Graduate Ambassador Directory
Jennifer Baggett
Major: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Ph.D.
UA Involvement: Laboratory teaching assistant for Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Structures courses as well as an instructor of record for Fluid Mechanics, involved in the Student Government Association, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Society of Women Engineers, and the Advisory Council on Wellness, serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Graduate Student Association.
Research Interests:
Hometown: Gardendale, AL
Email: jlbaggett@crimson.ua.edu
Elizabeth Bury
Major: Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
UA Involvement: NSF Graduate Research Fellow, active member of the UA chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Student Council (ChBE GSC) Ambassador, and Delegate on the Graduate Student Association House of Delegates (GSA HoD)
Research Interests: Utilizing room-temperature liquid metal and polymeric materials to develop novel soft and stretchable electronic materials and devices
Hometown: Bentonville, AR
Email: egbury@crimson.ua.edu
Shivangi Borate
Major: Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
UA Involvement: Active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Secretary of the Graduate Student Council (GSC) for the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research Interests: Synthesizing and characterizing metal-containing zeolite catalysts for alcohol upgrading reactions to make renewable chemicals
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Email: sborate@crimson.ua.edu
Vamsi Krishna Undavalli
Major: Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.
UA Involvement: Executive Vice President of the Graduate Student Association, Senator of the Student Government Association and Member of Campus Security and Safety Committee. Active member of global engineering communities such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
Research Interests: Low-emission gas turbine technology compromising fuel flex combustion systems, alternative fuels, fuel-elastomer compatibility, and combustion processes, novel combustion and fuel injection methods for gas turbines
Hometown: Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Email: vundavalli@crimson.ua.edu
Solomon Sesesie Ajasa
Major: Civil Engineering Ph.D.
UA Involvement: President of the Graduate Student Association (GSA), UA Graduate Council member, International Educate Committee (IEC) student representative, International Peer Advisory Council (IPAC) leader, Instructor of Records for Introduction to Construction Engineering, Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) member, American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) member, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) member
Research Interests: Using emerging technology and data-driven approaches to predict and mitigate human – centric construction accidents; Safety in post-disaster reconstruction
Hometown: Nigeria
Email: ssajasa@crimson.ua.edu
Ladi Adeoluwa
Major: Electrical Engineering Ph.D.
UA Involvement: Graduate Research Assistant at the Laboratory of Computational Intelligence for Radar
Research Interests: Developing solutions that utilize Deep Learning, LiDAR, and Radar Signal Processing
Hometown: Nigeria
Email: oadeoluwa@crimson.ua.edu
Trupesh Patel
Major: Computer Science Ph.D.
UA Involvement: Graduate Research Assistant, member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE)
Research Interests: High-Performance Computing (HPC), Message Passing Interface (MPI), Fault Tolerance, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Computational Hydrology
Hometown: Gujarat, India
Email: trpatel2@crimson.ua.edu