Nariman Mahabadi - Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)
Mani Kumar Rambothu - PhD Candidate (Joined COMPASS in Spring 2024)
Research topic: Ground Coupled Heat Pump Systems for Cooling in Hot-Arid Climate
Research topic: Ground Coupled Heat Pump Systems for Cooling in Hot-Arid Climate
Mobina Taghaddosi - PhD student (Joined COMPASS in Fall 2024)
Research Topic: Hydro-Mechanical Interaction of Granular media with Non-Newtonian Fluids
Research Topic: Hydro-Mechanical Interaction of Granular media with Non-Newtonian Fluids
Angelica Gigli - Undergraduate Student (Joined COMPASS in Summer 2024)
Research topic: Bio-Inspired Fluid Flow Networks
Research topic: Bio-Inspired Fluid Flow Networks
Kevin Slaney - Undergraduate Student (Joined COMPSS in summer 2024)
Research Topic: Ground Coupled Heat Pump Systems for Cooling in Hot-Arid Climate
Research Topic: Ground Coupled Heat Pump Systems for Cooling in Hot-Arid Climate
- Armin Geranghadr - PhD Student (Joined COMPASS in Spring 2025)
- Research Topic: Hydro-Mechanical Response of Granular Soils under Dynamic Loadings
Sina Nassiri - PhD Student (former student)
Research topic: Pore Scale Simulation of Bio-Geochemical Processes in Porous Media
Research topic: Pore Scale Simulation of Bio-Geochemical Processes in Porous Media
Armin Motahari (PhD) (graduated in 2024)
Research topic: Impact of Gas Bubble Formation Mechanisms on the Seismic Response of Desaturated soils
Research topic: Impact of Gas Bubble Formation Mechanisms on the Seismic Response of Desaturated soils
Erin Keller - Undergraduate Student (former student)
Research topic: Non-Contact measurement of surface roughness using Chromatic Sensing
Research topic: Non-Contact measurement of surface roughness using Chromatic Sensing
Samantha Zidd (former Graduate Research Assistant)
- Graduated in Spring 2022
- Research topic: Mechanical response of Leaf venation networks
Timothy Wenger (former Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Graduated in Fall 2021
Research Topic: Fabrication of photoelastic particles
Graduated in Fall 2021
Research Topic: Fabrication of photoelastic particles
Jewelie Mock (former Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Graduated in Fall 2021
Research topic: Biogenic gas bubble formation in porous media
Graduated in Fall 2021
Research topic: Biogenic gas bubble formation in porous media
Daniel Schullek (former Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Graduated in Spring 2022
Research topic: Photoelasticity in geotechnics
Graduated in Spring 2022
Research topic: Photoelasticity in geotechnics
Adam Michel (former Undergraduate Research Assistant)
- Graduated in Spring 2022
- Research topic: Fabrication of Micrfluidic chips
- Graduated in Spring 2022
- Research topic: Fabrication of Micrfluidic chips
May 2025 (from left: Mani Rambothu, Kevin Slaney, Angelica Gigli, Armin Geranghadr, Mobina Taghaddosi, and Nariman Mahabadi)
Oct 2021 (from left: Samantha Zidd, Jewelie Mock, Nariman Mahabadi, Adam Michel and Sina Nassiri)