Laurent Pilon's Research Group
University of California, Los Angeles

MEMBERS

Faculty
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Visiting Scholars
Past Members

Lab Member's Awards and Honors

Faculty

Prof. Laurent Pilon

Professional Experience

University of California, Los Angeles, California - USA

2012-present - Professor
2008-2012 - Associate Professor
2002-2008 - Assistant Professor

Education

PhD Mechanical Engineering - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002
MS Applied Physics - Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 1997
BS Applied Physics - Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 1997

Honors and Awards

2012 Research Chair for Junior Scientist, Région Pays de la Loire, France.
2012 Best Paper Award (2nd Prize) - 3rd ASME MNHMT Conference, Atlanta, GA
2011 Elected SPIE Senior Member
2011 Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award from UCLA MAE Dept.
2009 JQSRT Young Scientist Award in Radiative Transfer
2008 Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer from ASME
2005 Northrup Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science
2005 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2003 UCLA Faculty Development Award

Graduate Students

	Alexander Thiele *PhD student*		Amanda Fujii *MS Student*
	BSME, WSU, 2012		BSME, UCLA, 2012
coming soon!	Yury Chudnovsky *MS Student*		Ri-Liang Heng *PhD student*
	BSME, UCLA, 2010		BSME, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2010

	Ian McKinley *PhD Student*		Anna D'Entremont *PhD Student*
	BSME, Columbia University, 2010 Clean Green IGERT Fellowship		BSME, Clemson University, 2010 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Ian is investigating waste heat energy harvesting using pyroelectric materials.		Anna studies thermal management of electro-chemical energy storage systems.
	Joseph Attia *PhD student*		Razmig Kandilian *PhD Student*
	BSME, Caltech, 2006 MSME, UCLA, 2008 Dale H. Austin Scholarship, Warren G. Koerner Scholarship in Engineering, Gates Millenium Scholar		BSME, UCLA, 2009 Outstanding BSME Award 2010 Clean Green IGERT Fellowship Chateaubriand Fellowship, 2012
Joseph investigates the dynamic, stability, and transport properties of aqueous foams.		Razmig is investigating biofuel production and carbon dioxide capture using microalgae.
	Hainan Wang *PhD student*		Kancy Lee *MS student*
	MSME, Notre Dame University, 2008 BSME, University of Science and Technology of China, 2006		BSME UCLA, 2007 2009 Harry M. Showman Prize from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Hainan studies transport phenomena in mesoporous thin films used as electrodes for electrochemical energy storage systems.		Kancy investigates radiation characteristics of microfoams.

Undergraduate Students

	Patarapol Chutinuntanakul		John R. Sy
	BSME, UCLA expected 2015		BSME, UCLA expected 2015

Visiting Scholars

Past Members

Post-Doctoral and Visiting Scholars

	Prof. Hong Qi
	Harbin Institute of Technology, China
	Dr. Julian Vargheses now at DS Spatial, Bloomfield, CO		Dr. Juan Yin now at Solar Turbines, San Diego, CA
	PhD, Texas A&M, 2009 MSAE, Aerospace Eng., Texas A&M, 2003 BSME, University of Kerala, 2000		PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004 MSME, Tsinghua University, 2000 BSME, Tsinghua University, 1997

PhD students

Euntaek Lee

PhD student

MSME KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, 2008

Dr. Dmitry Yudovsky

now at the Beckman Laser Institute, UC Irvine, CA

Dr. Jin Fang

now at Seagate, Saint Paul, MN

BSME, UC San Diego, 2006

MSME, UCLA, 2008

PhD, UCLA, 2010

PhD Thesis: Spectroscopy of Multilayered Biological Tissues for Diabetes Care.

PhD, UCLA, 2012

MSME, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2008

BSME, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2006

PhD Thesis: Thermal Transport in Nanoporous Materials for Energy Applications

Dr. Ashcon Navid

Now at Intel Corp., Portland OR

Dr. Thomas Coquil

now at Photofuel, Paris, France

BSME, UCLA, 2006

MSME, UCLA, 2007

PhD, UCLA, 2010

PhD Thesis: Pyroelectric Energy Conversion for Waste Heat Harvesting

B.S. Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2008

M.S. Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2008

PhD, UCLA, 2010

PhD Thesis: Thermal and Optical Properties of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Materials for Energy Applications.

Dr. Kamal M. Katika

Now at Optiver, Chicago, IL

Dr. Halil Berberoglu

Now at UT, Austin

BSME, ITT Madras, 2002

MSME, UCLA, 2004

PhD UCLA, 2007

PhD Thesis: Transient Radiation Transport in Biological Tissues and Applications to Autofluorescence of Human Skin.

