The Grainger College of Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Graduate Students

Jafar Abbaszadeh Chekan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Hassan Abdelraouf
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Advisor: Jeff Shamma (PHD)
Nikhil Agarwal
Graduate Student
Aman Agrawal
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Anshul Agrawal
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (MS)
Ugur Akcal
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Girish Chowdhary (MS)
Advisor: Girish Chowdhary (PHD)
Mohammad Alhussaini
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Eric Luke Alpine
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Nicholas Andrew Anderson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (MS)
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Artem Andrienko
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Luis Arias
Graduate Student
Drew Armstrong
Graduate Student
Nikhil Ashok
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Alec Auster
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Vanessa Ghislaine Awate
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Nissrine Aziz
no pronouns/use only name
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Saurabh Vijay Bagare
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (MS)
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Jean Balacy
Graduate Student
Srikumar Balasubramanian
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Danesh Bam
Graduate Student
Tuhin Bandopadhyay
Graduate Student
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Sainath Barbhai
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jie Feng (MS)
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (MS)
Quirin Franz Bassler
Graduate Student
Marty Duram Bathgate
they/them/theirs
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
William Michael Beahn
Graduate Student
Tanapat Bhakyapaibul
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (PHD)
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Michael John Biela
Graduate Student
Henry Boesch
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Cade Boggan
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Clarke (PHD)
Ruthvik Bommena
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Jack Bouque
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Noel Christine Brindise
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (MS)
Matt Brotnow
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Julia Brown
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (MS)
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (PHD)
Lorenzo Bruni
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Fabien Evrard (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Hassan Bukhari
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ramanathan Sankaran (PHD)
Victor H. Cabrera Salazar
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Poornadithya Chandramukhi
Graduate Student
Anthony Chang
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Benjamin Jun Hua Chang
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Lawrence Bergman
Advisor: Alexander Vakakis
Chih-Chun Chang
Graduate Student
Christian Adam Chapman
Graduate Student
Anuj Chauhan
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Ethan Chen
Graduate Student
Akshaansh Chilakapati
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jordan Smart (MS)
MJ Cho
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
Su-Yeon Choi
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Collin Richard Chuk
Graduate Student
Malcolm Cisler
Graduate Student
Matthew Thomas Clark
Graduate Student
Advisor: Bruce Conway (PHD)
Sean Clark
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Trevor Clarkson
Graduate Student
Bryan Christopher Cline
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Samuel Cornwall
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Brandon Crane
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Kyle Davies
Graduate Student
Alberto Delgado
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Conrad Delgado
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Fabien Evrard (PHD)
Sidd Devaru
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Yagouba Diallo
Graduate Student
Mateo Emilio Diaz
Graduate Student
Advisor: Iwona Jasiuk (PHD)
Holly Dinkel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Alexander John Dolezal
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Tyler Phillip Doral
Graduate Student
Rihan Aaron Dsilva
Graduate Student
Jared Duffy
Graduate Student
Bhumika Dutta
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Joseph B. Dutton
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Sepideh Ebad Sichani
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Daniel Louis Engel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Zachary Putnam (MS)
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Cole Joseph Errico
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Edwin Esparza Hernandez
Graduate Student
Elena Fernandez Bravo
Graduate Student
Advisor: James Allison (PHD)
Jacob Robert Fleck
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Zoey Flynn
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Mitchell Frey
Graduate Student
Chris Galfano
Graduate Student
Jared Garcia
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Rodrigo Joan Garcia Abal
Graduate Student
Sneha Gayen
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Thane Gesite
they/them/theirs
Graduate Student
Trevor Michael Cortez Gliane
Graduate Student
Alen Envieh Golpashin
Graduate Student
Advisor: Bruce Conway
Konstantinos Goros
Graduate Student
Emily Grinage
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Tonghun Lee (MS)
Michael Edward Gryzlo
Graduate Student
Matteo Guidotti
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Clarke (PHD)
Aanchal Gupta
Graduate Student
Advisor: Magdi Ragheb (PHD)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Advisor: Rizwan Uddin (PHD)
Pulkin Gupta
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Shardul Gurumukhi
Graduate Student
Ronnie R. Hamad
Graduate Student
Mumen Hamadneh
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (PHD)
Darrell Keith Hamilton
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Michael Harrigan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Anmol Harshana
Graduate Student
Advisor: Mohamed Ali Belabbas (MS)
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (MS)
Farhad Hasanli
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Rodra Wikan Hascaryo
