Alumni

Muhammet Cuneyt Sakonder earned his Ph.D. degree in Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University. Cuneyt was previously a project engineer at Skipsteknisk A/S for 3 years. Before that, he earned his Master’s degree in Offshore Engineering and his Bachelor’s degree in Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering, both from Istanbul Technical University. Cuneyt’s research focus during his doctoral studies was on the occurrence of reverse fracture in high strength pipeline steels under impact loads. Cuneyt has been awarded Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship by the Turkish Fulbright Commission and American Bureau of Shipping Scholarship. He also received the best student poster award in SNAME Offshore Symposium in 2023.

Now he is working in TechnipFMC – Houston, USA.

Lufeng Xue completed his doctoral studies successfully and graduated in December 2022 at Galveston campus. Lufeng wrapped up his postdoc training at Prof. Haihui Ruan’s research group in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on glassy materials research. Currently he works as a research scientist at Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology in Jiaxing, China. His research topic focuses on the high entropy alloy, including design, microstructure characterization, mechanical & electrochemical assessment. Objective of his research is developing next generation alloys which have the potential to be used in harsh environments such as Hydrogen storage and transportation.