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Monika's Group
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Andrea's Profile
Mechanical Engineering (click here for the Department webpage) Agricultural and Biological Engineering (click here for the Department webpage) Phone: 1 (765) 430-0081
Short Biography:
Andrea Vacca is a Professor at the Maha Fluid Power Research Center of
Purdue University, with a joint appointment between the Purdue School of Mechanical
Engineering and the Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Dr. Vacca
earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florence (Italy) in 2005, presenting a thesis
in the field of Gas Turbine Blade Cooling Technology. Before joining Purdue University
in 2010, Prof. Vacca was Assistant Professor of Fluid Machinery at the University of Parma (Italy). |
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Ph.D. Student Email Annalisa; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy MS: Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Origin: Italy July 2018 - present Research Topic: Development of a traction control strategy for wheel loaders and improving simulation model of wheel loader dynamics.
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Ph.D. Student Email Riccardo; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy MS: Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Origin: Italy July 2018 - present Research Topic: Active oscillation damping for hydraulic machines.
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Ph.D. Student (Direct Ph.D.) Email Xin; phone: (765) 447-1609 BE: Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Origin: China August 2017 - present Research Topic: Simulation and control of hydraulic systems.
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Ph.D. Student Email Harish; phone: (765) 447-1609 BT: IIT Hyderabad, India MT: IIT Madras, India Origin: India July 2017 - present Research Topic: Simulation of Orbit Motors.
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Masters Student Email Josias; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Technological Institute of Toluca, Mexico Origin: Mexico August 2017 - present Research Topic: Study of the sources of energy loss in hydraulic circuits of agricultural tractors and formulation of solutions for improved efficiency.
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Ph.D. Student Email Sangbeom; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS, MS: Yonsei University, South Korea Origin: South Korea August 2016 - present Research Topic: Noise reduction of external gear machines.
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Ph.D. Student (Direct Ph.D.) Email Tom; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Boston University Origin: New Jersey, USA August 2016 - present Research Topic: Modeling and optimization of the lubricating interfaces of external gear machines.
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Ph.D. Student (Direct Ph.D.) Email Andrew; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS, BA: South Dakota State University Origin: Minnesota, USA August 2015 - present Research Topic: Noise emissions of geroter pumps.
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Ph.D. Student (Direct Ph.D.) Email Rituraj; phone: (765) 447-1609 BT: IIT Guwahati, India Origin: India August 2015 - present Research Topic: Modeling of external gear machines to handle non-newtonian fluids.
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Ph.D. Student Email Xinran; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China MS: Carnegie Mellon University Origin: China June 2015 - present Research Topic: Modeling of gear pumps.
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Ph.D. Student Email Matteo; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS, MS: University of Parma, Italy Origin: Italy August 2014 - present Research Topic: Investigation of the effects of journal bearings on the operation of external gear machines.
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Ph.D. Student (Direct Ph.D.) Email Addison; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: University of Kentucky MS: Purdue University Origin: Kentucky, USA August 2013 - present Research Topics: Active vibration damping and traction control development for mobile hydraulic machines.
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Visiting Researchers |
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Visiting Scholar from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Email Mario; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy Origin: Italy March 2018 - present Research Topic: Modeling of the hydraulic system and formulation of high efficient solutions with reference to an agricultural tractor
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Visiting Scholar from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Email Alberto; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy March 2018 - present Research Topic: Developing an online method for condition monitoring and prognostics of hydraulic systems
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Visiting Scholar from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Email Daniele; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: University of Genoa, Italy Origin: Italy March 2018 - present Research Topic: Modeling of soil pile and improvements for the wheel loader traction control.
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Visiting Scholar from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Email Hassan; phone: (765) 447-1609 BS: Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy Origin: Lebanon February 2018 - present Research Topic: Control of counterbalance valve
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Past Team Members |
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy October 2017 - April 2018 Research Topic: Development of a novel concept for hydraulic human powered vehicles.
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Visiting Scholar from the Technological Institute of Toluca, Mexico BS: Technological Institute of Toluca, Mexico Origin: Mexico August 2017 - April 2018 Research Topic: Design and manufacturing of fluid power hybrid vehicles
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Ph.D. Student BS: Anna University, India MS: Purdue University Origin: India October 2012 - February 2018 Research Topics: Investigating the possibilities of using low viscosity fluids (with a focus on water) in hydraulic applications.
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Ph.D. Student BS, MS: University of Ferrara, Italy Origin: Italy September 2014 - December 2017 Research Topic: Vibration damping in hydraulic machinery.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy March 2017 - November 2017 Research Topic: Development of a hydraulic model of an agricultural tractor for assessing power consumption.
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Visiting Scholar from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy BS: University of Florence, Italy Origin: Italy March 2017 - November 2017 Research Topic: Development of prognostic techniques for monitoring the future health status of hydraulic machines.