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (PHD)
Rachel Maria Hays
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (MS)
Grace Heaton
Graduate Student
Vijeth Hebbar
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (MS)
Jacob Scott White Heglund
they/them/theirs
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (MS)
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
James Allan Helmich
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Liam Heuser
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Sam Hince
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Hao-Wei Ho
Graduate Student
Alan Shangyi Hong
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Tiger Hou
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Advisor: Zachary Putnam (PHD)
Ron Hsu
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Ting-Wei Hsu
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Hiroyasu Tsukamoto (PHD)
Abhishek Iyer
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jordan Smart (MS)
Alex Jaegers
Graduate Student
Nitya Jagadam
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Hausman (MS)
Swetha Janarthanan
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Nayan Jangid
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Paul Jeon
Graduate Student
Kevin Arlo Johnson
Graduate Student
Brendan Michael Jones
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Kelly Stephani (MS)
Elyse Jones
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Ravi Kannaiya Vijayaraj
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Irmak Taylan Karpuzcu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Kathiresan Karunakaran
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Patrick Sterling Kersch
Graduate Student
Rishik Keshari
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Ilia Kheirkhah
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Fabien Evrard (PHD)
Sam Kilduff
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Anthony Kim
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (PHD)
Inyoung Kim
Graduate Student
Advisor: Hiroyasu Tsukamoto (PHD)
Ray Kim
Graduate Student
Sam Ko
Graduate Student
Bhavana Koduri
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Tove Elisabeth Kopperstad
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Taylor Paige Krikorian
Graduate Student
Shruti Kulkarni
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Hausman (MS)
Prahersh Kumar
Graduate Student
Sanjeev Kumar
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (MS)
Mridula Kuppa
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Lasith Kuruppu
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Nathan Lam
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Casey Lauer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (PHD)
Matt Lauer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Anthony Gabriel Lavezza
Graduate Student
CHERITH Lavisetty
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Thien Le
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (MS)
Dong Joo Edwin Lee
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Han Lee
Graduate Student
Hyeongju Lee
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
James Lee
Graduate Student
Jongwon Lee
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Yeong Lee
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Sean Lee
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Ally Leeming
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Emma Kaa-Yan Lewis
Graduate Student
Nathan Hui Li
Graduate Student
Ning Li
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (PHD)
Gyuha Lim
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Geoffrey Michael Lippa
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Dominick Long
Graduate Student
Yi Lu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Mac Mack
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Rahil Rajankumar Makadia
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Blake Ryan Mandernach
Graduate Student
Teddy Mansfield, II
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Mark Patrick Marschall
Graduate Student
Eduardo Martinez, Jr
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Olivier Massicot
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Izzy Mata
Graduate Student
Marco Mattei
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Joshua Cade Mattson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Logan M. Mauch
Graduate Student
Sean Paul McMillan
Graduate Student
Alessandro Meini
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Cameron Joel Menini
Graduate Student
Azzurra Meo
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Eli Thomas Merlock
Graduate Student
Mason William Metzkes
Graduate Student
Andrew Milligan
Graduate Student
Jack Mills
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Aidan Molloy
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Clarke (MS)
Bhaskar Mondal
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl
Cameron Monroe Carlson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Jason Moon
Graduate Student
Natalie Jennifer Morales
Graduate Student
Andrew Thomas Morden
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Dara Moronkeji
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Stefanie Olyn Morrison
Graduate Student
Sandeep Murthy
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Aswin Muthuparambil Ramachandran
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Nithin Kishore Nallathambi
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Haoyang Nan
Graduate Student
Niranjan Nanjappa
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Clarke (MS)
Rahul Navadgi
Graduate Student
Malcolm Kincade Newmyer
Graduate Student
Son Nguyen
Graduate Student
Thinh Nguyen
Graduate Student
William Noh
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (MS)
Aakanksha Notey
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Hee W. Oh
Graduate Student
Divyansh Ojha
Graduate Student
Chaitanya Krishna Ongole
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Vishnu Oruganti
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Hamid Osooli
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
Abhishek Vinayak Pai
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Himmat Panag
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Harsha Pandey
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (MS)
Advisor: Lorenzo Vergari (MS)
Niket Parikh
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
Sungjin Park
Graduate Student
Magdalena M. Parta
Graduate Student
Alex Pascarella
