Biographies

Group Members

Sonika Arya
B.S. Student
Mechanical Engineering
ska72@drexel.edu
Sonika is a freshman at Drexel University, and is planning to graduate in June 2021. In her downtime, she practices and performs with Drexel Jhalak, the #1 female Bollywood fusion dance team in the country.

Michael Barsoum
B.S./M.S. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
mlb374@drexel.edu
Michael expects to graduate from Drexel University in June 2021. Michael is an avid hiker and is passionate about the state of the environment and is working to keep the Earth healthy.

Timothy Cross
B.S. Student
Electrical Engineering
twc37@drexel.edu
Timothy anticipates to graduate from Drexel University in June 2021. In his free time, Timothy enjoys playing guitar, working backstage in theater productions, and building robots.

Daniel Gallagher
B.S./M.S. Student
Biomedical Engineering
dpg46@drexel.edu
Dan is an freshman student at Drexel University pursuing a B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in neuroengineering. He has an anticipated graduation in June of 2021. Dan enjoys art films.

S. Justin Li
B.S. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
sjl328@drexel.edu
Justin is expecting to graduate from Drexel University in 2021. Justin is an avid sleeper. His current research interests include 2D material synthesis.


Group Advisor

Hao Cheng, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering 
hcheng@coe.drexel.edu 
Hao Cheng received his M.S. and B.E. from Tsinghua University in Chemical Engineering in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and received his PhD from Northwestern University in Materials Science and Engineering in 2005.