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Principal Investigator
\n<\/strong><\/span>Myeongsub (Mike)\u00a0Kim, Ph.D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (E-mail: <\/strong>kimm@fau.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/span>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"kim_m\"<\/a>Myeongsub (Mike)\u00a0Kim is an associate professor in Ocean and Mechanical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University.\u00a0\u00a0 He received his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2011\u00a0on the development of nonintrusive measurement techniques for fluid and wall surface temperatures at microscale using fluorescence thermometry. He was a\u00a0postdoctoral fellow in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin from 2012-2014 and in the Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada, from 2011 to 2012.\u00a0 His research interests\u00a0reside in mainly studying catalytic CO<\/span>2<\/sub> separation, capture, and utilization at\u00a0various spatial scales, specifically in CO<\/span>2<\/sub> capture from flue gas,\u00a0<\/span>enhanced oil recovery (EOR), accelerated microalgae production for biofuel, CO2<\/sub>-methane (CH4<\/sub>) interactions, and geologic CO2<\/sub> sequestration. He is also interested in micro-sensors,\u00a0particle manufacturing for\u00a0drug delivery, thermal management strategies for small electronic devices and electric vehicles, and multiphase flow in oil and gas applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ph.D.\u00a0Students
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Mazen Hafez\u00a0 (E-mail: <\/strong>mhafez2014@fau.edu<\/span><\/strong><\/a>)
\n<\/strong>Mazen is \"\"<\/a>a Ph.D. student in the Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering. After receiving his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, he was enrolled in a BS to Ph.D. direct path program. During his last year of the BS program, he worked as an undergraduate researcher advised by Dr. Kim on multiple projects such as Hydrofracking-on-a-Chip: Particle-Laden Transport under High Pressure and Development of an Expiration System using Microfluidic O2 Diffusion. Mazen\u2019s research interests are in enhanced oil recovery methods and techniques.<\/p>\n

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Mahyar Ghazivni (E-mail: mghazvini2020@fau.edu<\/span>)
\n\"\"<\/a><\/strong>\u25a0 M.Sc. University of Tehran<\/strong> in Mechanical Engineering\/Renewable Energy (2017)
\n\u25a0 B.Sc. Shahrood University of Technology<\/strong> in Mechanical Engineering\/ Solid Mechanics (2013)<\/p>\n

Currently, Mahyar is a PhD student at Florida Atlantic University\u00a0in the Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering and a graduate research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Kim. He received his M.Sc. degree from the University of Tehran (Iran) in 2017. During his master\u2019s studies, he was involved in a number of projects including numerical simulation of energy systems, renewable energy, thermal storage systems and subjects related to the field of energy. His current research interests lie in the fields of thermal management for microelectronic devices. Specifically, he is contributing to developing a mechanistic model for bubble growth that lessens the risk of failure in trial-and-error tests for heat transfer enhancement.<\/p>\n

Abhishek Ratanpara\u00a0(E-mail : aratanpara2020@fau.edu<\/span>)
\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>Mr. Abhishek P. Ratanpara (Abhi) has done his bachelor\u2019s in mechanical engineering from LDRP Institute of Technology, India in 2017. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Thermal Engineering at Nirma University, India. As a part of it, he has been carrying out his research work at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and he is likely to defend his M.Tech. Dissertation in May 2020. He is a PhD-seeking research intern working in Microfluidics and Energy lab under the esteemed guidance of Dr. Kim (Mike) at FAU. He worked as a graduate research intern on the project based on a ‘microfluidic approach of Amine scrubbing using Seawater for CO2 capture\u2019. His research interests lie in the area of computational fluid dynamics, Nanoparticle applications and CO2 capture and storage by microfluidic approach.<\/p>\n

