People

Principal Investigator

Peter B. Lillehoj, Ph.D.

Shankle Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Rice University

Mechanical Engineering Profile

Current Research Group Members

Desh Deepak Dixit

Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Diego Gonzalez

Ph.D. student, Bioengineering
B.S., Bioengineering, 2021
Rice University

Amit Niyogi

Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
B.S., Material Sciences and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Kavya Singampalli

Ph.D. student, Bioengineering
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Johns Hopkins University

Clarke Wilkirson

Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2020
University of Alabama

Group Alumni

Benjamin Utzinger

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2024
Rice University

Now at Sierra Nevada Corporation

Dr. Jiran Li

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2022
Rice University

Now at Eaglenos Sciences

Dr. Xue Jiang

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2020
Michigan State University

Now at Spear Bio

Paul Han

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2020
Michigan State University

Trey Pfeiffer

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Michigan State University

Dr. Gorachand Dutta

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2015-2017

Now at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Dr. Xiyuan Liu

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Michigan State University

Now at Syracuse University

Dr. Tung-yi Lin