| 1978 |
Ampere Tseng, Ph.D. ME |
Dr. John T. Berry (Manufacturing) * |
| 1981 | Stanley Chow, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Joseph D. Clement (Nuclear Engineering) |
| 1984 | Artis Jenkins, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Prateen V. Desai (Fluid Mechanics) |
| 1985 | Tran Phuoc, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Pandeli Durbetaki (Heat Transfer) |
| 1987 | Sean F. Wu, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Allan Pierce (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| 1988 | Stephen Heng, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William Z. Black (Heat Transfer) |
| 1989 | Chweichi Chiou, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Peter H. Rogers (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| Hyun Kim, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| 1990 | Jae Lee, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Wayne J. Book (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| 1991 | Gee-Pinn Too, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| 1992 | Marc A. Timmerman, Ph.D. ME | Drs. S. L. Dickerson & I. Charles Ume (Manufacturing) |
| Iunn-Jyh Wang, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Steven Liang (Manufacturing) |
| Chao-Pin Yeh, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Robert E. Fulton (CAE & Design) |
| 1993 | Brij Kamboj, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Said I. Abdel-Khalik (Nuclear Engineering) |
| David Veazie, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jianmin Qu (Mechanics of Materials) |
| 1994 | Jorge Gonzalez Cruz, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William Z. Black (Heat Transfer) |
| Marcus W. Shute, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jacek Jarzynski (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| 1995 | Hoang Pham, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| Yifei Qian, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Kok-Meng Lee (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Carmen Sidbury, Ph.D. ME | Drs. C. Meyers and Prateen V. Desai (Fluid Mechanics) |
| Kuangcheng Wu, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| 1996 | Ivan Collazo, Ph.D. NE | Drs. Weston M. Stacey (Nuclear Engineering) and
C. E. Thomas (Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Randall Y. Grimes, M.D., Ph.D. ME | Dr. Ajit P. Yoganathan (Bioengineering) |
| Jonathan Lambright, Ph.D. ME | Dr. I. Charles Ume (Manufacturing) |
| Calvin Mackie, Ph.D. ME | Drs. Prateen V. Desai and C. Meyers (Fluid Mechanics) |
| John Parker, Ph.D. ME | Drs. H. Rushmeier & K .M. Lee (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Jerry Volcy, Ph.D., ME | Dr. Stephen L. Dickerson (Manufacturing) |
| 1997 | Courtney James, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Nader Sadegh (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Luis Nelson, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Steven Danyluk (Manufacturing) |
| Terry Sanderson, Ph.D. ME | Dr. I. Charles Ume (Manufacturing) |
| 1998 | Vatsal Bulsara, Ph.D. ME | Drs. Jianmin Qu (Mechanics of Materials) |
| Dan Ezenekwe, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Kok-Meng Lee (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Ramon Garcia, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Bernd Kahn (Health Physics) |
| Patricia L. Lee, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Bernd Kahn (Health Physics) |
| Allen Siu, Ph.D. ME | Dr. David L. McDowell (Mechanics of Materials) |
| 1999 | Valerie Poindexter Bennett, Ph.D. ME | Dr. David L. McDowell (Mechanics of Materials) |
| Derrick Coffin, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Pandeli Durbetaki (Heat Transfer) |
| Samuel Graham, Ph.D. ME | Dr. David L. McDowell (Mechanics of Materials) |
| Comas Haynes, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William J. Wepfer (Heat Transfer) |
| Stephen Hill, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Prateen V. Desai (Fluid Mechanics) |
| Tzi-Shing Lim, Ph.D. ME | Dr. David McDowell (Mechanics of Materials) |
| Christopher Pascual, Ph.D. ME | Drs. S. I. Abdel-Khalik & S. M. Jeter (Heat Transfer) |
| Anita Turner, Ph.D. NE | Drs. Show Fong & Bernd Kahn (Health Physics) |
| 2000 | Stacey Dixon, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Raymond P. Vito (Bioengineering) |
