Gared Colton
Member since 2024
Gared is a PhD student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Solar FTL. He obtained his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech with a thesis on simulated solid oxide fuel cell/gas turbine cogeneration systems. His current research focuses on the development and characterization of materials for solar-driven syngas production.
Jennifer Devapriyam
Member since 2024
Jennifer is a PhD student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Solar FTL. She graduated with her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Andong National University where she was a Graduate Research Assistant in the Gas Dynamics Lab. She is working in under the guidance of Dr. Peter Loutzenhiser, and she is collaborating with the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory as a part of the NASA’s CLEVER Project.
Shaspreet Kaur
Member since 2020
Shaspreet is a PhD student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 2019. She is bonded and sponsored by an oil and gas company from Malaysia, Petronas, to pursue her graduate studies in Georgia Tech. Prior to Georgia Tech, she interned with Viscosity Oil Company in Chicago, where she gained valuable knowledge in Supply Chain Management.
Benjamin Richardson
Member since 2025
Benjamin is a PhD student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and a graduate research assistant in the Solar FTL, co-advised by Drs. Peter Loutzenhiser and Thomas Orlando. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 2025 where he began conducting research in the Nanostructured Materials for Energy Laboratory (NMEL), with a focus on metal nanoparticle exsolution in oxide thin films for thermoelectric applications. He is currently engaged in interdisciplinary research focused on lunar regolith simulants.
Anand Tripathi
Member since 2025
Anand is an MS student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Solar FTL, co-advised by Dr. Peter Loutzenhiser and Dr. Comas Haynes. He obtained his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna in 2023, where he conducted research in the CFD Laboratory and Sustainable Energy Research Laboratory on novel microchannel designs for electronics cooling. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he worked at Maruti Suzuki India Limited in the HVAC Design and Development Department. His current research focuses on improving core temperature management in cooked product processing.
Andrew Vanderwege
Member since 2025
Andrew is a PhD student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Solar FTL. He obtained his BS in Environmental Engineering from Syracuse University in 2025 where he conducted research in the Combustion & Energy Research Laboratory (COMER), primarily working with gel-polymer electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries. His current research is focused on producing syngas using concentrated solar in collaboration with NREL and is co-advised by Drs. Peter Loutzenhiser and Devesh Ranjan.