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

Lena Hassan

Ph. D. Student (June 2020-)

M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago (2020).

B.S. in Biochemistry, Saint Xavier University. (2018).

Rheology of Food Proteins, Protein Foams & Emulsions, Plant-Based Proteins
lhassa3ATuic.edu

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

Sehar Ahmed

Ph. D Student (Nov 2023-)

M. S. Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL. (2017)
B. S. Chemical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India. (2012)

Foam drainage and stability. Rheology of foams and emulsions. Rheology of plant-based foods.
sahme206ATuic.edu

M. S. Students

B. S. Students

Sarah Schroll

Sophomore in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Angelica Ramirez

Sophomore in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

Monse Reynoso

Junior in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Capillarity-driven pinching dynamics of food dispersions. Milk Foams

Ameena K Beg

Junior in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ramiro Maldonado

Senior in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Centrifugal Spinning.

Karim Al Zahabi

Junior in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Varun Maheshwari

Junior in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Extensional Rheology

Miriam Jaber

Junior in Chemical Engineering, the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Spinnability and rheology

We welcome questions, suggestions, curiosities