| Johney Green, Jr., Ph.D. ME | Dr. Pandeli Durbetaki (Heat Transfer) |
| Al-Ping Hu, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Nader Sadegh (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Phillip Nguyen, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| Roberto Rubilar, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Weston Stacey (Nuclear Engineering) |
| Orlando E. Ruiz, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William Z. Black (Heat Transfer) |
| Zahed Saddique, Ph.D. ME | Dr. David Rosen (CAE & Design) |
| 2001 | Gabriel Hernandez, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Farrokh Mistree (CAE & Design) |
| Benigno Maqueira, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Nader Sadegh (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Mohamad Saghir Munir, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Wayne J. Book (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Ji Eun Park, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Iwona Jasiuk (Mechanics of Materials) |
| Serge William Tchikanda, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Kok-Meng Lee (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Nicole (Zirkleback) Martin, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| 2002 | Lisa Chiang, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Chris Wang (Health Physics) |
| Anh Xuan-Hung Dang, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Imme Ebert-uphoff (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Wondwosen Mengesha, Ph.D. NE | Dr. John Valentine (Nuclear Engineering) |
| Mark Tudela, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Jianmin Qu (Mechanics of Materials) |
| 2003 | Ruijun Chen, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Daniel Baldwin (Manufacturing) |
| Mitul Modi, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Suresh Sitaraman (CAE & Design) |
| 2004 | James Dwight Daley, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Kok-Meng Lee (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Wayne Johnson, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Kenneth Cunefare (Acoustics & Dynamics) |
| James Franklin Nichols, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Thomas Kurfess (Manufacturing) |
| 2005 | Akio Kita, Ph.D. ME | Dr. I. Charles Ume (Manufacturing) |
| Erika Biediger, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William Singhose (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Stacy Imler, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Marc Levenston (Bioengineering) |
| Michael Robertson, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William Singhose (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| Omar Wooten, Ph.D. NE | Dr. Nolan Hertel (Health Physics) |
| Marco Fernandez, Ph.D. ME | Dr. David Rosen (CAE Design) |
| Frank Pyrtle, Ph.D. ME | Dr. William Black (Heat Transfer) |
| Michael Swinson, Ph.D. ME | Dr. Nader Sadegh (Automation & Mechatronics) |
| 2006 | Desiree Jangha, Ph.D. NE | Dr. C. K. Wang (Health Physics) |
| Srinidhi Nagaraja, Ph.D. ME |
Dr. Robert Guldberg (Bioengineering) |
| Peter Nagy, PH.D. ME |
Dr. Paul Neitzel (Fluid Mechanics) |
| |
Catherine Reyes, Ph.D. ME |
Dr. Andrés García (Bioengineering) |
| |
Jiann-Cherng Su, PH.D. ME |
Dr. Steven Liang (Manufacturing) |
| |
Annica Wayman, Ph.D. ME |
Drs. Cheng Zhu & Don Giddens (Bioengineering) |
| 2007 |
Jee Sung Cha, Ph.D. ME |
Dr. S. M. Ghiaasiaan (Heat Transfer) |
| |
Rhima Coleman, Ph.D. BioE |
Dr. Robert Guildberg (Bioengineering) |
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Christopher Green, Ph.D. ME |
Drs. Jeffrey Streator & Comas Haynes (Tribology) |
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Shashvat Prakash, Ph.D. BioE |
Dr. Ben Zinn (Heat Transfer) |
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Jevin Scrivens, Ph.D. BioE |
Dr.
Stephen DeWeerth (Bioengineering) |
| 2008 |
JoSette Broiles, Ph.D. BioE |
Dr. Robert Nerem (Bioengineering) |
| |
Maria-Isabel Carnascialli, Ph.D. ME |
Dr. Paul Neitzel (Fluid Mechanics) |
As of the spring 2008 semester, a total of 88 minorities (75 ME, 10 NE, 3 BioE) have earned a Ph.D. from the Woodruff School.
Note: All minority graduates listed herein were U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time their degree was granted.
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