Jobs After Graduation

The following is job placement information is for Duke MEMS doctoral graduates. Some of the listed positions are updated since the student's first placement and others are not. This is not a complete list of every graduate.

2011

Student

Placement

Title

Minkyu Kim Duke University Postdoc
Whasil Lee  Duke Medical Center  Postdoc 
Deborah Rickard  Southeast Tech Inventures, Inc.  Senior Engineer 
Samuel Stanton  Army Research Office  Program Manager 
Jonathan Su  Southeast Tech Inventures, Inc.  Engineer 
Reed Young  US Army  Commander 
2010

Student

Placement

Title

Yong Sung Kim R&D Center, Doosan Heavy Industries Technical Director
Paul Weber  Applied Research Associates  Senior Scientist 
Guoxian Zhang  Duke University  Postdoc 
Jeffrey Coles  Kelly Scientific Resources  Research Associate - Chemist 
Scott Kennedy  University of Pittsburgh  Postdoc 
Firas Khasawneh  University of Bristol, England  Postdoc 
Mahir Rabbi  Cisco Systems  Customer Support Engineer 

 

2008

Student

Placement

Title

Chenghui Cai Duke University Postdoc
Robert Davis  NASA  Aerospace Engineer 
Tomokazu Miyakozawa  Rolls-Royce   
Wahyu Setyawan  Duke University  Postdoc 
Meredith Spiker  GE Aviation  Engineer/Technologist 
Sun Woo Kim  University of Navada  Research Assistant 
Yee Lam  UNC Chapel Hill  Medical Student 
Jun Qin Southern Illinois University  Assistant Professor 
David Sebba  La Jolla Bioengineering Institute  Postdoc 
Kuan-Min Wang  Duke University  Postdoc 
2009

Student

Placement

Title

Lisa Carnell NASA Langley Research Center Materials Research Engineer
Justin Jaworski  Air Force Research Laboratory  NRC Research Associate 
Elizabeth Nelson  Becton Dickinson  Principle Engineer 
Randall Erb  ETH Zurich  Postdoc 
Nathan Jenness  University of Rochester   Research Associate 
Debby Chang  Lund University  Postdoc 
Howard Conyers  NASA Stennis Space Center  Structural Dynamicist 
Chad Custer  CD-Adapco  Applications Engineer 
Maria Tanner  Logos Technologies  Scientist/Engineer 
2007

Student

Placement

Title

Neha Awasthi Max Planck Institute Research Associate
Kelli Baumgartner QinetiQ  Senior Aerospace Engineer 
Kurt Wulff  Duke University  Research Associate 
David Holland  Hendricks Motorsports  Structural Dynamicist 
Molly Miller  Becton, Dickinson & Company  Principle Engineer 
Sophia Santillan  U.S. Naval Academy  Assistant Professor 
Matthew Johannes  Duke University  Research Associate 
Xiao Zhang  Duke University  Research Associate 
2006

Student

Placement

Title

Yunbo Liu FDA Research Scientist
Alexei Valiaev  Proctor & Gamble  Manager 
Paul Klenk  Duke University  Adjunct Assistant Professor 
Gwangrog Lee  Duke University  Postdoc 
Alexander Wright  Amgen  Scientist 
Woo Lee  Naval Research Laboratory  Postdoc 
2005

Student

Placement

Title

Phillip Duncan Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Business Program Manager
Aiqin Li  RPI  Postdoc 
Wishsanuruk Wechsatol  King Mongkut University  Assistant Professor 
Alexandre Da Silva  University of Hawaii  Assistant Professor 
Joseph Sprofera  Northrup  Senior Research Engineer 
2004

Student

Placement

Title

Tunde Bello-Ochende University of Pretoria Postdoc
Hui Chen  Utah State University  Postdoc 
Pavel Danilov Continuum Dynamics  Consultant 
Jerry Rouse  Sandia National Laboratories  Postdoc 
Louis Gosselin  University Laval  Professor 
Rebecca Simmons  Duke University  Adjunct Assistant Professor 
Manish Kumar  University of Cincinnati  Assistant Professor 
Dmytro Voytovych  Purdue University  Research Assistent 
2003

Student

Placement

Title

Emil Ardelean Science Application International Corporation Senior Mechanical Engineer
Matthew Kozlowski  John Hopkins University  Senior Research Engineer 
Mark MeEver  L-3 Communications Corporation  Control Systems Engineer III 
Brendan Ward  Duke University  Research Associate 
Peter Attar  University of Oklahoma  Assistant Professor 
David Chodniewicz  Scripps Research Institute  Research Associate 
Mihai Negoita  Integrated Systems Engineering, Inc.   Software Engineer 
Juan Ordonez Florida State University  Assistant Professor 
Yufeng Zhou  Nanyang Technological University  Faculty 
David Cox  NASA Langley Research Center  Research Engineer 
Suk-Min Moon  Duke University  Research Associate 
2002

Student

Placement

Title

Jonathan Kemp Accu-Tech Corporation Consultant 
Denis Kholodar Bombardier Incorporated Dynamics Engineer
Robert Richard Air Force Research Lab Postdoc
Luiz Rocha Universidad Federale de Rio Grande  Assistant Professor 
Jonathan Nichols  Naval Research Labratory  Research Engineer 
2001

Student

Placement

Title

Christopher Park MPR Consulting Engineer