Graduate Students
 Guido Francesco Ritelli
PhD Student
Email Guido; phone: (765) 448-1945
BS, MS: Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Origin: Italy
February 2012-present
Research Topics: Development of an adaptive, real-time and non-model based control strategy in mobile hydraulic machinery for oscillation dampening and energy saving.
Counterbalance and directional valves modeling.
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 Ram Sudarsan Devendran
PhD Student
Email Ram; phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: BITS Pilani, India; MS: Purdue University
Origin: India
September 2010-present
Research Topics: Formulation of design principles for variable displacement external gear machines; Proposal of innovative design methodology for external gear machines.
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 Timothy Opperwall
PhD Student
Email Tim; phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: Calvin College, USA; MS: Purdue University
Origin: Michigan, USA
August 2010-present
Research Topics: Development of a noise emission model for external gear machine; Optimization of the external gear machines design for noise emission reduction.
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 Sujan Dhar
PhD Student
Email Sujan; phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: BITS Pilani, India; MS: SUNY at Buffalo, USA
Origin: India
August 2010-present
Research Topic: CFD simulation of flow in lubricating gaps of external gear machines; Study the effect of the flow in lubricating gaps on the performance and efficiency of the gear machines.
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 Davide Cristofori
PhD Student
Email Davide; phone: phone: (765) 448-1945
BS, MS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
March 2010-present
Research Topic: Oscillation damping in valve controlled hydraulic machines through adaptive control strategies; Proportional valves modeling.
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Past Team Members
 Roy A Fisher
SURF program 2012 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship)
Email Roy
BS: Purdue University, USA.
Origin: Illinois, USA.
May 2012- August 2012
Research Topics: Experimental study of hydraulic lifting machines to improve their stability and energy efficiency.
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 Ashwin Mathur
SURF program 2012 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship)
Email Ashwin
BS: Purdue University, USA.
Origin: India.
May 2012 - August 2012
Research Topics: Design and testing of a controller to set the pressure/flow at the delivery of a variable displacement axial piston pump.
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 Juan Pedro Gomez Virgilio
Visiting Master's student from Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico
Email Pedro
BS: Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico.
Origin: Mexico
January 2012- May 2012
Research Topics: Analysis of innovative sliding design on the performance of external gear machines.
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 Simone Tondelloni
Visiting Master's student from University of Parma, Italy
Email Simone
BS: University of Parma, Italy.
Origin: Italy
August 2011-February 2012
Research Topics: Design and realization of a versatile test-rig for the characterization of hydraulic components and systems.
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 Wolfgang Schweiger
Visiting PhD from Graz University of Technology, Austria
Email Wolfgang
BS, MS: Graz University of Technology, Austria. Current PhD Student.
Origin: Austria
April 2011-September 2011
Research Topic: Design and optimization of internal gear ring pumps for automotive application.
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 Nicholas W. Louis
2011 SURF Student*
Email Nick
BS: Purdue University
Origin: Illinois, USA
Research Topics: Final development of a water-hydraulic test rig to be used as support for teaching activities.
* "Top Research Talk" winner during the SURF Symposium 2011
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 Kevin Seibert
2011 SURF Student
Email Kevin
BS: Purdue University
Origin: TX, USA
Research Topic: Modeling and testing of adaptive control to reduce oscillation in a hydraulic crane.
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 Johan Magnusson
Master's Student from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Email Johan
BS: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Origin: Sweden
January 2011 - July 2011
Research Topic: CFD simulation of flow in lubricating gaps of external gear machines; Study how changes in gap modelling physics influence the simulation results.
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 Massimo Dall'Asta
Master's Student from University of Parma, Italy
Email Massimo
BS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
October 2010 - March 2011
Research Topic: Water-hydraulic test rig design; Characterization of water-hydraulic components.
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 Alessandro Vassena
Visiting Researcher
Email Alessandro
BS, MS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
March 2010-November 2010
Research Topic: Optimization of hydraulic components design by means of DOE (Design of Experiments). Main case study: external gear pumps, spool valves.
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 Giovanni Campanella
Visiting Researcher
Email Giovanni
BS, MS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
March 2010-November 2010
Research Topic: Study of a hybrid solution for an articulated boom lift; Testing of innovative external gear pumps design by means of DOE (Design of Experiments).
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 Andrew O'Bannon
2010 SURF Student*
Email Andrew
BS: Purdue University
Origin: Indiana, USA
Research Topic: Development of a water hydraulic test rig useful as support to teaching activities.
* "Top Research Talk" winner during the SURF Symposium 2010
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Assistant Professor
Alessio Zanichelli 
Junjie Zhou