Members

Master's Degree Students

Undergraduate Student, Research Assistant, and Visiting Scholar

• Saket R. Mundra, WVU
• Tanner Appleby, WVU
• Justin Fluharty, WVU

Former Members

Graduate Students

• Vitor Gama -Ph.D., WVU, 2025, A Process Systems Evaluation of the Application of Membranes for Direct Air Capture(m-DAC) using Operability and Machine-learning Techniques
• Ayooluwa Akintola - Ph.D., WVU, 2025, Membrane Reactor Modeling and Optimization for Hydrogen Production
• Hunter Barber - Ph.D., WVU, 2024, Water Treatment Simulation and Optimization Assessed by Process Operability Tools
• Daniel Kestering - Ph.D., WVU, 2024, Triggered Online System Re-Identification Applied to Model Predictive Control Using Gaussian Processes
• Bernardo Vecchio - M.S., WVU, 2024, Application of Predictive Control Strategies for Water-Gas Shift Membrane Reactors Using Data-Driven Models
  
• Victor Alves - Ph.D., WVU, 2024, Strategies for Process Systems Mapping and Control Based on Operability Analysis
• Selorme Agbleze - Ph.D., WVU, 2024, Modeling, Control, and Fault Detection of Energy Systems under Limited High-Confidence Data Scenarios
• Ronald Alexander - Ph.D., WVU, 2023, State Estimation, Covariance Estimation, and Economic Optimization of Semi-Batch Bioprocesses
• San Dihn - Ph.D., WVU, 2023, Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis and Control of Chemical Processes Using Dynamic Operability
• Karan Vijay Waghela - M.S., Carnegie Mellon University (Co-advised with Dr. John R. Kitchin), Process Operability Mapping Using Neural Networks
• Brent Bishop - Ph.D., WVU, 2022, Design and Control of Intensified Membrane Reactor Systems Through Module-Based Design Approach
• Rebecca Kim - Ph.D., WVU, 2021, Dynamic Optimization Algorithms for Baseload Power Plant Cycling under Variable Renewable Energy
• Vitor Gazzaneo - Ph.D., WVU, 2021, Multimodel Operability Framework for Design of Modular and Intensified Energy System
• Jose Bohorquez - M.S., WVU, 2020, (Co-advised with Dr. Mebane) Model Reduction of Chemical Reaction Systems.
• Shuyun Li - Ph.D., WVU, 2019, Development of Sustainability Evaluation and Control Framework for Chemical Processes
• Xin He - Ph.D., WVU, 2018, Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control Strategies for Improved Power Plant Cycling
• Gaurav Mirlekar - Ph.D., WVU, 2018, Development of Biomimetic-based Controller Design Methods for Advanced Energy Systems
• Juan Carlos Carrasco - Ph.D., WVU, 2017, Operability-Based Design of Energy Systems: Application to Natural Gas Utilization Processes
• Jacob Douglas - M.S., WVU, 2019, Modeling and Control of Membrane Reactor Systems
• A. Nirjhar Alam - M.S., WVU, 2018, Investigation of Model Reduction Using Bayesian Calibration and Dynamic Discrepancy
• Nicholas Fouty - M.S., WVU, 2017, Modeling and Design Optimization of Multifunctional Membrane Reactors for Direct Methane Aromatization
• Matthew Stadelman - M.S., WVU, 2017, Comparing the Hydrodynamic Response of Fracture Shearing in Marcellus and Eau Claire Shales
• Evan Ford - M.S., WVU (co-advised with Dr. Mebane), 2015, A Bayesian Approach to Reduced Order Modeling in Catalytic Steam Reforming

Visitors and Postdocs

• Antônio Carlos Luperni Horta - Associate Professor, Visiting Scholar (12/24-12/25), UFSCar, Brazil
• Rafael Ramos Heilbuth - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (11/24-04/25), UFU, Brazil
• Patience Bello Shamaki - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (04/24-10/24), USP, Brazil
• Nathalia Wisniewski Siqueira - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (04/24-10/24), UEM, Brazil
• Cassiano Moreira Musial - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (01/24-07/24), Unioeste, Brazil
• Giuliana Varela Garcia Lesak - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (11/23-05/24), UFPR, Brazil
• Davi Benedito Oliveira - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (01/23-12/23), UFSCar, Brazil
• Heleno Bispo - Adjunct Professor, Visiting Scholar (02/20-02/21), Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil
• Erendira Quintanar Orozco - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (12/19-05/20), Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico
• Thiago Mesquita - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (10/19-03/20), UFSCar, Brazil
• Hao Chen - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (01/18-12/19), NETL
• Gilson Campani Junior - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (04/17-09/17), Faculty, UFLA, Brazil
• Vitor Furlong - Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (04/17-09/17), UFSCar, Brazil
• Paolo Pezzini - Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar (07/16-12/16), Ames/NETL
• Franklin David Rincón - Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar (08/15-07/16, 09/13 – 02/14), USP, Brazil
• Bruno F. Santoro - Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar (08/15-04/16), Faculty, UNIFESP, Brazil

Undergraduate Students

• Madison Morgan, WVU
• Noah Sprouse, WVU
• Owen Gerdes, WVU
• Christina Denison, WVU
• John Ufer, University of Pittsburgh
• Antonio Mascaro, WVU
• Ashley McCullough, WVU
• Lillian Bischof, WVU
• Dean Sweeney, WVU
• Beatriz Dantas, UFCG, Brazil
• Kelsie Borror, WVU
• Kirsten Jarrett, WVU
• Trenton Miller, WVU
• Ian Furmanek, WVU
• Madelynn Watson, WVU
• Laura Irizarry Mendez, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM)
• Thamer Alshammari, WVU
• Juliette Friteyre, ENSIACET - Toulouse, France
• Hailey Lynch, Rowan University
• Carlie Ramsayer, WVU
• Mushari Alhuwais, WVU
• Zane Lewis, WVU
• Ali Johar, WVU
• Joel Opio, WVU
• Hassan Khajah, WVU
• Hannah Friedman, WVU
• Yacine Feliachi, WVU
• Alanis Yates, WVU
• Eilish Miller, WVU
• Sabrina Owens, WVU
• Allyson Brezler, WVU
• Dustin Gibson, WVU
• Meshal Alshalan, WVU
• R. Tyler Ashcraft, WVU
• Jake Ivey, WVU
• Matthew Steinheimer, WVU
• Zachary Chow, WVU
• Michael Mallory, WVU
• Joseph Anderson, WVU
• Talita N. de Faria, Brazilian Mobility Program
• Andréia Carneiro, Brazilian Mobility Program
• Andrew Radcliffe, WVU
• Kelvin Guimarães, Brazilian Mobility Program