University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Graduate Students

Jafar Abbaszadeh Chekan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Hassan Abdelraouf
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeff Shamma (PHD)
Nikhil Agarwal
Graduate Student
Aman Agrawal
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Angel Agrawal
Graduate Student
Anshul Agrawal
Graduate Student
Mohammad Alhussaini
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Eric Luke Alpine
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Hussein Tatal Al-Rashdan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Nicholas Andrew Anderson
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (MS)
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Theo Angkasa
Graduate Student
Christoph Elias Aoun
Graduate Student
Advisor: Naira Hovakimyan (PHD)
Ilya Aptekarev
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Nikhil Ashok
choose not to reply
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Vanessa Ghislaine Awate
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)
Srikumar Balasubramanian
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Tuhin Bandopadhyay
Graduate Student
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Lakshay Bansal
Graduate Student
Sainath Barbhai
Graduate Student
Tanapat Bhakyapaibul
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (PHD)
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Maulik Bhatt
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (PHD)
Michael John Biela
Graduate Student
Ruthvik Bommena
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Advait Bongu
Graduate Student
Akhil Borra
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Scott Bout
Graduate Student
Advisor: Girish Chowdhary (MS)
Bryan Bravo
Graduate Student
Noel Christine Brindise
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (MS)
Julia Brown
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (MS)
Aidan Buesing
Graduate Student
Hassan Bukhari
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ramanathan Sankaran (PHD)
Anthony Chang
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Benjamin Jun Hua Chang
Graduate Student
Advisor: Lawrence Bergman
Advisor: Alexander Vakakis
Christian Adam Chapman
Graduate Student
Anuj Chauhan
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Randy Chen
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (MS)
Ethan Chen
Graduate Student
Akshaansh Chilakapati
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Su-Yeon Choi
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Emma Clark
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (MS)
Sean Clark
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Bryan Christopher Cline
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Samuel Cornwall
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Alex Counseller
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Rohit Dabbara
Graduate Student
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (MS)
Hugo De La Barrera
Graduate Student
Kanishka Deepak
Graduate Student
Fabian Stefan Dettenrieder
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Dhruv Dhaduk
Graduate Student
Mateo Emilio Diaz
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Holly Dinkel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Alexander John Dolezal
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Glen Nikhil Dsouza
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Rick Eason
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Sepideh Ebad Sichani
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Austin Wade Edelman
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Omar Ahmed Abd Elmoni Elhayes
Graduate Student
Hamza El-Kebir
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joseph Bentsman (PHD)
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Daniel Louis Engel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Zachary Putnam (MS)
Nagesh Eranki
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (MS)
Advisor: Daniel Liberzon (MS)
Cole Joseph Errico
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
David Raymond Eychaner
Graduate Student
Alex Faught
Graduate Student
Destiny Michelle Fawley
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Advisor: Zachary Putnam (PHD)
Elena Fernandez Bravo
Graduate Student
Advisor: James Allison (PHD)
Robert Filipiuk
Graduate Student
Zoey Flynn
Graduate Student
Advisor: Andres Goza (PHD)
Joshua Fofrich
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Collin Foster
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Elisabeth Funck
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (MS)
Blake Games
Graduate Student
Audrey Elaine Godsell
Graduate Student
Advisor: Tonghun Lee (MS)
Alen Envieh Golpashin
Graduate Student
Advisor: Bruce Conway
Valeria Selena Guevara
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Onalli Gunasekara
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (PHD)
Aanchal Gupta
Graduate Student
Advisor: Magdi Ragheb (PHD)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Advisor: Rizwan Uddin (PHD)
Darrell Keith Hamilton
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Michael Harrigan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Anmol Harshana
Graduate Student
Advisor: Mohamed Ali Belabbas (PHD)
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Farhad Hasanli
Graduate Student
Rodra Wikan Hascaryo
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (PHD)
Grace Heaton
Graduate Student
Vijeth Hebbar
