PIRE students
The PIRE education plan has the following four objectives:
- Enhance undergraduate and graduate student research experience via short-term research abroad with priority given to women, underrepresented groups and first-generation students to attend college.
- Integrate polymer-derived ceramic research into education via short course offerings and hands-on modules.
- Enhance knowledge generation and quality of graduate programs through collaboration among multiple research groups including reciprocal visits and dual degree graduate programs.
- Broaden communication with materials science and ceramics communities through technical interest groups at the American and European Ceramic Societies.

Graduate students
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Bailey Walke (MS) |
Kansas State University |
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Hannah Hayes (PhD) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Murilo Amaral (PhD--visiting/co-advised) |
Kansas State Univeristy/UNICAMP-Brazil |
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Spencer Dansereau (PhD) |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Sonjoy Dey (PhD) |
Kansas State University |
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Gerson Leonel (PhD) |
Arizona State University |
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Akshada Hande (MS) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Joel Garcia (PhD) |
Lehigh University |
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Kendall Hendrix (PhD) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Paul Owiredu (Master's) |
Kansas State University |
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Arijit Roy (PhD) |
Kansas State University |
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Michael Bustamante |
Arizona State University |
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Benjamin Robles |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Shariq Haseen (PhD 2022) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Shakir Bin Mujib (PhD 2022) |
Kansas State University |
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Aly Badran (PhD 2021) |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Casey Sugie (Master's 2020) |
University of California, Davis |
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Aaron West (Master's 2020) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Zhongkan Ren (PhD 2020) |
Kansas State University |
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Federico Toigo (Master's 2019) |
University of Padova/Kansas State University |
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Susana Aguirre-Medel (PhD 2019) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
2022 undergraduate student researchers
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Mohammed Rasheed |
Kansas State University |
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Maren Ellis |
Kansas State University |
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Hildana Abamegal (traveled to CU-Boulder) |
Kansas State University |
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Khushi Pandey (traveled to TU-Darmstadt) |
Arizona State University |
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Hannah Hayes |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Takhya Holley (traveled to Bayreuth University) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Jonathan Kroll (traveled to Fraunhofer Institute) |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Henry Price (traveled to University of Montpellier) |
Lehigh University |
2021 undergraduate student researchers
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Keegan Taylor |
Kansas State University |
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Dylan Kruep |
Kansas State University |
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Mabel Anstine |
Kansas State University |
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Wyatt Blackson |
Arizona State University |
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Langston Tillman |
Arizona State University |
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Eleanor Christman |
Lehigh University |
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Karla Silva |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Hannah Hayes |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Jonathan Kroll |
University of Texas, Arlington |
2020 undergraduate student researchers
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Maren Ellis |
Kansas State University |
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Porter Herold |
Kansas State University |
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Isaiah J Morris |
Arizona State University |
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Alex Howler |
Arizona State University |
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Michelle Dao |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Jonathan Coria |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Jonathan Kroll |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Thomas Siggillino |
Lehigh University |

2019 undergraduate student researchers
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Karissa Cordero |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Henry Alan Anderson |
University of California, Davis |
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Jacob Regler |
Lehigh University |
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Spencer Dansereau |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Sophie Justus |
Kansas State University |

2018 undergraduate student researchers
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Kendall Hendrix |
University of Texas, Arlington |
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Sally Burke |
University of California, Davis |
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Thomas Siggillino |
Lehigh University |
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Spencer Dansereau |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Isabella Cesarone |
Kansas State University |