Principal Investigator:

Dr. Yaghoob (Amir) Farnam

Professor, ​Drexel University
United States Fulbright Scholar, 23-24

Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Department of Materials Science & Engineering (Affiliated Faculty Member)
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Affiliated Faculty Member)
​Phone: (215) 865-6152 
Fax: (215) 895-1363
Email: yfarnam@drexel.edu

Scholars and Research Professors

Dr. Geetika Mishra

Research Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Material Science

Postdoctoral and Research Scientists

Dr. Mohammad Irfan Iqbal

Ph.D. in Material Science

Dr. Robin
Deb

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

Dr. Mohammad
Houshmand

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

Doctoral Students

Yacoub M. Alqenai

Ph.D. Student

yma36@drexel.edu

Thiha Thway

Ph.D. Student

tt564@drexel.edu

MS Students

Noelle Lilan

njl74@drexel.edu

Niyousha Niknezhad

nn498@drexel.edu

BS Students

Rhythm
Osan

ro359@drexel.edu

Priscilla Kirabo

pk627@drexel.edu

Thuy
Nguyen

tn477@drexel.edu

Noelle Lilan

njl74@drexel.edu

Sumeet Musfirah

sm4885@drexel.edu

Karamoko Sow

kms833@drexel.edu

Former Postdoctoral, Research Scientists and Visiting Scholars

Dr. Mo
Balapour

Ph.D.
Drexel University

Dr. Debajyoti
Saha

Ph.D.
University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Jialuo
He

Ph.D.
Washington State University

Dr. Puput Risdanareni

Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Assistant Professor
Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia

Dr. Kumaran Coopamootoo

Ph.D., Newcastle University, UK

Dr. Monita Olivia

Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Visiting Professor
Universitas Riau, Indonesia

Dr. Parsa
Namakiaraghi

Ph.D., Drexel University

Former Doctoral Students

Dr. Fadi
Althoey

Current Position:
Associate Professor, Nijran University

Dr. Mo
Balapour

Current Position:
CEO, SusMaX Inc

Dr. Parsa
Namakiaraghi

Current Position:
Postdoc, Drexel University

Dr. Robin
Deb

Current Position:
Head of R&D, SusMaX Inc

Dr. Mohammad
Houshmand

Current Position:
Research Associate, NIST

Dr. Yousif
Alqenai

Current Position:
Assistant Professor, IUK

Sharaniya Visvalingam

Current Position:
TBD

Former BS/MS Students

MS

Ethan Yen | Civil Engineering | 2024
Bankole Tejuoso | Civil Engineering | 2024
Mohammadamin Zooyousefin | Civil Engineering | 2023
Dane Bell | Civil and Structural Engineering | 2020
Rathin Rao | Mechanical Engineering | 2020
Mohammad Balapour | Civil Engineering | 2019
Maissoun Ksara | Civil Engineering | 2018
Weijin Zhao | Civil Engineering | 2017
Yasmina Shields | Civil Engineering | 2017

BS

Sarah Sowah | Civil Engineering
Nishant Shrestha | Civil Engineering
Joshua Perez | Civil Engineering
Mohamed Cissao | Civil Engineering
Kham Phan | Civil Engineering
Christian Albert | Engineering Technology
Liam McNally | Architectural Engineering
Thiha Thway | Chemical and Biological Engineering
Engy Khoshit | Materials Science & Engineering
Alejandro Ochoa | Civil Engineering
Jessica Butterly | Civil Engineering
Angela Mutua (Wavi) | Chemical and Biological Engineering
Patrick Stoehr ​| Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering
Rayna Newkirk | Chemical Engineering
Nay Ye Oo (Sonny) | Civil Engineering
Robert Howell | Mechanical Engineering
Bochen Zhang | Civil Engineering
Allison Hampton | Civil Engineering
Taylor Washington | Civil Engineering
Khalela El-Naggar | Civil Engineering
Mitchell Rector | Civil Engineering
Sarah Dick | Civil Engineering
Martin Bobcek | Civil Engineering