BSME, Purdue University, 2000

MSME, Purdue University, 2003

PhD, UCLA, 2008

PhD Thesis: Photobiological Hydrogen Production and Carbon Dioxide Mitigation.

MS students

	Felix Lee, MS Now at Mea Forensic, Laguna Hills, CA BSME, UCLA, 2009 MSME, UCLA, 2012 MS Thesis: Experimental and Analytical Studies on Pyroelectric Waste Heat Energy Conversion.
	Thomas Chin, MS BSME, UC San Diego 2009 MSME, UCLA 2011		David Wirth, MS now 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force BSME, UCLA 2012 MSME, UCLA, 2012 MS Thesis: Experimental Study on the Aerospace Applications of Photoreactive Nanomaterials.
	Tzu-ying Tseng, MS Now at Touchdown Technologies, Los Angeles, CA MSME UCLA, 2010 BSME, National Cheng Kung University 2009		Raylene Moreno, MS Now at Parsons Brinckerhoff, Sacramento, CA MSME UCLA, 2011 BS Environmental Engineering, UCLA, 2010 MS Thesis: Pyroelectric Energy Converter: Numerical Simulations vs. Experimental Results
	Brian James, MS Now at Southern California, Edison BS MSE, UC Irvine, 2008 MSME UCLA, 2010		Pedro Gomez, MS now at Tensility International Corp., Valencia, CA BSME, UC Berkeley, 2006 MSME, UCLA, 2010
	Hiep Nguyen, MS now at UltraCell Corporation, Livermore, CA. BSME, UC Berkeley, 2007 MSME, UCLA, 2009 MS Thesis: Pyroelectric Energy Converter Using Co-Polymer P(VDF-TrFE) and Olsen Cycle for Waste Heat Energy Harvesting.		Herman Wong, MS Now at Black & Decker, Foothill Ranch, CA BSME, UC Berkeley, 2008 MSME, UCLA, 2010
	Jennifer Blackwell, MS Now at Dexcom, Inc., San Diego, CA BSBE, UC San Diego, 2005 MSME, UCLA, 2007		Damien Vanderpool, MS Now at ATA Engineering, El Segundo, CA BSME, UCLA, 2006 MSME, UCLA, 2008 MS Thesis: Numerical and Experimental Study of a Pyroelectric Energy Converter for Harvesting Waste Heat.
	Dr. Kamal M. Katika Now at Optiver, Chicago, IL BSME, ITT Madras, 2002 MSME, UCLA, 2004 MS Thesis: Modified Method of Characteristics in Radiative Transfer.		Kyle Smith, MS Now at ATA Engineering, San Diego, CA MSME, UCLA, 2006 BSME, UCLA, 2005
	Howard Tseng, MS now at the Jet Propulsion Lab MSME UCLA, 2005 BSCE UC Berkeley, 2004		Matthew M. Braun, MS now at the Raytheon Company BSME Clarkson University, 2003 MSME UCLA, 2004 MS Thesis: Effective Optical Properties of Nanoporous Thin-Film.

Undergraduate students

	Zachary Johnson		Gabriel Garcia
	BSME, June 2012		BSME Expected June 2012 3rd Place in the 2010 UCLA RISE-UP poster competition.
	Yi Huang		Aditya Chandramohan
	BSME Expected June 2012		BSME Expected June 2012
	Joshua Kim		Broc Chavez
	BSAE Expected June 2012		BSME Expected June 2012
	David Moreno		Neal Hutchinson
	BSME, UCLA 2012		BSAE, UCLA 2009 MSME, UCLA 2010
	Saurabh Pillai		Gbenga Elehinafe
	BSME, UCLA 2009 MSME, UCLA 2010		BSME, UCLA 2008
	Daniel Durbin		Anna Garahan
	BSME, UCLA 2008		BSAE, UCLA 2006
	Ding Lai		Henri Patricio
	BSME, UCLA 2006		BSME, UCLA 2006
	Natasha Barra		Richard Yau
	BSME, UCLA 2006		BSAE, UCLA 2006 MSE, Georgia Tech, 2008
	Damien Vanderpool		Vivien Leong
	BSME, UCLA 2006 MSME, UCLA 2008		BSChE,UCLA 2005
	Soojung (Claire) Hur		Fritz Schrimerz
	BSME, UCLA 2005 MSME, UCLA 2007 PhD, UCLA 2011		BSME, UCLA 2004
	Jonathan Chang		Lisa Ridderhof
	BSME UCLA, 2004		BSME, UCLA 2004