineering Group in Fall 2022
Email: mecmontgomery at tamu dot edu
Brae Barnes
Brae is a Mechanical Engineering Student at Texas A&M University. He joined Thermo Engineering Group in Fall 2022
Email: fn2187 at tamu dot edu
Jacob Roberts
Jacob is a Mechanical Engineering Student at Texas A&M University. He joined Thermo Engineering Group in Fall 2022
Email: jacobroberts7 at tamu dot edu
Yuelin Chen
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, Plasma
Email: annseong1996 at tamu dot edu
Ruisong Wang
Ruisong received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2017. He joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2017 as a PhD student at Texas A&M University.
Research Interests: Interfacial Phenomena, Phase-Change Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Surface Chemistry, Self-assembled monolayer
Email: wangruisong24 at tamu dot edu
Sunil Kumar
Ph.D., Homu Bhabha national Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India 2018
MNE (Master of Nuclear Engineering), University of Paris, SUD-XI, Paris, France 2011
M.Tech. (Nuclear Science and Tech.), University of Delhi, India 2010
B.S. (Physics), University of Delhi, India 2008
Sunil worked with Thermal Engineering group in spring and summer 2019 as a postdoctoral scholar.
Research Interests: DSMC for Interfacial Phenomena, Heat Transfer, Experimental and Computational thermal Hydraulics, Flow Investigations using Imaging Techniques, Nuclear Reactor Safety, Passive Safety Systems, Natural Circulation systems, CFD and RELAP simulations
Email: ksunil at tamu dot edu
Sanat Kumar
Sanat received his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from SRM University, India. He joined Thermal Engineering Group in Spring 2019 as MS student.
Research Interests: Heat transfer, Computer Aided Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, IC Engine, BioFuels.
Email: sanat_kumar at tamu dot edu
Karan Jakhar
Karan Jakhar recieved his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Patna. He joined Thermal Engineering Group in Fall 2018 and graduated in Fall 2020.
Research Interest: Non-Equilibrium Plasma, Micro-Scale Transport, Interfacial Transport
Email: jakharkaran94 at tamu dot edu
Shoaib Ahmed
Shoaib is a junior-year Mechanical Engineering student at Texas A&M University. He serves as the Internal Vice Chair for the EH Executive Committee and is part of The Aggie Magic Circle. He also works as a Peer Teacher for the frehman-year engineering courses.
Email: sahmed7975 at tamu dot edu
Minlin Lyu
Minlin is a junior in Mechanical Engineering Major at Texas A&M University. She’s a mentor in the International Student Mentor Association. She’s also part of the Global Engineering Brigades organization which volunteers to provide sustainable developments to underserved communities during holiday breaks. Minlin was part of Thermal Engineering Group for summer 2019.
Email: lyu.minlin at tamu dot edu
Martin Quezada
Martin is junior year Mechanical Engineering major and regent scholar at Texas A&M University. He is also the Events Director for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Honors Ambassador and in the Executive Committee. He was part of Thermal Engineering Group for spring and summer 2019.
Email: mquezada111 at tamu dot edu
Vishal Singh
Vishal is a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He was part of Thermal Engineering Group in Summer 2019 as an exchange student for research internship on behalf of Halliburton Engineering Global Program (HEGP). His project dealt with solar driven water desalination concept using metal oxide nanostructures.
Email: vishalvs at iitk dot ac dot in
Thomas Duquemin
Thomas graduated with B.S. in physics from Texas A&M University in spring 2019. He worked on a solar driven water desalination concept using metal oxide nanostructures. Outside of academics Thomas was a member of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets and enjoys training for and running marathons. He was part of Thermal Engineering Group in spring 2019.
Email: thomasduquemin at tamu dot edu