Principal Investigator

Hangjian Ling is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He received his Ph.D. in 2017 from Johns Hopkins University, where he worked with Joseph Katz. Before joining UMass Dartmouth, he held a postdoctoral position at Stanford University from 2017 to 2019. Ling has broad research interests in fluid dynamics at the interface of material, biological and environmental sciences. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2023.

 

Graduate Students

 

Ankit Gupta (agupta2@umassd.edu) is an graduate student at Mechanical Engineering. He joined FITs lab in Fall 2023. He is developing new optical method to measure gas concentration field and mass flux to understand the longevity of super-hydrophobic surface in undersaturated liquid.

 

 

 

 

Foram S Fanasia (ffanasia@umassd.edu) is an graduate student at Mechanical Engineering. She joined FITs lab in 2024 Summer. She graduated from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology. Her research interests are turbulent flows, super-hydrophobic surface, and ocean dynamics.

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate Students

 

James D Bonnell (jbonnell1@umassd.edu) is currently an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He is interested in the drag reduction and longevity of super-hydrophobic surfaces.

 

 

 

Alumni

with last known coordinates

Shabnam Mohammadshahi (PhD, 2024), Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University.

Daniel O’Coin (MS, 2024), engineer at Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

Md Elius (MS, 2023), graduate student at University of California, Berkeley.

Ali Nosrati (MS, 2021-2023).

Aleksey Bourgoun (MS, 2021).

Maxwell Shangraw (MS, 2021), project and process engineer at 42 North Solutions.

Jordan Breveleri (BS, 2024), mechanical engineer at SAIC Inc.

Christina Hart (BS, 2023), graduate student at University of Hartford.

Nicholas Paternostro (BS, 2021), graduate student at University of Maryland.