Xiatong Yang
PhD Student in the Nuclear Engineering Department
"Yang finished his bachelor's in Nuclear Engineering at PHELA Institute de Grenoble in France and obtained his Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley. His recent research concentrates on the ARB process. Two main interests are Cu with Graphene and Zr with Tungsten."
Jared Justice
PhD Student in the Nuclear Engineering Department
"Jared earned his BS in Engineering Physics with a specialization in aerospace engineering from The Ohio State University in 2021. During undergrad, he interned in an optics and photonics lab where he developed systems for application in neurophotonic circuits, remote satellite attitude control, and optical stellar interferometry. At UNM, his main research subject will be additive manufacturing of high-strength metallic alloys. He will work on establishing processing-structure-property relations using advanced characterization techniques including micromechanical and in-situ testing tools."
Cemal Cakez
PhD Student in the Nuclear Engineering Department
Jake Noltensmeyer
MS Student in the Nuclear Engineering Department
"Jake earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Texas Tech University. He is currently researching the corrosive properties of molten Lead-Bismuth for fast reactor applications as part of his Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering."
Former Research Assistant Professor:
Dr. Madhavan Radhakrishnan (2021) joined as Professional Research Staff, Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing, University of North Texas, Texas, USA.
"Dr. Madhavan joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico as a research assistant professor in September 2020. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow in 2 years in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at UNM and research associate for 3 years in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research is to understand the role of interfaces in the irradiation resistance of mechanically processed Zr/Nb multilayers. He received a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, for his research on processing-crystallographic texture-microstructure relationships in face-centered cubic materials. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India in 2006."
Former Post-Doctoral Researchers:
Dr. Zhexian Zhang (2019) joined Kyoto University, Japan.
Former Graduate Students:
Khaled Talaat (PhD Nuclear Engineering Department, 2022)
Khaled's dissertation focused on the "Computational methods, investigations, and codes to support corrosion experiments in molten lead and transfer to reactor conditions."
Md Mehadi Hassan (Ph.D. Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineering Department, 2022)
Mehadi's dissertation focused on " Characterization of materials properties in Additively Manufactured AISI-420 martensitic steel deposited by Laser engineered net shaping." Now works at Los Alamos National Lab.
Shuprio Ghosh ( MS Nuclear Engineering Department, 2022 )
Works at Los Alamos National Lab.
Brandon Bohanon (MS Nuclear Engineering Department, 2022)
Brandon's thesis was focused on the "Joining of Candidate Materials for Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors."
Daria Bolgova (MS Nuclear Engineering Department, 2022)
"Daria was working on creating a multilayer ARB processed Ni/Ta specimens, analyzing its structure and testing its radiation and corrosion properties."
Aidana Bauyrzhan (MS Nuclear Engineering Department, 2022)
"Aidana was working to determine the physical properties of ARB processed composites and characterize the thermal and electrical conductivity of Cu/Nb specimens."
James Pike ( MS in 2018). Now works at Los Alamos National Lab.
"James was investigating the phase stability of gamma prime and gamma double prime precipitates, found in precipitation-hardened Alloy 718, under high temperature and irradiation environment."
Link to CV
Former Undergraduate Students: 
Ashley Machado
Junior in the Nuclear Engineering Department minoring in Physics
Christopher Wolfe
MS in the Nuclear Engineering Department
Stephanie Ida Gammill
Freshman in the Nuclear Engineering Department. Now works at Sandia National Lab.
Gemma Irais Strong ( BS in 2020). Now works at The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant. 
Deep Patel ( BS in 2019). Graduate student at the University of Michigan. 
Eslam Ali (BS in 2019- Transferred to Idaho state university). 
Carly Romnes ( BS in 2018). Graduate student at the University of Illinois. 
Paul Yang ( BS in 2018). Now works at The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant.
Jesus Valencia (BS in 2018). Now works at Sandia National Lab.