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CCEFP Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) student From the University of Buffalo, New York, USA Origin: New York, USA June 2017 - August 2017 Research Topic: Effect of tolerances on gap height and leakage flow in gear pumps.
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Masters Student BT: IIT Madras, India Origin: India August 2015 - August 2017 Research Topic: Modeling of flow for variable displacement in external gear machines.
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Masters Student BT: IIT Ropar, India Origin: India August 2015 - August 2017 Research Topic: Modeling and simulation of cavitation in hydraulic systems.
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Visiting Scholar from the Aeronautical University in Queretaro, Mexico AS: Aeronautical University in Queretaro, Mexico Professional license: University Institute of Technology, France Origin: Mexico January 2017 - April 2017 Research Topic: Monitoring and control of hydraulic systems, specifically the hydraulic crane.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy September 2016 - April 2017 Research Topic: Experimental analysis of a reference external gear pump with varying surface roughness.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy September 2016 - April 2017 Research Topic: Research to design a novel concept for hydraulic human powered vehicles.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy September 2016 - April 2017 Research Topic: Design of a test rig for measurements on low pressure pumps.
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Visiting Scholar from Wuhan University, China BE, ME: Wuhan University, China Origin: China August 2015 - present Research Topic: Vibration damping of fluid power systems.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Parma, Italy BS, MS: University of Parma, Italy Origin: Italy April 2016 - October 2016 Research Topic: Development of a diagnostic and prognostic system for hydraulic circuits, focusing on the case of a mobile crane.
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Masters Student BS: VIT University, India Origin: India January 2015 - July 2016 Research Topic: Modeling of high pressure radial piston pumps.
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SURF program 2016 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) Origin: China May 2016 - August 2016 Research Topic: Simulation of external gear pumps.
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Undergraduate Student January 2016 - August 2016 Research Topic: External gear pumps.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy January 2016 - July 2016 Research Topic: Traction control development for mobile hydraulic machines.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy November 2015 - May 2016 Research Topic: Noise emission of external gear pumps.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy BS: University of Naples Federico II, Italy Origin: Italy November 2015 - May 2016 Research Topic: Development of a novel hydrostatic transmission system for human-powered vehicles.
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Visiting Scholar from the University of Ferrara, Italy BS: University of Ferrara, Italy Origin: Italy September 2015 - March 2016 Research Topic: Modeling of external gear pumps using CFD approaches to handle non-Newtonian fluids.
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Ph.D. Student BS, MS: Politecnico of Turin, Italy Origin: Italy February 2012 - January 2016 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. |
Ph.D. Student BS: Calvin College MS: Purdue University Origin: Michigan, USA August 2010 - December 2015 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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Visiting Scholar from the University of Ferrara, Italy BS: University of Ferrara, Italy Origin: Italy June 2015 - December 2015 Research Topic: New control schemes for detecting the traction state of offroad machines.
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Visiting Scholar from the Technological University of Queretaro, Mexico Origin: Mexico July 2015 - November 2015 Research Topic: Modeling of external gear pumps using CFD approaches.
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Master's Student BS: VIT University, India Origin: India January 2014 - August 2015 Research Topics: Formulation of a novel design methodology for external gear machines.
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SURF program 2015 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) Origin: Illinois, USA May 2015 - August 2015 Research Topic: Experimental characterization and modeling of energy efficient fluid supply systems.
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Ph.D. Student BS: BITS Pilani, India; MS: Purdue University Origin: India September 2010 - June 2015 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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Visiting Scholar from Technological University of Queretaro, Mexico Origin: Mexico February 2015 - June 2015 Research Topic: Modeling, implementation, and realization of a load sensing educational test rig.
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Visiting Scholar from Technological Institute of Queretaro, Mexico Origin: Mexico February 2015 - June 2015 Research Topic: Modeling, implementation, and realization of a load sensing educational test rig.
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Visiting Scholar from University of Agder, Norway BS, MS: Aalborg University, Denmark Origin: Denmark January 2015 - May 2015 Research Topic: Reduction of oscillations in hydraulically-actuated knuckle boom cranes.
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Master's Student BS: Bits-Pilani, India Origin: India January 2013 - March 2015 Research Topics: Modeling and simulations of radial piston pumps and motors.
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Visiting Student from Harbin Institute of Technology, China BS, MS: Harbin Institute of Technology, China Origin: China October 2013 - February 2015 Research Topic: Modeling and simulation of radial piston pumps.
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Visiting Scholar from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Ph.D.: Harbin Institute of Technology, China Origin: China January 2014 - December 2014 Research Topic: Modelling and simulation of fluid-structure interaction, material screening of water hydraulic external gear pump.
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Post Doc BS, MS, PhD: Politecnico of Turin, Italy. Origin: Italy January 2013 - December 2014 Research Topics: Design and optimization of internal and external gear pumps, design of an electrohydraulic actuator.
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Ph.D.: Shandong University, China. Origin: China July 2013 - September 2014 Research Topics: Low temperature grease transporting system modeling; Realization of a centralized greasing units.
