People | PIET

Dr. Kurt Kornbluth, PhD

Founder of PIET and D-Lab
Academic Director, Engineering Student Design Center (ESDC)
Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis
Graduate School of Management Fellow

kkorn@ucdavis.edu

Staff

Isabella Bianchi

Graduate Student Researcher

inbianchi@ucdavis.edu

Ryan Callahan

Graduate Student Researcher

recallahan@ucdavis.edu

Daphne Condon

Ph.D. candidate in Energy Systems

dcondon@ucdavis.edu

Alice Dien

Ph.D. Student - Biological Systems Engineering
Graduate Student Researcher

adien@ucdavis.edu

Maria Kanwal

Graduate Student Researcher

mkanwal@ucdavis.edu

Keller Kramer

Undergraduate Student Assistant

kgkramer@ucdavis.edu

Nelson Zhu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

ynzhu@ucdavis.edu

Advisors

Heather N. Bischel

Dr. Heather N. Bischel, PhD

Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering

3109 Ghausi Hall

Andrew Hargaden

Dr. Andrew B. Hargaden, PhD

Professor of Technology Management
Ph.D. at Stanford University
Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship