Graduate Student Alumni
Graduate Student Alumni
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Computational Scientist at Nye Fuchs Lubricants
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EAS-PhD Alfa Heryudono, Yanlai Chen |
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Richard Bellizzi (PHD 2023) joined Nye Fuchs Lubricants as a Computational Scientist |
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Postdoc at Bentley University |
EAS-PhD Yanlai Chen, Sigal Gottlieb |
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Christopher Bresten (PHD 2017) joined Bentley University as a postdoctoral fellow, working on Deep Learning and Topological Data Analysis of Vascular Disease and its Applications with Prof. Jae-Hun Jung |
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Postdoc at Sandia National Laboratories
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EAS-PhD Sigal Gottlieb, Alfa Heryudono |
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Sidafa Conde (PHD 2017) joined Sandia National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow, working in the Computational Mathematics Division in Dr. John Shadid's group. |
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Householder fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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EAS-PhD Sigal Gottlieb |
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Zachary Grant (PHD 2018) joined Oak Ridge National Lab as a Householder fellow, working in the Computational Mathematics Group. (). Zack also won a SIAM student paper prize in 2017, see . |
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Engineer at Naval Undersea Warfare Center
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EAS-PhD Alfa Heryudono |
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Christopher Hixenbaugh (PHD 2023) joined the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) as an Engineer. |
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Research scientist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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EAS-PhD Sigal Gottlieb |
| Leah Isherwood (PHD 2019) joined the MIT Lincoln Lab as a research scientist. | ||
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Postdoc at KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara.
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EAS-PhD Scott Field |
| Tousif Islam (PHD 2023) joined the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara as a KITP Postdoctoral Scholar. | ||
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Postdoc at Virginia Tech University
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EAS-PhD Yanlai Chen, Akil Narayan |
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Jiahua Jiang (PhD 2018) joined Virginia Tech University as a postdoctoral fellow, working on inverse problems with Prof. Julianne Chung. |
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EAS-Masters Zheng Chen, Alfa Heryudono |
| Ricardo Kabila graduated in May 2025 with a master’s degree in EAS. | ||
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Research Computing Facilitator at UMass Dartmouth and System Administrator at Unity Cluster.
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Masters |
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Connor Kenyon graduated in 2021 with a Masters in Physics from UMassD and joined the EAS PhD program (ongoing). |
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Research scientist at the National Security Agency
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EAS-PhD |
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Rebecca Pereira (PhD 2023) joined the National Security Agency as a research scientist. |
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EAS-PhD |
| Feroz Shaik graduated in August 2025 with his PhD. | ||
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Principal research scientist at BAE Systems, Inc.
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EAS-PhD |
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Alec Yonika (PhD 2022) joined BAE Systems, Inc. as a principal research scientist. |
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