Laboratory Directory
Steven W. Day
Dr. Steven W. Day holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia as well as a diploma from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium. He joined the faculty of KGCOE at RIT in 2005. Dr. Day has taught courses in mechanical and biomedical engineering programs and is active in guiding multidisciplinary senior design teams and advising graduate theses. He strives to promote critical thinking in his students and involves both undergraduates and graduate students in his research.
Dr.Steven's research and expertise deals with the application methods in experimental and computational fluid mechanics to a range of applied and biological flows. This includes collaborations with biologists, medical doctors, and industry partners. Dr.Steven have successfully continued collaborations formed prior to RIT and have contributed to new projects that involve the application of engineering methods to complex biological systems. This has led to successful funded research programs through government and industry partners that have supported many undergraduate and Master's level students.
Research Trainees
Jonathan Lawley, PhD Student (Qualifying Exam - 2022)
Jonathan is working with magnetically levitated blood pumps both in the development of novel devices as well as conducting foundational research into the magnetic and fluid forces within these devices.
Amanda Zigomalas, PhD Candidate (Qualifying Exam - 2022)
Amanda is investigating thrombosis and the prediction of hemolysis and thrombosis within medical devices.
Abdelrahman Ghazy, PhD Student (Qualifying Exam - 2026)
Ghazy is studying microfluidic mixing.
Dr. Shabeeha Raushad, PhD Student (Joined lab in 2025)
Shabeeha is integrating her background in medicine to studying the effects of shear stress on cell function and damage.
Alumni
Nayeem Imtiaz (PhD 2025) - Currently faculty at Johnson and Johnson
William Stoddard (Postdoctoral Fellow through 2024)
Krittika Goyal (PhD 2023) - Currently faculty at RIT in College of Engineering Technology
Matthew Poskus (M.S. 2020) - Ph.D Candidate at Pitt as of 2022
James Krisher (M.S. 2019) - Working for ## as of 2022
Aniruddha Phatak (M.S. 2016)
Jenna Hopkins (M.S. 2016)
Seldon Tselung (M.S. 2015)
Allan Andranikian (M.S. 2015 - currently GE Healthcare)
Siddharth Dasgupta (M.S. 2015)
Ramnath Raghunaithan (M.S. 2015 - currently employed)
Shanoo Revankar (M.S. 2014)
William Jackson (M.Eng. 2013 - currently employed with Torvac)
Jay Wheaton (M.S. 2013 - currently employed at RIT P2P)
Jonathan Peyton (M.S. 2011)
Cheng Shanbao (Postdoctoral Fellow through 2011 — PostDoc at MIT currently FMC Technologies, Inc.)
Oyuna Myagmar (M.S. 2011 — currently Analytical Engineer at Atlas Copco Comptec)
Mark Olles (Postdoctoral Fellow)
A. David Gomez (M.S. 2010 — PhD University of Utah, currently JHU)
Matthew Giarra (M.S. 2009 — PhD Virginia Tech, currently Applied Physics Lab @ JHU)
James Cezo (M.S. 2009 — PhD at UC Boulder)
Aditi Khare (M.S. 2009)
Amy Slevar (M.S. 2007)