Dr. Hossein Sojoudi

Lab Manager and Principal Investigator
Hossein Sojoudi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Toledo (UT). Prior to UT, he was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a joint appointment in Chemical Engineering Department. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received several awards including Excellence in Research and Excellence in Supervision of Undergraduate Research Awards from UToledo COE, Materials Research Society Best Poster Presentation Award, and several other awards from Georgia Tech & MIT. Dr. Sojoudi has been invited as keynote speaker to more than 25 different universities and international conferences. His work has received considerable attention from scientific media such as MIT News and Science News as well as popular media such as Forbes.

Farshad Barghi
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering

Mohammadjavad Abdollahzadeh
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering
Alumni and Visiting Members

Mohcen Shahbaznezhad
PhD Candidate - Electrical Engineering

Jamie Heil
Masters - Mechanical Engineering

Bright Katey
Masters - Mechanical Engineering

Gabriel Otto
Undergraduate- Mechanical Engineering


Richard Gahutu
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Burns
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering

Hussin Ojayan
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Behrouz Mohammadian
PhD Candidate - Mechanical Engineering

Navid Namdari (co-advised by Dr. Rizvi)
PhD Candidate - Mechanical Engineering

Amir Dehghanghadikolaei
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering

Abdel Hakim Abou Yassine
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering

Bilal Nizar Abdul Halim
Masters - Mechanical Engineering


Mehdi Sarayloo (co-advised by Dr. Nims)
Masters - Civil Engineering

Srinivasa Kartik Nemani
Masters - Mechanical Engineering
Asif Raiyan
Masters - Mechanical Engineering
Md Ashraful Haque

Masters - Mechanical Engineering

Rama Kishore Annavarapu
Masters - Mechanical Engineering


Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering/EECS
Marwan Mohammad
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Toni Carrion


Undergraduate - Chemical Engineering
Daniel Peterson
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Tabor McLaughlin


Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Cole Robertson
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
James Bowser


Undergraduate - Chemical Engineering
Aaron Grosswiler
Undergraduate - Chemical Engineering
Corey Williams


Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Jamie Comstock
Undergraduate - Chemical Engineering
Sarah Hillen


David Fillmore
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering
Juan Pablo Negron Castro
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering

Christopher Blazevich
Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering