Group Members
We are actively looking for new PhD students, Postdocs to join the team (see openings) !
PhD Students
Asha Ramanujam
Joined the group in Fall 2021
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2021
Research topic: electrification, stochastic programming
email: aramanuj@purdue.edu
Hao Chen
Joined the group in Fall 2022
MPhil, Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2021
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, 2020
Research topic: explainable machine learning
email: chen4433@purdue.edu
Akshdeep Singh Ahluwalia
Joined the group in Fall 2023
B.Tech. + M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2023
Research topic: distributed optimization for data sharing
email: ahluwala@purdue.edu
Sai Madhukiran Kompalli
Joined the group in Fall 2023
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2021
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, 2020
Research topic: explaining optimization and machine learning models using LLM
email: skompall@purdue.edu
Hsuan-Han Chiu
Joined the group in Fall 2024
M.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2023
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Chang Gung University, 2021
Research topic: analysis of single cell RNA datasets using LLMs
email: Chiu137@purdue.edu
Shraman Pal
Joined the group in Fall 2024
B.Tech. + M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2024
Research topic: explainable and physics-informed machine learning
email: pal52@purdue.edu
Piyush Sharma
Joined the group in Fall 2024
Co-advised with Brian Tackett
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 2023
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Science & Technology, Pilani, 2020
Research topic: optimization methods for electrochemical engineering
email: sharm984@purdue.edu
Rafif Sulthan Ramadhan
Joined the group in Fall 2025
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 2025
Research topic: optimization-inspired neural networks
email: rramadha@purdue.edu
Saket Vardhan
Joined the group in Fall 2025
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2024
Research topic: data sharing for decarbonization
email: vardhans@purdue.edu
MS Students
Quinn Huckaba
Joined the group in Fall 2025
B.S., Physics, United States Military Academy, 2025
Research topic: Machine Learning Optimization of Chemical Reaction Processes
email: qhuckaba@purdue.edu
Visiting Scholars
Laura Tatiana Villa Corzo
Joined the group in Fall 2025
Affiliation: Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Research topic: optimization methods for heat integration
email: lvillaco@purdue.edu
Alumni
Postdocs
Chi Zhang (Postdoc, 2022-2023): Postdoc, University of Central Florida
Kaiyu Cao (Postdoc, 2022-2024):
Gonzalo Esteban Constante Flores (Postdoc, 2023-2025): Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
MS Students
Ashley Jojan Varghese (MS Student, CS, 2024-2025):
Priya Kumari (MS Student, CS, 2025): Network Security Engineer, T-Mobile
Adam Elyoumi (MS Student, CS, 2024-2025): AI/ML Engineer, CubeNexus Inc
Rahul Nahar (MS Student, CS, 2024): AI Software Engineer, HelloSky
Yen-Chun Lu (MS Student, ChE, 2022-2025):
Abdullah Khan (MS Student, CS, 2023-2024): Software Engineer, Cisco
Krishna Sri Ipsit Mantri (MS Student, CS, 2023-2024):
Undergraduate Students
Annie Zheng (UG Student, IE, 2022-2023): MS Student, Georgia Tech
Yash Sinhal (UG Student, CS, 2022-2023):
Jaatani Abdi (UG Student, ChE, 2022-2023): PhD Student, MIT
James Kor (UG Student, CS, 2022-2024): Software Engineer, Raytheon
Carson Felton (REU Student, 2023):
Nathan Lavoie (REM Student, 2023):
Zachary Rasmussen (REU Student, 2024):
Camerin Lee (REM Student, 2024):
Visiting Scholars
Chun-Cheng Chang (China Steel Corporation, 2024-2025): China Steel Corporation
André Hernán Quisaguano Paredes (UG Student, EE, 2025)
Haechang Kim (PhD student, ChE, 2025): PhD student, Seoul National University
Gabriel Canindé de Medeiros (UG Student, CS, 2025)