ESC

Team

We are looking for new team members! See our openings.

PI

Horea Ilies

Horea Ilies

, University of Connecticut

  • (2000) Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
  • (1995) M.S. Mechanics, Michigan State University
  • (1993) Dipl. Engr., Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj (UTCN), Romania

Current Students and Postdocs

Syed Z. Ahmad

Syed Z. Ahmad

ME PhD student, joined 2024

Rakesh Balamurugan

Rakesh Balamurugan

ME PhD student, joined 2023

Ismael Morales Soto

Ismael Morales Soto

PhD student, ME, joined 2026

Amir M. Vahedi

Amir M. Vahedi

ME PhD student, joined 2023

This could be you !

This could be you !

See openings for more info

Alumni

NameDurationCurrent Position
Peter Zaffetti PhD, CS, 2026 UConn, postdoctoral scholar.
Mohammad M. Behzadi PhD 2025 Anori/Google X Moonshot Factory.
Kyle Vu MS 2024 Pratt & Whitney.
Meysam Chorsi PhD 2023 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian; Stanford University.
Jiangce Chen PhD 2023 Faculty, University of Georgia.
Caitlyn Mundrane MS 2021 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian; Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Radu Corcodel PhD 2019 Principal Research Scientist, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.
Arun Malla MS 2019 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian; Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Sam Soifer MS 2019 Pratt & Whitney.
Reed Williams PhD, 2017 Novineer.
Morad Behandish PhD, 2016 Associate Professor, University of Connecticut.
Pouya Tavousi PhD 2016 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian; Head of AI and Advanced Solutions, Tescan.
Frol Periverzov PhD, 2016 Mujin US.
Weiling Li MS 2016 FindingSchool.
Xiaojun Zhao MS, 2015 Snowflake.
Denis Dorozhkin Postdoc Faculty, Georgia Tech.
William Pratt undergraduate student 2013 Discipline Lead, Pratt & Whitney.
Hima Khoshreza MS 2013 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian
Ata Eftekharian PhD 2011 UT Austin.
Zahra Shahbazi PhD 2011 Associate dean & Professor at Fairfield University.
Nier Wu PhD 2011
Huseyin Erdim PhD June 2009 Lead Engineer, Modeling, Boeing.
Kail Frank MS June 2009 Global Head of Factory Automation, Bystronic, Switzerland.
Matthew Kozacheck high school student 2006
Jesse Parker MS 2007 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian, SRAM.
Peter Bohnenkamp MS 2007 co-advised with Prof. K. Kazerounian