Ph.D. Students

Kat Hutt

Kat was born and raised in the Florida panhandle. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Florida. Kat has previously researched the surface finishing characteristics for medical stents, and is currently exploring and characterizing an oscillatory magnetic field-assisted finishing technique for complex geometries. In her free time, she enjoys making music, reading, and finding a nice spot to hang a hammock.

Dane Ungurait

Master’s Students

Undergraduate Students

Joseph Carello

Joseph is from New City, New York. He is currently a junior studying Aerospace Engineering. His research focuses on magnetic field-assisted finishing of additively manufactured metal components with complex geometries. In his free time, Joseph enjoys watching sports, working out, watching movies, and hanging out with friends. 

Graham Cope

Graham is from Ocala, Florida, and is a senior studying Mechanical Engineering. Graham’s research investigates the magnetic field-assisted polishing of polycrystalline ceramics for laser applications. In his free time, Graham enjoys playing board games with friends and trivia on the UF Quizbowl team.

Thomas Chang

Thomas is from Miramar, Florida, and is currently a senior studying Computer Engineering. His research contributions are in the development of embedded electronics focusing on an aspiration-assisted biopsy needle. His hobbies include drawing, basketball, cooking, and movies.

Allyson Galvin

Allyson is from Sarasota, Florida. She is a junior studying Aerospace Engineering. Her research investigates magnetic field-assisted single point incremental forming. She enjoys baking, listening to music, and spending time with her friends and family.

Konrad Gilbert

Konrad Gilbert is from Cumming, Georgia. He is currently a senior studying Mechanical Engineering. Konrad’s research focuses on modifying internal surfaces of dairy processing tubes through magnetic field-assisted finishing. In his free time, he enjoys watching sports, specifically baseball and football, and he enjoys playing soccer.

Graduate Alumni

PH.D.

Arthur Graziano, Junmo Kang, Julian Long, Valens Nteziyaremye, Raul Riveros, Daniel Ross, Pei-Ying Wu.

M.S.

Roy Luis Araya, Richard Barrington, Derrick Benson, Vipra Bhand, Taylor Boggs, Robin Carroll, Ho-An Chien, Sean Dobbs, Xueyu Du, Hunter Enos, Patrick Hendershot, Eva Hinkeldey, Chen-Kai Hsu, Yi-Chun Huang, Hamit Kahraman, Mikayla Lamb, Hiroyuki Matsumara, Mingshuo Li, Patrick Moorhead, Justin Rietberg, Timothy Pham, Dylan Pinard, Jason Ratay, Geovanna Ruiz, Zixi Shi, Ryan Skelton, Max Stein, Andrew Stevens, Zuoben Tang, Erik Tastepe, Andy Therathankorn, Dane Ungurait, Yanming Wang, Fang Xu, Shengjie Xu, Zongyi Yang, Tianyu Yin, Xingyu You, Yi Zhao,  Yibo Wang, Ziyi Zhao.

Undergraduate Alumni

Bryce Alsten, Taylor Boggs, Alexandors Bouliakis, Ryan Bradshaw, Whittaker Bullard, Brandon Crone, Alex Fairweather, Brian Flatley, Andrew Gabrang, Arnold J. Garcia, Andrew George, Deanna Gierzak, Patrick Hendershot, Scott Hinton, Peter Hoffman, Brian Houtenbrink-Hoyo, Kat Hutt, Daniel Imaizumi, Jovany Jimenez, Erika Joa, Micheal Kelley, Blake Krueger, Mikayla Lamb, Dylan Leong, Andrew Li, Julian Long, Paul Loschak, Kristina Merino, Sterling Miller, Matthew Mo, Matthew Moore, Eduardo Moreno, Nicholas Natale, Kruz Oliver, Mitchell Parker, Adrian Piedra, Daniel Poljak, Hadyan Sani Ramadan, Jason Ratay, Dylan Rautenstrauch, Justin Rietberg, Gilmer Rojas, Marissa Scalise, Ryan Skelton, Marcus Spanolios, Max Stein, Kyle Talko, Micheal Tan, Zachary Tupper, Razvan Vesa, Mark Wagner, James Wilkes, Monica Wilson, Grace Elizabeth Winkler, Anna Woods, Steven Zehnders.

Honors Thesis

Taylor Boggs, Arnold J. Garcia, Brian Houtenbrink-Hoyo, Kat Hutt, Erika Joa, Mikayla Lamb, Dylan Leong, Julian Long, Sterling Miller, Matthew Moore, Eduardo Moreno, Adrian Piedra, Daniel Poljak, Hadyan Sani Ramadan, Jason Ratay, Dylan Rautenstrauch, Justin Rietberg, Kyle Talko, Zachary Tupper, Razvan Vesa, Grace Elizabeth Winkler, Anna Woods.

Postgraduate Career

Accenture, Affiliated Engineers Inc., Applied Optoelectronics Inc., ASML, Apeel Sciences, Boss Laser, Cameron Controls Southeast Inc., CoorsTek, Cornelius, Corning, Cummins Inc., Die & Stamping Co., Enercon, F.tech R&D North America, Florida Power & Light Company, GE Appliances, GE Aviation, GE Energy, Gemini Seawater Systems, Henz Engineering, Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Intel Corporation, Intuitive, King of Fans Inc., L3 Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Jacobs Technology, Pratt & Whitney

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas Inc., Molex Electric Solutions, Moses & Associates, Munro & Associates, Nanotherapeutics, Inc, NASA, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), NextEra Energy, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Parametric Solutions Inc., Raytheon, Samsung, Sandia National Laboratories, SpaceX, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Sun Hydraulics, TE Connectivity, Tesla Inc., Thin Metal Parts, TP Adiyaman Bolge Mudurlugu Variety, Graduate schools

Visiting Professors and Post-Doctoral Researchers

Prof. Ikko Ihara	Kobe University, Japan	April 2011-October 2011
Prof. Özlem Salman	Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey	April 2012-March 2013
Dr. Raul Riveros		August 2012-December 2012