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PhD Graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Alexander Montelione<\/strong>
(2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Sayem Bin Abdullah <\/strong>
The Boeing Company, WA.
(Winter 2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Eric Bol<\/strong>
Associate Technical Fellow,
Boeing, WA.
(Summer 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Melody Mojib<\/strong>
(Winter 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Garrett Kelley<\/strong>
Engineering Program Chair, Skagit Valley College, WA
(Spring 2023) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Reid Schur <\/strong>
Boeing, Seattle, WA
(Ph.D. in MSE, Winter ’23) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Jeremy Ryatt <\/strong>
Boeing, Seattle, WA.
(Fall ’22) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Abdullah Alajmi <\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Kuwait University
(Summer ’21) \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Sai Krovvidi<\/strong>
Textron Aviation, KS
(Winter ’23) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Sean Ghods <\/strong>
Microsoft Corp., WA
(Fall ’22) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Bryan Ferguson<\/strong>
Lawrence Livermore National Lab, CA
(Winter ’20)   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Nishita Anandan<\/strong>
Intel Corp., OR
(Fall ’19) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(Late) Dr. Harinder Oberoi <\/strong>
Boeing, WA
(Summer ’19)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Rishi Pahuja<\/strong>
Caltech Optical Observatories, CA
(Fall ’20)   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Stefan Hovik<\/strong>
Boeing, WA
(Summer ’19) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Kapil Gangwar<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, MA
(Summer ’17)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Renuka Prabhakar<\/strong>
Dean, Everett Community College, WA
(2017)  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Todd Morton<\/strong>
Blue Origin, WA
(Ph.D. in MSE, 2015) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Neha Kulkarni<\/strong>
Honeywell Aerospace, WA
(2015) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Jefferey Miller<\/strong>
Principal Senior Technical Fellow, Boeing, WA
(2014)   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Eshetu Eneyew<\/strong>
Boeing, WA
(2014) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Alex P O’Connor<\/strong>
Tesla, TX
(2013) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Julio Davis<\/strong>
Boeing, WA
(2012)   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Heechang Bae<\/strong>
Assistant Professor,
Eastern Washington University, WA
(2011)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Alex Chillman<\/strong>
Director of Product Development, Fluke Materials
(2010) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Timothy Briggs<\/strong>
Sandia National Laboratories, CA
(2010)   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Paul Edwards<\/strong>
Director of Materials Engineering, Tesla, CA
(2010) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Dan Sanders<\/strong>
Senior Technical Fellow (Retd.), Boeing, WA
(2008) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Suhasini Gururaja<\/strong>
Associate Professor, Auburn University, AL
(2008)   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Franna Pitt<\/strong>
Associate Technical Fellow (Retd.), Boeing, WA
(2005) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. William Pedersen<\/strong>
Director of Engineering, Lake Superior Consulting, MN
(2003) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Late) Dr. Kunaporn Sawalee<\/strong>
Assistant Professor,
Institute of Engineering and Resources Technology Walailuk, Thailand
(2002) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Dave Kim<\/strong>
Professor, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
(2002) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Patrick Stickler<\/strong>
Technical Fellow (Retd.), Boeing, WA
(2001) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Zihong Guo<\/strong>
Director of Alliance Management
Intellectual Ventures, WA
(1998)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Farzad Zafari<\/strong>
Technical Fellow, Boeing, WA
(1997) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Dwayne D Arola<\/strong>
Professor, University of Washington, WA
(1996)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. C. W. Wern<\/strong>
Associate Professor,
Portland State University, OR
(1995) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. S. P. Raju<\/strong>
The Bosch, USA
(1994) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. D. H. Wang<\/strong>
Professor, Kyungnam University,  Korea
(1993)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hon Yeh, PhC<\/strong>
CEO of A Microelectronics Company, Taiwan
(Final Dissertation not Submitted to Grad School, 1993) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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