Current Members:
Tyler Levaur
Tyler graduated from Clemson University and is currently a Ph.D. student in our group. He is currently working on advanced packaging and phase control for active coherent beam combining.
Arefin Islam
Arefin graduated from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology and is currently a Ph.D. student in our group. He is currently working on hybrid integration.
Lance Sweatt
Lance graduated from Clemson University and is currently a Ph.D. student in our group. He is currently working on monolithically integrated laser arrays for coherent beam combining.
Xiaolei Zhao
Xiaolei obtained her Ph.D. from Clemson University and is currently a postdoc researcher in our group. Her research interests include high power diode lasers and beam combining.
Mohan Kumar Ghimire (Postdoc)
Kexin Li (Ph.D. Student)
Shafia Sultana (Ph.D. Student)
Mohamed Baghdady (Ph.D. Student)
Past Members:
Chenguang Huang (Ph.D. 2014), currently with Broadcom
Yunsong Zhao (Ph.D. 2015), currently with Lumentum
Yeyu Zhu (Ph.D. 2019), currently with Lumentum
Siwei Zeng (Ph.D. 2023), currently with Hisense Photonics
Pengyu Chen (M.S. 2009), currently Assistant Professor at Auburn University
Ruoyu Zhang (M.S. 2013), currently Test Engineer at Itron
Xiangfeng Chen (M.S. 2017), currently graduate student at Ghent University
Chas Porter (M.S. 2023), currently with Texas Instruments
Jiahua Fan, currently with his own start-up
Ben Cahill (Undergraduate), currently graduate student at UIUC
Austin Ward (Undergraduate), currently graduate student at Rice
Chuanji Zhang (Undergraduate), currently graduate student at Gatech
Rachel Thomson (Undergraduate), currently at Clemson
Charles Dove (undergraduate), currently graduate student at UC Berkeley
Justin Vo (Undergraduate)