ODES-Lab: People

Principal Investigator, Current Students

Vivek Sharma

Associate Professor (09/2019-) & Principal Investigator of the ODES-lab (11/2012-)

Email: viveksATuic.edu

Team Leader || Google Scholar || Biosketch || Poet/Writer

Ph. D. Students

Cheryl Slykas

Ph. D. Student (Aug 2020-)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. (2020).

Macromolecular Engineering of Formulations, “Spinnability, Printability, & Gloopiness”
cslyka2ATuic.edu

Andrew Rasmussen

Ph. D. Student (Aug 2020-)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL.

Drug dissolution. Polysaccharides in Pharmaceutical Formulations
arasmu3ATuic.edu

Nadia Nikolova

Ph. D. Student (Aug 2022-)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL. 2021
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL. 2022

Emulsions: Food and Cosmetics
nnikol4ATuic.edu

Yash Vidyasagar

Ph. D. student (Jan 2023-)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Viscoelastic instabilities and future foods.
yvidya2ATuic.edu

Louie Edano

Ph. D Student (Jan 2023-)

M. S. Chemical Engineering, UIC, Chicago, IL. (2022)
B. S. Chemical Engineering, UIC, Chicago, IL. (2016)

Centrifugal Spinning; Fibrous membranes
ledano2ATuic.edu

Somayeh Sepahvand

Ph. D Student (Jan 2023-)

M. S. Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran. (2016)
B. S. Chemical Industries Engineering, Valiasr Technical University, Tehran. (2011)

Protein-Polysaccharide Mixtures. Polysaccharide Thickeners. Rheology of Plant-based Foods.
ssepah2ATuic.edu

Kim Ngo

Ph. D Student (Aug 2024-)

M. S. Organic Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. (2020)
B. S. Chemistry, Emphasis on Coatings & Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University. (2017)