Duncan Z. Ashby received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Redlands in 2012 and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Riverside in 2015. He is currently a third year Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and a proud member of the Biomedical Microdevices Laboratory under the advisement of Dr. Masaru Rao. His research projects include optimization of nanoporous titania growth for photocatalytic microreactor applications and diffusion bonding of titanium to YSZ for WttB.