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Visiting Scholar from University of Rochester, New York BS: University of Rochester, New York Origin: New York June 2014 - August 2014 Research Topic: Development and application of a variable displacement gear pump.
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Visiting Student from Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico BS: Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico. Origin: Mexico February 2014 - June 2014 Research Topic: Realization of a platform capable of producing controlled external disturbances for testing adaptive vibration damping of a hydraulic crane.
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PhD Student BS: BITS Pilani, India; MS: SUNY at Buffalo, USA Origin: India August 2010 - February 2014 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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PhD Student BS, MS: University of Parma Origin: Italy March 2010 - December 2013 Research Topic: Oscillation damping in valve controlled hydraulic machines through adaptive control strategies; Proportional valves modeling. |
Visiting Undergraduate Student from Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico BS: Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico. Origin: Mexico June 2013 - September 2013 Research Topics: Design a "chain-less" bicycle in which the motion is transmitted by means of a hydrostatic transmission with regenerative brake capabilities.
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Visiting PhD Student from Beijing Institute of Technology, China BS: Beijing Institute of Technology, China. Origin: China September 2011 - September 2013 Research Topics: Fluid properties and cavitation.
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SURF program 2013 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) BS: Purdue University. Origin: Fort Wayne, IN May 2013 - August 2013 Research Topics: Prototype Actuation System for Variable Displacement Gear Machine. (reference to CEEFP project: Variable Displacement External Gear Machines)
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SURF program 2013 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) BS: Purdue University. Origin: Qinhuangdao, China May 2013-August 2013 Research Topics: Design a hydraulically actuated platform with 2 degrees of freedom. The platform will be used support to the CCEFP research project: Active Vibration Damping of Mobile Hydraulic Machines.
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Visiting Undergraduate Student from Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico BS: Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico. Origin: Mexico January 2013- May 2013 Research Topics: Numerical modeling and experimental investigation of noise generation in external gear pumps. |
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Visiting Professor from Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico BS, MS: Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico. Origin: Mexico January 2013 - May 2013 Research Topics: Design and control of a test rig for automatic characterization of hydraulic components.
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Visiting Master's student from University of Parma, Italy BS: University of Parma, Italy. Origin: Italy March 2012-October 2012 Research Topics: Design and control of a test rig for automatic characterization of hydraulic components.
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SURF program 2012 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) 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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SURF program 2012 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) 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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Visiting Undergraduate Student from Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico 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. |
Visiting Master's student from University of Parma, Italy 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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Visiting PhD from Graz University of Technology, Austria 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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2011 SURF Student* 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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2011 SURF Student BS: Purdue University Origin: TX, USA Research Topic: Modeling and instrumentation of an hydraulic crane for vibration control damping testing.
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Master's Student from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden 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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Master's Student from University of Parma, Italy 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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Visiting Researcher 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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Visiting Researcher 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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2010 SURF Student* 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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Annalisa Sciancalepore
Riccardo Madau
Xin Tian
M V Harish Babu
Josias Cruz Gomez
Sangbeom Woo
Tom Ransegnola
Andrew Robison
Rituraj
Xinran Zhao
Matteo Pellegri
Addison Alexander
Mario Ruggero Catapano
Alberto Ascoli
Daniele Colombara
Hassan Assaf
Rakesh Halder
Kevin J Cohen
Weijin Qiu
Francesco Leschiera
Marcos Ivan Mireles Palma
Divya Thiagarajan
Riccardo Bianchi
Vincenzo Vitiello
Yuri Ghini
Andrew Alegria
Srinath Tankasala
Yash Shah
Yair Rojo Benitez
Andrea Bratto
Gianluca Marinaro
Luigi Divino
Wencheng Guo
Federico Campanini
Gautham Ramchandran
Zechao Lu (Henry)
Veer Patil
Gaetano Bonavolontà
Francesco Napolitano
Matteo Foà
Fabio Linzitto
Guido Francesco Ritelli
Timothy Opperwall
Matteo Fergnani
Cristina Perez Garcia
Sidhant Gulati
Karina Bjorklund 
Ram Sudarsan Devendran
Francisco Arellano
Julio Gachuzo
Jesper Sørensen
Pulkit Agarwal 
Kelong Wang
Qunguo Tang
Gabriele Altare
Yanhai Cheng 
Marlon Baez
Julian Che
Sujan Dhar
Davide Cristofori
Omar Alonso Sanvicente Cisnero 
Junjie Zhou
Mark W Mahuren
Bixing Yan
Marisol Perez Garcia 
Jose de Jesus Alegria Cereda 
Alessio Zanichelli 
Roy A Fisher
Ashwin Mathur 
Juan Pedro Gomez Virgilio 
Simone Tondelloni
Wolfgang Schweiger
Nicholas W. Louis
Kevin Seibert
Johan Magnusson
Massimo Dall'Asta
Alessandro Vassena
Giovanni Campanella
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