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (MS)
Jacob Scott White Heglund
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (MS)
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
James Allan Helmich
Graduate Student
Caleb Joseph Hill
Graduate Student
Advisor: Kelly Stephani (MS)
Sam Hince
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Alan Shangyi Hong
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Tiger Hou
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Advisor: Zachary Putnam (PHD)
Brian Hromisin
Graduate Student
Abhishek Iyer
Graduate Student
Alex Jaegers
Graduate Student
Nitya Jagadam
Graduate Student
Nayan Jangid
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Paul Jeon
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Himavath Sathyanarayana Jois
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Elyse Jones
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Pratit Kadimdiwan
Graduate Student
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)
Pranav Kashide
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Patrick Sterling Kersch
Graduate Student
Rishik Keshari
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Taylor Jean Key
Graduate Student
Ayush Khurana
Graduate Student
Sam Kilduff
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Sam Ko
Graduate Student
Matthew David Koll
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Tove Elisabeth Kopperstad
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Prahersh Kumar
Graduate Student
Sanjeev Kumar
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (MS)
Jeetesh Kunche
Graduate Student
Mridula Kuppa
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Kevin Christopher Landers
Graduate Student
Casey Lauer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (PHD)
Matt Lauer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Anthony Gabriel Lavezza
Graduate Student
Christopher Sun-Woo Lee
Graduate Student
Dong Joo Edwin Lee
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Tonghun Lee (PHD)
Han Lee
Graduate Student
Hyeongju Lee
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
James Lee
Graduate Student
Jongwon Lee
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Ally Leeming
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Pedro Giroto Leite
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)
Qi Lim
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Geoffrey Michael Lippa
Graduate Student
MIKE Liu
Graduate Student
Chris Lyne
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Mac Mack
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Derald Lee Madson
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Hemant Mahendru
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Karthik Mahesh
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Rahil Rajankumar Makadia
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (PHD)
Teddy Mansfield, II
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Akhil Marayikkottu Vijayan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
John Eric Marbut
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Francis Marges
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MENG)
Mark Patrick Marschall
Graduate Student
Olivier Massicot
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Izzy Mata
Graduate Student
Abhisheka Mathur Sekar
Graduate Student
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (MS)
Marco Mattei
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Logan M. Mauch
Graduate Student
Mitchell Maurin
Graduate Student
Dennis Patrick McCann
Graduate Student
Advisor: Girish Chowdhary (MS)
Jainam Chetan Mehta
Graduate Student
Krish Mehta
Graduate Student
Azzurra Meo
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Eli Thomas Merlock
Graduate Student
Andrew Milligan
Graduate Student
Jack Mills
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Bhaskar Mondal
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl
Jason Moon
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Andrew Thomas Morden
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Dara Moronkeji
Graduate Student
Advisor: Ioannis Chasiotis (PHD)
Sandeep Murthy
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Cody Myers
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Nathan Myers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (MS)
Kartik Nagpal
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (PHD)
Niranjan Nanjappa
Graduate Student
Rahul Navadgi
Graduate Student
Raghav Navaratna
Graduate Student
Scott Nguyen
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (MS)
Thinh Nguyen
Graduate Student
Rupal Nigam
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
Jingchong Ning
Graduate Student
William Noh
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (MS)
Ninlapat Nonnapaphan
Graduate Student
Aakanksha Notey
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Vishnu Oruganti
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Harsha Pandey
Graduate Student
Raj Jigar Pandya
Graduate Student
Andrew Pang
Graduate Student
Niket Parikh
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huy Tran (PHD)
Smit Parmar
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Corey Michael Parrott
Graduate Student
Advisor: Kai James (PHD)
Alex Pascarella
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Karanbhai Rakeshkumar Patel
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Komol Patel
Graduate Student
Yogi Patel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
Cole Scott Pawlak
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