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Yogi Patel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Siddardth Pathipaka
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Ushasree Perakalapudi
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Kyler Tomas Perez
Graduate Student
Garrett Stephen Peterson
Graduate Student
Thomas Grant Peterson
Graduate Student
Sam Pfister
Graduate Student
Cutler Phillippe
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Paul Poovakulam
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Roshan Prasad
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (MS)
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (MS)
Rohan Puri
Graduate Student
Advisor: George Miley (MS)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (MS)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Gokul Puthumanaillam
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Anyun Radhakrishna
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jordan Smart (MS)
Colson Keegan Radowski
Graduate Student
Nicolas Gerard Emmanuel Rasmont
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Ganesh Ravisankar
Graduate Student
Advisor: Hiroyasu Tsukamoto (MS)
Benjamin Michael Ringel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Jules Risken
Graduate Student
Cole Michael Rodgers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Dario Rodriguez Claudio
Graduate Student
Advisor: James Allison (PHD)
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (PHD)
Polyvios Romanidis
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (PHD)
Joon Ryu
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Madhura Narayana Sabhahit
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
German Gabriel Saltar-Rivera
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Bahram Samiei
Graduate Student
Kratin Sanghvi
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (PHD)
So Sasaki
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Andrea Scaboro
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Grayson Kenneth Schaer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Katelyn Bernadette Schmedeke
Graduate Student
Stephen Robert Douglas Schultz
Graduate Student
Ram Bendy Sejour
Graduate Student
Mert Senkardesler
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Abby Sevier
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Taha Shafa
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Vivek Shah
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Asim Shahzad
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Advisor: Kai James (PHD)
Connor Shannon
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Sai Shekar
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Matthew Clarke (MS)
Justin Kota Shell
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (MS)
Henry Chong Shi
Graduate Student
Shansha Shyed Ibrahim
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Joseph Michael Signorelli
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Abhyudaya Singh
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (MS)
Yukta Singh
Graduate Student
Prathamesh Sirmalla
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Garrison Vail Smith
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Nia Smith
Graduate Student
Aryaman Srivastav
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (MS)
Advisor: Lorenzo Vergari (MS)
Ryland Vern Stampfel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
David M. Stanley
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Rachel Marie Strasser
Graduate Student
Laurelin Strom
Graduate Student
Sangwoo Suk
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Nishant Sundaresan
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Cedric Arthur Swearingen
Graduate Student
Maryna Syb
Graduate Student
Pranay Thangeda
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (MS)
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Shubham Thirani
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Ernold James Thompson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Reed Keefer Thompson
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Alex Joseph Ties
Graduate Student
Allison Elizabeth Timm
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Joey Tindall
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Joshua Richard Tompkins
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Elizabeth Torres De Jesus
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Parin Trivedi
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Fabien Evrard (PHD)
Zakir Lamak Ujjainwala
Graduate Student
Chinmay Shailendra Upadhye
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Jonathan Uriostegui
Graduate Student
Henry Xavier Varona
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Davut Vatansever
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Ines Rosza Villarreal
Graduate Student
Blaine Vollmer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Manav Vora
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Elias G. Waddington
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Alex Wang
Graduate Student
Riley Grace Watson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (MS)
Brandon Joseph Wavrunek
Graduate Student
Rylee James Weaver
Graduate Student
Sihang Wei
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Advisor: Hiroyasu Tsukamoto (PHD)
Zachary Franklin Werth
Graduate Student
Seth Westfall
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Derrick Wiberg
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Alexander Jeffrey Wilson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Jay Woo
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Ivan Wu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (MS)
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Toyofumi Yamauchi
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Yao Yao
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Shuan-Tai Yeh
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Sungho Yoon
Graduate Student
Mikihisa Yuasa
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
Michael John Zakoworotny
Graduate Student
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (PHD)
Ivan Zanardi
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Chloé Zarader
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Hongrui Zhao
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (PHD)
Wanzheng Zheng
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Zheyuan Zheng
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Matthew Zhu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (PHD)