People
Principal Investigator
Gibum Kwon
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas
He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor in 2014, where he developed separation methodologies for liquid-liquid mixtures with a research advisor Professor Anish Tuteja. During his Ph.D., he was awarded Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Award (2013) and Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (2013). From 2014 to 2016, he worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT. At MIT, he conducted research on the wettability switching of photo-responsive semiconducting materials upon light illumination with Professors Gareth H. McKinley and Kripa K. Varanasi. In 2016, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kansas as an assistant professor. He is a recipient of Hanwha Young Faculty award (2021), NSF CAREER award (2020), and Wesley G. Cramer Award (2020).
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Davis Nguyen
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas (Expected graduation: 2023)
Research Focus: Anti-dust surface.
Contact: davisnguyexc@ku.edu
Antonio Carcamo
Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas (Expected graduation: 2026)
Research Focus: Liquid separations.
Contact: carcaant@ku.edu
Group Alumni
Name | Degree | Year | Destination after graduation |
Amin Ezazi Bishwash Shrestha | PhD PhD | 2017-2021 2018-2022 | Georgia Southern University (Assistant Professor) Intel (Litho Module and Integration Device Yield Engineer) |
Anjana Maharjan Nathan Klein | MS MS | 2016-2018 2016-2018 | Generac Power Systems (Engineer) — |
| Name | Year | Name | Year |
Sanjay Ajayan Harshit Gandhi Eden Taddese Afnan Elhamshari Alexander Martin Tim Burge | 2021-2022 2020-2021 2020-2021 2018-2019 2017-2018 2017-2018 | Ryan Spragg Titiksha Sharma Austin Crawford Thomas Irick Theodore Wiklund Kyle Larson | 2021-2022 2019-2020 2018-2019 2018-2019 2017-2018 2017-2018 |