Past Team Photos

Warsinger Lab 2023 Team Photo

Warsinger Lab 2022 Team Photo

Warsinger Lab 2021 team photo

Warsinger Lab 2020 team photo

Warsinger lab 2019 team photo
2018 Warsinger Water lab team, including both teams of senior design students (6 students on each).
Past Lab Members
Lab Alumni
Graduate students
albraa.alsaati@gmail.com
Ph.D. Student jointly mentored with Amy Marconnet
Research Topic:
Novel mass and energy transfer properties in nanomaterial membranes
Education:
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University.
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia.
Links:
Google Scholar, ResearchGate
akshayr135@gmail.com
M.Sc. Student
Research Topic:
Membrane distillation experimental efficiency and membrane module manufacture
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University.
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
hparmar@purdue.edu
M.Sc. Student
Research Topic:
Flow-based energy efficiency enhancements on membrane distillation
Education:
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
ajayc1160@gmail.com
Masters Student
Research Topic:
Membrane Distillation
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
yyogi@purdue.edu
M.Sc. Student
Research Topic:
Transport Phenomena
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Mumbai
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
msuherma@purdue.edu
Ph.D. Student
Research Topic:
Membrane HX
Education:
M.Sc., Automotive Engineering, Kocaeli University
B.Sc., Automotive Engineering, State University of Malang East Java
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
asangamn@purdue.edu
M.Sc. student, co-mentored with Jose Garcia
Research Topic:
Reverse Osmosis
bpamintu@purdue.edu
M.Sc. Student
Research Topic:
Vapor Selective Membranes
Education:
BS, Purdue University
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
kakert@purdue.edu
M.Sc. Student
Research Topic:
Vapor Selective Membranes
Education:
B.Sc. Purdue University
Links:
LinkedIn
fix.andrewj@gmail.com
Ph.D. Student (Defended Fall 2023), co-mentored with Jim Braun, iBuild Fellow
Research Topic:
membrane dehumidification, thermal system prototype and modeling, membrane fabrication/characterization
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tulsa.
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, Website
das86@purdue.edu
Ph.D. Student
Research Topic:
Thermodynamics of desalination processes. counteflow RO processes
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
giwaadewale@gmail.com
Ph.D. Student converted to visiting Scholar
Now an Assistant Professor at University of Sharjah
Research Topic:
Membrane fabrication, vapor-selective membranes
Education:
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
M.Sc., Water & Environmental Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Undergraduate Students
dmaioran@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
Membrane Distillation, Reverse Osmosis
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
ipanicke@purdue.edu
Undergrad Researcher
Research Topic:
Reverse Osmosis, Pressure Retarded Osmosis
Links:
LinkedIn
amharp@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
Reverse Osmosis, Pressure Retarded Osmosis
Links:
LinkedIn
alanter@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher, assisting with water security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Research Topic:
Reverse Osmosis
Links:
LinkedIn
freema99@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
Bioaersol remediation in HVAC
Links:
LinkedIn
ajzahm@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
MECC competition, Desalination & Renewable energy
Links:
LinkedIn
louckss@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
MECC competition, marine energy engineering
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
mcatter@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
MECC competition, Desalination & Renewable energy
Links:
LinkedIn
ayekkala@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Thermodynamic least work of desalination in extreme environments
bpamintu@purdue.edu
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 2022
Research Topic:
Membranes for HVAC
Links:
LinkedIn
zhou.youyi@go.winona.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
Air Purification with Photocatalysis and Acoustic Filtering.
bbirn@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
Membrane dehumidification and drying
Links:
LinkedIn
shephe51@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, 2026
Research Topic:
MECC
Links:
LinkedIn
lee3586@purdue.edu
Undergrad Researcher
Research Topic:
Reverse Osmosis, Pressure Retarded Osmosis
ford174@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, 2023
Research Topic:
MECC
Links:
LinkedIn
mill2508@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Topic:
Catalysis, COVID destruction
Links:
LinkedIn
bucke@purdue.edu
Undergrad Researcher
Research Topic:
Reverse Osmosis, Pressure Retarded Osmosis, Radiative Cooling
Links:
LinkedIn
john.klich@yale.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Yale University
Inverse Opals Nanomaterials
Undergraduate Researcher
jcheoh@purdue.edu
Molecular dynamics simulations for membrane based systems
zhuolunniu@gmail.com
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Inverse Opals Nanomaterials
Visiting Students
urperg@itu.edu.tr
Visitor, PhD Student from Istanbul Technical University, Environmental Engineering, Advisor Prof. Dr Ismail Koyuncu Co-advisor Prof. Dr. Mark Wiesner
Education:
B.Sc., Environmental Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
fenollal@purdue.edu
Visiting Masters Student jointly mentored with Luciano CastilloFrom Universidad del Turabo
Research Topic:
Integration of Reverse Osmosis with renewable energy, pilot testing
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Turabo
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate
cabernalbo@unal.edu.co
Visiting Student
Research Topic:
Batch counterflow reverse osmosis
Links:
LinkedIn
sina.nejati@gmail.com
Visiting Ph.D. Student from Toosi University of Technology
Post doc with Prof Rahim Rahimi
Research Topic:
Surface Phenomena and energy efficiency of membrane distillation
Education:
M.Sc., Toosi University of Technology
B.Sc. Faculty of Civil, Water and Environmental Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
choi770@purdue.edu
Visiting Scholar
Research Topic:
Research topic: Membrane distillation process and fouling mitigation techniques
Education:
M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, Kookmin University
B.Sc., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kookmin University
Links:
LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
ji154@purdue.edu
Visiting Scholar
Research Topic:
Catalysis, Nanoswimmers.
Education:
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Beijing Normal University
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Dalian Maritime University
B.A. in Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
B.A. in Accounting, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Links:
LinkedIn, ResearchGate