Faculty and Research Scientists
| Bio | Research Areas | Contact |
| Prof. Michael Pecht | Reliability & Supply Chain Policies | 301-405-5323 pecht@umd.edu |
| Dr. Michael Osterman | Testing and Simulation-Based Failure Assessment | 301-405-8023 osterman@umd.edu |
| Prof. Damena Agonafer | The Intersection of Thermal-fluid Sciences, Interfacial Transport Phenomena, and Renewable Energy. | agonafer@umd.edu |
| Dr. Michael H. Azarian | Failure Analysis, Prognostics and Health Management, Electrical Contacts, Passive Components, Counterfeit Detection and Mitigation | 301-405-7555 mazarian@umd.edu |
| Prof. David Bigio | Polymers | 301-405-5258 bigio@eng.umd.edu |
| Prof. Aris Christou | Flexible Displays, Semiconductor Reliability | 301-405-5208 christou@umd.edu |
| Dr. Diganta Das | Parts Selection & Management, Uprating, Component Reliability | 301-405-5323 diganta@umd.edu |
| Prof. Siddhartha Das | Soft Capillarity and Wetting, Micro-nanoscale transport | 301-405-6633 sidd@umd.edu |
| Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta | Interconnect Reliability, Accelerated Testing | 301-405-5251 dasgupta@umd.edu |
| Prof. Bongtae Han | Reliability Assessment of Packaging Materials, Components and Assemblies | 301-405-5255 bthan@umd.edu |
| Prof. Patrick McCluskey | Power Electronics, Component Reliability | 301-405-0279 mcclupa@umd.edu |
| Prof. Michael Ohadi | Thermal Management | 301-405-5263 ohadi@eng.umd.edu |
| Prof. Peter Sandborn | Technology Tradeoff Analysis, Life Cycle Cost | 301-405-3167 sandborn@umd.edu |
| Dr. Robert Utter | Electronic Product Development, Failure Analysis | (301)-405-3884 rgutter@umd.edu |
Research Students
| Aaron Mendelsohn | Solder Joint Reliability | |
| Brett Setera | Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Reliability | bsetera@umd.edu |
| Changsu Kim | Electronic Packaging and Reliability, Characterization of Polymers | csk@umd.edu |
| Christopher Riso | 3D Printed Electronic Components | chriso@umd.edu |
| Clifton Buxbaum | Integrated 3D Packaged DC-DC Converter | cbux6@umd.edu |
| David Leslie | Physics of Failure of Complex Outdoor Lighting Systems | dleslie@umd.edu |
| Declan Mallamo | Prognostics and Reliability of Complex Aircraft Systems | dmallamo@umd.edu |
| Dengyun Chen | Solder Interconnect Life Modelings | dchen925@umd.edu |
| Devon Richman | Identifying Counterfeit or Clone Electronic Component | drichman@umd.edu |
| Erick Gutierrez | Transient Liquid Phase Sintering | eguti007@umd.edu |
| Gilad Nave | Transient Liquid Phase Materials Pastes | gnave@umd.edu |
| Harsha Walvekar | Component Selection Process | hwalveka@umd.edu |
| He Yun | Manufacturability and Reliability of Additively Manufactured Planar Transformer Windings Using Silver-based Pastes | hey318@umd.edu |
| Hirbod Akhavantaheri | Network Modeling of Counterfeit Electronics Supply Chain | hirbod@umd.edu |
| Hisham Abusalma | Reliability of Electronics | abusalma@umd.edu |
| Jack Yang | Reliability of Semiconductor Packaging, Uncertainty Propagation Analysis | yhyangv@umd.edu |
| Jacob Welch | Fatigue Damage Caused by Repeated Impacts in Electronic Assemblies | jwelch23@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Lingxi Kong | Battery Reliability and Safety | lkong@umd.edu |
| Lokesh Sangepu | Packaging Reliability | lokesh@umd.edu |
| Mauricio Gutierrez | Prognostics and Lithion Batteries | mgutierr@umd.edu |
| Naga Siva Srinivas Putta | Simulations and assessment of different topologies for power electronic converters | nagasiva@umd.edu |
| Namkyoung Lee | Prognostics and Health Management | nklee@umd.edu |
| Prabhat Janamanchi | Adhesive Joint Reliability | prabhatj@umd.edu |
| Roshith Mittakolu | Electronics Packaging and Reliability | mroshith@umd.edu |
| Sahithi Maddipatla | Battery swelling and prognostics | sahithi@umd.edu |
| Shao-Peng Chen | Open-Systems Procurement and Sustainment | spchen@umd.edu |
| Sukrut Phansalkar | Reliability of Semiconductor Packaging, Uncertainty Propagation Analysis | sukrutp@umd.edu |
| Swarup Kumar Subudhi | Development, Printing, and Testing of Soft Magnetic Films and CNT-GO-based Electronics | swarupks@umd.edu |
| Timothy Allen Emerson | Collective Anomaly Detection | temerson@umd.edu |
| Xiao Lin | Fatigue Damage Caused by Multiaxial Vibration Excitation in Electronic Assemblies | xiao365@umd.edu |
| Yonatan Saadon | Power Module Reliability | yonsa22@gmail.com |
| Zhaoxi Yao | Aircraft Smart Motor Thermal Management and Reliability | zxyao@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Zhou He | Water Ingress Protection Testing and Assessment of Portable Electronics | zhe12@umd.edu |
| Soma Roy | Tribology | somaroy@umd.edu |
| Nikhil Bharadwaj | Electronics Component Reliability | nbkulkar@umd.edu |
Interns and Visitors
| Name | Supervisor or Host | Current |
| Prof. Hassan Abbas Khan | Prof. Michael Pecht | Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan |
| Prof. Hyunseok Oh | Prof. Bongtae Han | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea |
|
Felix Stadermann |
Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta | Technical Univ of Dresden |
| Florian Feltz | Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta | Mannheim University |
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