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M.S.\u00a0Students<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Mohammadhassan Kavosi (E-mail:\u00a0mkavosi2015@fau.edu<\/a><\/span>)
\n\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Mohammadhassan is an M.S. student in the Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering and a graduate research\u00a0assistant.\u00a0In the senior year of his B.S. program at Florida Atlantic University, he joined the Microfluidics and Energy Laboratory and worked on accelerating microalgae cultivation rate and optimizing centrifugal harvesting of microalgae through Microfluidics\u00a0techniques for biofuel production.<\/p>\n

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Chas Taylor (E-mail:\u00a0ctaylor2016@fau.edu<\/a><\/span>)
\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>B.S. Florida Atlantic University, 2020
\nChas Taylor is an MS student in the Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering. While working on his BS degree in Ocean Engineering he was enrolled in the BS\/MS accelerated program. After receiving his BS degree from Florida Atlantic University, he was enrolled in the MS with Major in Ocean Engineering with Thesis. During his last year of the BS program, he worked as an undergraduate researcher advised by Dr. Kim on projects such as A Review of Induced Wettability Alteration in Micromodels for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Visualization of Particle Settling during Shale Gas Operations. Chas\u2019s research interests are in enhanced oil recovery methods and techniques.<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate\u00a0Students<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Tahir Farrukh (OME, Nickel Nanoparticle-based CO2<\/sub> Capture)
\nAlexander Shaw (OME, Monoethanolamine-based CO2<\/sub> Capture)
\nScott Shirley (OME, A Centrifugal Separator for Microalgae Harvesting)
\nMirabel Pham (OME, Enhanced Microalgae Growth for Biodiesel Production)
\nRoosvelt Delius (OME, Mechanisms of Bubble Growth during Pool Boiling)
\nMichael Romero (OME, Huff-and-Puff for Enhanced Oil Recovery)
\nDavid Navarrete (OME, Huff-and-Puff for Enhanced Oil Recovery)
\nJared Mcfadden (OME, Hydraulic Fracturing)<\/p>\n

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Current High School Research Assistants
\n<\/strong>Rohan Sharma (Atlantic High School, 11th<\/sup> grade, A Centrifugal Separator for Microalgae Harvesting)
\nJungwoo Park (Spanish River Community High School, Carbonation Kinetics for CO2<\/sub> Capture: A Microfluidic Approach)<\/p>\n

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Alumni<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Research Associate
\n<\/span><\/strong>Stephanie Lewkowitz<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Seokju Seo, Ph.D.
\nMohammad Mastiani, Ph.D.
\nGabriel Navarrete, M.S.
\nXinghang Ma, M.S.<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate\u00a0Students
\n<\/strong><\/span>Alexis Base, Jake Ray, Rashwan Hendricks, Lindsay Randolph, Keon Walters, Genevieve Kunkel,\u00a0Rosa Walls, Robert Cook,\u00a0Raymond Mathis, Nick Petrozzi, Seamus Byrnes, Brian Lages,\u00a0George Albrecht,\u00a0Ryan Kwaterski, Christian Chattas Asfour,\u00a0Scott Shirley, Mazen Hafez, Mohammadhassan Kavosi,\u00a0Natalia Linares,\u00a0Cesar Saldana, Gabriela Alvarez, Kavita Braun,\u00a0Colleen Lacava,\u00a0Kevin Garcia Ocampo,\u00a0Chase Baskin, Derek Peters,\u00a0Heather Crawford,\u00a0Nafisa Shikdar,\u00a0\u00a0Sofia Jimenez Melgar, Cuong Tran,\u00a0Charles Nighswonger, Minh Nguyen,\u00a0Fabrizio Isaacson,\u00a0<\/span>Pablo Diaz,\u00a0Gabriel Navarette,\u00a0Daniel Stepien,\u00a0Joshua Griffin,\u00a0Stephan Hoo-fat, Dawit Dereje,\u00a0Joshua Richey, Daniel Stepien,\u00a0Amine Rochd,\u00a0Patrick Hawkins,\u00a0Ahmed Ashfaq, Guillermo Rangel<\/p>\n

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