Notice: Because the Director has transitioned out of his tenure line faculty position and is sunsetting his research group, the CLMI research group is no longer accepting any applications for new group members.
Current Team Members
Dr. Shank Kulkarni
Research Associate III
Previous Degrees
- BS, Civil Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India, 2010
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India, 2013
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019
Previous Employment
- Postdoc Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA, USA, 2019-2021
- Computational Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA, USA, 2021-2022
Dr. John Fritz
Postdoctoral Research Associate:
Research interest: High Temperature Gas Cooled Nuclear Reactor
Previous Degrees
- MS, Engineering, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, 2020
- MS, Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2024
- PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2025
Previous Employment
- PhD Intern, Materials Dynamics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA, USA, Summer 2022
Debangshu Paul
Degree Program: Doctoral (Anticipated May 2027)
Previous Degrees
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017
- MS, Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2024
Agnila Ghosh Surovi
Degree Program: Doctoral (Anticipated December 2027)
Previous Degrees
- BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh, 2022
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2025
Munireach Nannory
Degree Program: Doctoral (Anticipated May 2028)
Previous Degrees
- Bachelor of Education, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2021
- BS, Civil Engineering, Pannasastra University of Cambodia (PUC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2022
- MS, Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2025
Undergraduate Researchers
None at this time.