Ushasree Perakalapudi
Graduate Student
Kyler Tomas Perez
Graduate Student
Thomas Grant Peterson
Graduate Student
Jacob Dunn Pezold
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (Online MS NT)
Cory Philippe
Graduate Student
Advisor: Tonghun Lee (PHD)
Cutler Phillippe
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Ani Pirosmanishvili
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Paul Poovakulam
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Rohan Puri
Graduate Student
Advisor: George Miley (MS)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (MS)
Gokul Puthumanaillam
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (PHD)
Brian Qian
Graduate Student
Anyun Radhakrishna
Graduate Student
Ideal Rafuna
Graduate Student
Sumedh Sanjay Raghoji
Graduate Student
Advisor: Sayan Mitra (MS)
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (MS)
Aasheesh Randeo
Graduate Student
Nicolas Gerard Emmanuel Rasmont
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Pallavi Ravada
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (MS)
Charlie Ray
Graduate Student
Advisor: Naira Hovakimyan (MS)
Srinu Rayudu
Graduate Student
Benjamin Michael Ringel
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
Cole Michael Rodgers
Graduate Student
Dario Rodriguez Claudio
Graduate Student
Advisor: James Allison (PHD)
Michael Anthony Rok
Graduate Student
Kanghyun Ryu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Negar Mehr (PHD)
Ani Saini
Graduate Student
German Gabriel Saltar-Rivera
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jonathan Freund (PHD)
Advisor: Laura Villafane Roca (PHD)
Joshua Saluk
Graduate Student
Zachary James Salvato
Graduate Student
Bahram Samiei
Graduate Student
Kratin Sanghvi
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (PHD)
Vishnu Santhosh
Graduate Student
Francesca Santos
Graduate Student
So Sasaki
Graduate Student
Advisor: Cedric Langbort (PHD)
Grayson Kenneth Schaer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Timothy Bretl (PHD)
Katelyn Bernadette Schmedeke
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)
Ria Bhupen Shah
Graduate Student
Akash Shivlal Shahu
choose not to reply
Graduate Student
Asim Shahzad
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (PHD)
Advisor: Kai James (PHD)
Sai Shekar
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Pranav Shenoy
Graduate Student
Shivashree Shivamade Gowda
she/her/hers
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (MS)
Joseph Michael Signorelli
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Abhyudaya Singh
Graduate Student
Prathamesh Sirmalla
Graduate Student
Advisor: Marco Panesi (PHD)
Sashank Srinivasan
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Aryaman Srivastav
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Sanjana Srivastava
Graduate Student
Advisor: Siegfried Eggl (MS)
David M. Stanley
Graduate Student
Advisor: Robyn Woollands (PHD)
Laurelin Strom
Graduate Student
Sangwoo Suk
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Nishant Sundaresan
Graduate Student
Maryna Syb
Graduate Student
Farhood Tamaddon
Graduate Student
Vatsal Tapiawala
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)
Allison Elizabeth Timm
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Joshua Richard Tompkins
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Elizabeth Torres De Jesus
Graduate Student
Advisor: Theresa Saxton-Fox (PHD)
Huy Tran
Graduate Student
Advisor: Huck Beng Chew (PHD)
Noah Tuck
Graduate Student
Koushik Udayachandran
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Chinmay Shailendra Upadhye
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Jonathan Uriostegui
Graduate Student
Henry Xavier Varona
Graduate Student
Advisor: Francesco Panerai (PHD)
manish Varpa
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jont Allen (MS)
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (MS)
Davut Vatansever
Graduate Student
Advisor: Deborah Levin (PHD)
Ines Rosza Villarreal
Graduate Student
Jonathan Vivekan Kasi Rathinakumar
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Blaine Vollmer
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (PHD)
Manav Vora
Graduate Student
Advisor: Melkior Ornik (MS)
Sagar Ketan Vyas
Graduate Student
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (MS)
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (PHD)
Elias G. Waddington
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (PHD)
John M. Westerhoff
Graduate Student
Advisor: Victoria Coverstone (PHD)
Seth Westfall
Graduate Student
Advisor: Gregory Elliott (PHD)
Derrick Wiberg
Graduate Student
Advisor: Phillip Ansell (MS)
William Spencer Wingfield
Graduate Student
Gerard Alexander Wise
Graduate Student
Jay Woo
Graduate Student
Advisor: Daniel Bodony (MS)
Ivan Wu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jeffery Baur (MS)
Sharath Reddy Yalla
Graduate Student
Toyofumi Yamauchi
Graduate Student
Advisor: Joshua Rovey (PHD)
Steven Yang
Graduate Student
Yao Yao
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Ashwin Sairam Yedavalli
Graduate Student
Shuan-Tai Yeh
he/him/his
Graduate Student
Christopher Young
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
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)
Yiguang Zhang
Graduate Student
Advisor: John Lambros (PHD)
Hongrui Zhao
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)
Wanzheng Zheng
Graduate Student
Advisor: Jason Merret (MS)
Matthew Zhu
Graduate Student
Advisor: Philippe Geubelle (PHD)
Michelle Marie Zosky
Graduate Student
Advisor: Michael Lembeck (MS)