Alumni

Yuhao earned his Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University in the summer of 2025. He obtained his master’s degree in Ocean Engineering in 2019 at Texas A&M University, USA, and his bachelor’s degree in Ocean Engineering in 2017 at Tianjin University, China. Yuhao’s research at OESEM focused on both experiments and simulations of material behavior under harsh conditions, including temperature-dependent damage, hydrogen-induced damage, and plasticity and fracture modeling. Furthermore, he conducted advanced material characterization through scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and other techniques to investigate hydrogen susceptibility in multi-principal element alloys. He is now working as a senior engineer at ABS in Houston, USA.   

Muhammet Cuneyt Sakonder earned his Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University in the fall of 2023. Prior to his doctoral studies, Cuneyt worked as a project engineer at Skipsteknisk A/S for three years. He earned both his master’s degree in Offshore Engineering and his bachelor’s degree in Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. His doctoral research focused on the occurrence of reverse fracture in high-strength pipeline steels under impact loads. Cuneyt was awarded a Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship by the Turkish Fulbright Commission and the American Bureau of Shipping Scholarship. He also received the Best Student Poster Award at the SNAME Offshore Symposium in 2023. He is now working as a senior engineer at Genesis in Houston, USA. 

Lufeng Xue completed his doctoral studies and earned his Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University in the fall of 2022. He then completed his postdoctoral training in Prof. Haihui Ruan’s research group at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he worked on glassy materials research. He is currently a research scientist at the Yangtze Delta Region Academy of the Beijing Institute of Technology in Jiaxing, China. His research focuses on high-entropy alloys, including their design, microstructure characterization, and mechanical and electrochemical assessment. The objective of his work is to develop next-generation alloys with the potential for use in harsh environments, such as hydrogen storage and transportation.